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A New Transit Appliance and a Deal for Some Intrepid Reader
Our go-to device for our nascent Transit Appliance project has been the Insignia Infocast, a version of the Chumby platform marketed by Best Buy. Sadly Best Buy has discontinued the Infocast. But the good news is that we have a new contender, the Chumby 8, by Chumby Industries. It’s slightly more expensive ($199) but we…
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Bike Parking Disconnect
I spent some fun time this afternoon at the Pedal Nation bike show at the Convention Center. I had noted some tweets yesterday about overflowing bike parking outside, even though event parking had been added. Here’s what I found today, outside the front door and inside the parking structure where bike parking is also provided:…
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KBOO Bike Show: Going National
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.4MB) Michelle and Tori talk with a range of cycling leaders from around the country including: Randy Neufield, National advocate with the SRAM Cycling Fund Timothy Papandreou, Deputy Director of Transportation Planning for the Sustainable Streets Division of San Francisco’s Municipal Transit Agency Charles Gandy, Mobility Coordinator, City of Long…
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Gabe x2
Gabe Klein, former director of the DC Department of Transportation will be giving not one, but two seminars at PSU on Friday. Both will be webcast: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Gabe Klein, Former Director of Washington, DC Department of Transportation Topic: The Past, Present and Future…
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Outsource the CRC?
That’s what the Columbian reports the Washington Legislature would like to study: some kind of public-private partnership, with the Columbia River Crossing being one of four projects for consideration (the others are in the Sound area). As Joe Cortright points out, that probably means a private party charging even higher tolls than already contemplated. Peter…