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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…
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We’re Number 10!
Transit service is a painful topic right now, but we might want to take a second to remember that relative to a lot of other places, we’re still in a pretty good place (but will never be complacent). The good folks at WalkScore have released a ranking of major metros by their aggregate TransitScore –…