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Crunch Time for CRC on Friday
Friday is D-day! This from the Coalition for a Livable Future: Protest and Testify at the CRC Project Sponsors’ Council meeting When: Fri, Dec 4 9:30 am – action before the meeting 10am – public testimony Where: Port of Portland 121 NW Everett St, Portland Background Cuts have been made to the Columbia River Crossing…
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$280 Million for Streetcars Nationally, Found Under Couch Cushions
Via Congressman Blumenaur’s Office: Secretary LaHood announced today that the FTA will make $280M available for competitive grants for urban circulator’s (they don’t have to be Streetcars, but…) as part of the administrations urban livability initiative. A big chunk of the money is previously allocated transit dollars the Bush Administrative never spent. I wouldn’t be…
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Are Those Bike Boxes Working?
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Jennifer Dill and Chris Monsere, PSU Topic: Initial Assessment of Portland’s Green Bike Boxes When: Friday, Dec 4, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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CRC Keeps Throwing Supporters Under the Bus
First the Columbia River Crossing sponsors talked of an ‘iconic’ bridge as a gateway between the two states – we got a concrete slab. A world-class bikeway was envisioned – instead the design looks like a dank cave. Now the Trib reports that Hayden Island residents who were once told that this bridge would unite…