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Relative Misery
A couple of years ago, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) released their annual commuting study, and ranked Portland worse than Seattle, to the disbelief and consternation of many folks here. This led TTI to revise their methodology, and this year’s report, as reported in the Oregonian, flips that back around. Indeed it goes on to…
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Mafioso
Yesterday’s Willamette Week identified my as part of the local transportation mafia. So be it. I’ll be happy to take some small credit for the wonderful alternative transportation options we have here in the region. But it went on to paint the following picture: Local transit industry makes contributions to Earl Blumenaur’s PAC Earl’s PAC…
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Car Free Day in China
Via the SHIFT list, where this has engendered much discussion… Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) — China plans to ban cars from streets in 108 cities in its first ‘No Car Day’ on Sept. 22, part of an effort to promote environmental protection and ease congestion in the world’s second-largest auto market. Streets in areas of Beijing,…
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Report from Project Homeless Connect
Yesterday was Project Homeless Connect, where I was transportation team leader. I appreciate the help of several readers of this blog, as well as folks from the SHIFT list to deliver a great set of transportation services for the homeless families that attended the event. Services included: Transportation Options info from PDOT and Metro The…
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Heads Up – RTP Comment Period Scheduled
Metro has indicated that the 30-day comment period on the Regional Transportation Plan update will begin on October 15. They have also announced the dates of a series of hearings: Regional Transportation Plan seeks public review Metro is preparing to release a draft of the updated federal component of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for…