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Upcoming Jarrett Walker talks in Oregon
Well-known transportation planning consultant (and native Portlander) Jarrett Walker, who wrote the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich our Communities and our Lives, and authors the blog Human Transit, will have two speaking engagements in Oregon. The first, down in Lane County, will be entitled “Eugene-Springfield Transit: What are the…
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KBOO Bike Show: Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) Earl discusses cycling and transportation policy and funding, both locally and nationally with Tori and Steph. Timo Forsberg from the Portland Bureau of Transportation talks about events for May’s “PDX Bike Month”.
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May 2012 Open Thread
A few interesting news items and reminders. Primary election is May 15. While we can’t endorse candidates, we can point you to Portland Afoot’s low-car voters guide. AROW (Active Right of Way) has a voters guide as well. TriMet’s Washington Park Shuttle service starts May 5. A Brookings Institute study links exclusionary zoning to school…
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Low-Stress Bicycling and Bike Network Connectivity
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2012 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Peter Furth (Northeastern University) Topic: Low-Stress Bicycling and Bike Network Connectivity When: Friday, May 4th, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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5 Surprising Things our Low-car Voter Guide Taught Me About the Local Elections
This guest post is by Michael Andersen, editor of Portland Afoot, PDX’s 10-minute newsmagazine about buses, bikes & low-car life. Thanks to the heroic efforts of a handful of volunteers for Bike Walk Vote, there’s been quite a bit of attention in this election season to local candidates’ positions on bicycling and walking. But the…