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PDOT’s Second Annual Safety Summit
Dear Traffic Safety Partners, You are invited to attend PDOT’s Second Annual Transportation Safety Summit! Join Transportation City Commissioner Sam Adams, ODOT Region One Manger Jason Tell, and PDOT Director Sue Keil for an opportunity to carry out a meaningful review of recent transportation safety trends and accomplishments, and to provide valuable input into current…
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I-5 Delta Park Open House
Here comes construction… ODOT’s Delta Park Project to widen portions of I-5 between Victory Blvd. and Lombard St. is moving towards the construction phase — scheduled to begin Spring 2008. A June 20th Open House will provide an update on the final project design and the upcoming construction traffic impacts and possible detours. Please join…
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Census Survey puts Portland Transit Commute Share at 13.3%
According to this CNN Money article on the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, Portland now ranks among the top 10 transit commuter cities with a commute share of 13.3%. The article also notes that the survey puts the share of bike commuters at 3.5%, about eight times the national average. I’d like to see the…
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Disconnected Advocacy?
Reading through my Trib yesterday morning, I was confronted with a full page ad titled “Keep Oregon Moving” (featuring a pothole as a background). Turns out this is a group of business leaders and associations (mostly the “cost of congestion” report proponents at both the statewide and local level). They are listed prominently in the…