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Dynamically Priced Parking = Free WiFi?
A Strong Towns podcast this week features an interview with Donald Shoup in which he suggests his usual approach to selling neighborhoods and business districts on metered parking: share the revenue! But he goes on to suggest another benefit. He describes one district in which dynamic pricing was communicated to meters via WiFi. Since the…
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Pok Pok Parking & Yogi Berra’s Lament
Andy Ricker, the mastermind behind some of the best chicken wings you’ll ever taste, caused quite a stir this week when he opined that allowing development along SE Division Street without accordingly requiring creation of new parking was, “a really stupid idea.” This is not an uncommon sentiment among people who own retail-based businesses in the…
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KBOO Bike Show: Cyclocross Replayed
This month we rebroadcast this episode from 2014.
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KBOO Bike Show: Disaster!
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.4MB) Tori and Jocelyn talk with disaster preparedness professional Joe Partridge about “the big one” and other disasters we should be prepared for. Will cargo bikes rescue us? Mike Cobb describes the Disaster Relief Trials.
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Doritos Open Thread
It’s now October, and for some reason, there seems to be a run on tortilla chips down at the convenience store. :) The Metro Council has voted to advance the Powell/Division project, and in a separate matter, has passed out some early Halloween candy. Portland’s affordable housing shortage has suddenly become a big story. TriMet…