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I’m in Love…

With my Zipcar iPhone App. Who knew you could beep the horn across the Internet! Seriously, this looks really useful – nice job folks.

October 2, 2009
What Moses Had in Mind for Portland

That’s Robert Moses, not the biblical prophet. Following up on their “Dead Freeways” piece, the folks at the Merc have managed to find an online copy of Robert Moses original “Portland Improvement” plan from 1943. I’ve only had a chance to skim, but even at a cursory level, it’s fascinating.

October 1, 2009
How We Got ClearView

Get your geek on. The public radio program “Studio 360” has a nice segment (mp3, 3.1M) on how the ClearView typeface for highway signs got created. It’s actually a big advancement in safety.

October 1, 2009
Bike and Ped Planning Course on Offer at PSU

Taught by the inestimable Mia Birk: “Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning” Tuesdays 1-4 3 units, the nuts and bolts of how to plan and engineer a city for bicycles and pedestrians. Portland is the best place to learn this in the US. Guest lecturers from across the city and other government agencies, you’ll be fully qualified…

September 30, 2009
Two from Elsewhere

Joseph Rose at the O digs into how MAX cars count bodies. Streetsblog has a nice piece on the difference on how tax law subsidizes parking much more than transit.

September 29, 2009

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