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Hail Mary Pass to Save the Highway Trust Fund
T4America supports an effort in the Senate for a twelve-cent increase in the Federal gas tax.
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TriMet APIs Keep Getting Better
TriMet is holding their second developer event, a hackathon, in conjunction with the Open Source Bridge conference in a couple of weeks. Today, in preparation for the hackathon, TriMet released version 2 of their arrivals API, including information on detours, delayed vehicles and even experimental features like how heavily loaded a bus is… The also…
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The Longer You Car Share, The Less You Car Share
This article looks at car sharing, attempting to figure out how many cars are removed from our streets, and what the impact on VMT is. The consensus is 9-13 cars per sharing vehicle (compared to claims of up to 32 cars). But the really interesting finding is that there is substantial VMT reduction even though…
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KBOO Bike Show: Writers
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.4MB) Tori and new hosts Jocelyn Gaudi and Christopher DeLaney talk with three cycling authors to discuss their books and their writing: Ellee Thalheimer – Cycling Sojourner: Washington Evan Schneider – Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac Christine Bruce – This Road Continues One Block North
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Rose Festival Open Thread
Time for another open thread. The Portland City Council is delaying until November a vote on the proposed (and controversial) per-household street fee. The Willamette Week has more here; WW‘s Aaron Mesh suggests that there weren’t yet three votes on the council (beyond Steve Novick and mayor Charlie Hales), and that councilor Amanda Fritz requested…