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KBOO Bike Show: Activism and Awareness
Listen to the show (mp3, 20.1MB) Alon and Tori talk with Shannon Galpin, humanitarian and woman’s rights activist to talk about her new memoir, Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan, that tells the story of fighting for the lives of women in Afghanistan, one pedal stroke at a…
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CRC Bill Comes Due When?
Oregon and Washington are arguing about how much of the $135M that the Feds want to be repaid will be assigned to each state, and when repayments will begin.
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Transit Insight from Big Data
PSU Transportation Seminar When: Friday, October 3, 12-1 p.m. Where: Room 204 of the Distance Learning Center Wing of the Urban Center at PSU Speaker: Mohja L. Rhoads, South Bay Cities Council of Governments Topic: Using “big data” for transportation analysis: A case study of the LA Metro Expo Line Summary: Access to a comprehensive…
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Decision time for Powell/Division
Tomorrow, September 29, Metro will host a combination steering committee/open house on the Powell/Division project, in which staff recommendations will be presented. Not too surprisingly, staff recommendations include: Bus instead of rail (LRT or Streetcar). This is expected, as the proposed budget and timeframe for the project is simply not compatible with a rail solution,…
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Almost October Open Thread
A long nasty project at work has finally wrapped up; apologies for the extended absense. Tualatin voters passed a public-vote-on-light-rail measure earlier this month. Unlike a similar recent measure in Tigard, this one only affects LRT and not BRT, and does not require the city to issue pointless statements that it is “opposed” to light…