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Regional High Capacity Transit System Plan
Since the Regional Transportation Plan is fully underway, and grabs most of the headlines, I thought everyone should also know about what Metro is doing with regard to high capacity rail planning. First of all, we in Portland owe much to the dedicated and visionary leaders and planners in the 1970’s and 1980’s for the…
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Extra Helpings of KBOO Bike Show for Pedalpalooza
Wed, June 6 9-10 am Sara and Carl will host as many event organizers as they can cram in the studio. We’ll be talking about a variety of Pedalpalooza events – giving you just a taste of the festival that’s about to explode. Pedalpalooza event organizers are encouraged to call in with shout outs for…
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FTA-HUD Study Points to TOD as Important Affordability Strategy
Reconnecting America has just published an FTA-HUD study that finds that households in transit-rich neighborhoods spend just 9% of household income on transportation, while suburban households spend 25% of household income. It also suggests that households that move to the suburbs to find lower housing costs spend up to 77% of the housing savings on…
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Google Transit now integrated into Google Maps
A couple of years ago, Google launched the Google Transit service which allowed users to plan trips on an interface very much like Google Maps, using schedule data from transit agencies in various cities. (In fact, Portland was the first city chosen for this service.) Recently, Google began integrating features of Google Transit into the…