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Mary Nolan is My New Hero
Not that I didn’t respect her a lot before… Nolan (from Portland), the Oregon House Majority Leader, parted company with House Speaker Dave Hunt and voted against the Transportation bill. The bill passed anyway 38-22 (because it raises taxes, it needed a 36 vote super-majority to pass) (and somehow I suspect that if she had…
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Sunday Parkways
Host Sara and Beth will talk with Linda Ginenthal of PDOT and Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder about Sunday Parkways, three events this summer that will transform over 7 miles of neighborhood streets into temporary parks, so we can enjoy walking, bicycling, roller blading and dancing in the street – without having to watch out for…
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Why Local Governments are Likely to Get Onboard the Sprawl-Inducing Transportation Bill
In a word – Maintenance. The City of Portland, as one example, would see about a 40% increase in gas tax revenue available to fix potholes and rebuild streets that are too far gone for routine maintenance. As one transportation official told me, this would “stop the bleeding”. The bleeding in this case being the…
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Two Special Transportation Seminars at PSU
Peter Furth from Northeastern is visiting PSU this week, leading to a couple of extra Transportation Seminars: Speaker: Peter Furth Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University Topic: Aggressive Signal Priority with Compensation: Maximizing the Transit Benefit Without Disrupting Traffic When: Tuesday, May 26, 12:00 – 1:00 Where: ITS Lab (Room 315 in the…