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Local Streetcar Manufacturing At the Table for Obama Job Summit
Chandra Brown of United Streetcar (a subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works) is one of 100 business people who will be at President Obama’s December jobs summit. Here’s the press release from Congressman Blumenaur: Blumenauer Announces United Streetcar President Chandra Brown to Join President Obama at Jobs Summit Portland, OR -Congressman Blumenauer (D-Ore) announced today that,…
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CRC Opposition Groups Gear Up for Protest
The coalition of folks opposing the CRC hope to make a big public showing at the next Project Sponsors Council meeting on December 4th (9:30AM at ODOT in Old Town). This is the meeting where the Sponsors will review the proposed cost reductions. The central message for the activists will be to take the opportunity…
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Funding Bikes Through Transit
Last week, in a post about bike funding, I alluded to a proposal to allow more bike facilities to be funded as part of transit projects. Now Congressman Blumenaur’s office is urging advocates to comment on the proposal: Dear Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Friends and Colleagues, As Jonathan Maus posted in the Nov. 16 edition…
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Tweaking the RTP for Climate Change
Metro is reporting that TPAC (Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee – the technocrats) had a discussion about the impacts of climate change policy on the Regional Transportation Plan, but the momentum still appears to be for the status quo on the project list: Other TPAC members, while acknowledging the importance and urgency of reducing greenhouse gas…