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Midsummer Night’s Open Thread
Been out of town, and been watching a little sporting event down in Brazil. Now that that’s over, ’tis time for another open thread. The Powell/Division project is starting to heat up. A series of outreach meeting will occur in the next couple of weeks, and a few new documents are available. Was in Seattle…
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Transportation Summit to Focus on Safety
The 6th Annual Oregon Transportation Summit (September 15th) will focus on safety as the key topic. My sometimes debating opponent (stop spacing, value of streetcars) Jarrett Walker of Human Transit fame will be the keynote speaker. From the descriptive materials: The 2014 Summit will have a considerable focus on safety and its relevance to creating livable communities.…
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Validation?
My Twitter feed has been abuzz again this weekend. This time with news of a study that shows a reduction in auto traffic (and emissions) following startup of a light rail line (in Salt Lake City). This is apparently a first. Not having a demonstrated result like this has always been an arrow in the quiver…
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KBOO Bike Show: Bikepacking
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.4MB) Tori and Jocelyn discuss using your bike to get away from civilization with Maria Schur, Donnie Kolb and Jay Petervary.
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People Unclear on the Concept
Yes, that’s a Car2Go in a ZipCar-only space. I believe if it stays there more than 15 minutes, a black hole forms…