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An Open Letter to Barack Obama on Behalf of Sidewalks
Michael Ronkin is the former Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator for the Oregon Department of Transportation. Mr. President-elect Thank you for taking the time to listen to suggestions on how best to invest in our infrastructure. You have heard from many about repairing bridges and highways. You have been receiving many “shovel-ready” wish lists of projects. Big highway…
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CRC Sponsors Panel to Review Greenhouse Gases on Friday
The Meeting is 10-noon at the WSDOT HQ in Vancouver: 10:00 – 10:10 a.m. Welcome and Introductions 10:10 – 11:30 a.m. Add/Drop Lanes Decision Process (Cont.): • Overview • Response to Action Items from Last Meeting: – Travel Demand & tolling – Additional Operational Differences – Transit Impacts – Environmental Differences – Cost Related Issues…
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“Bright Lights” Focus on New Willamette River Bridge
For its next leg of light-rail, TriMet is proposing what will be downtown’s first new river bridge in 35 years–and the nation’s first-ever transit/pedestrian/bicycle bridge. It’s a trophy in the making to add to Portland’s ever-growing mantel of green alt-transport innovations. But, not surprisingly, a debate is emerging over cost and aesthetics. So for the…
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KBOO Bike Show: Open House
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.6MB) Wow! What a banner year for cycling! The KBOO Bike Show celebrates LIVE on the air with our New Year’s Open House. Blind Pilot, a Portland-based rock band that tours by bike, performs live in the studios. We invite people on the air to share their favorite moments of…
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From Stimulus to Reauthorization
Even as the New York Times editorializes for a greater role for transit, the buzz in the blogosphere notes that the President-elect again mentioned “roads and bridges” but not transit in his weekly address. The line now being heard is that the stimulus will preserve the existing split between roads and transit and that policy…