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It’s All About Education
The program variously known as “Travel Smart”, “Smart Trips” and in this incarnation “The Northeast Hub” has demonstrated that education and outreach programs can be much more effective dollar for dollar than building more infrastructure. Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Dan Bower, City of Portland Department of…
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Putting the Ferry Back in Taylors Ferry
Jim Howell of AORTA passed on this proposal they have forwarded to the Sellwood Bridge task force. April 16, 2007 To: Sellwood Bridge Citizen Task Force and Policy Advisory Group From: Jim Howell Re: Bridge Concepts It might be seven to ten years before the Sellwood Bridge is repaired or rebuilt. In the meantime traffic…
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Express Streetcar
This has been completely under the radar in the recent discussions of the Burnside/Couch couplet, but one idea Sam Adams shared when he discussed the couplet with the Portland Streetcar, Inc. board of directors was the possibility of having an express option, so that there would be an option of a 15- or 20-minute trip…
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Does the CRC Go Down Better with Lunch?
Find out on Wednesday at PSU: The Nohad Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning with Planning Includes Equity (PIE) proudly presents: The Spring 2007 Brown Bag Series COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING PANEL DISCUSSION Featuring Joe Cortwright, Impresa Consulting Jay Lyman, Columbia River Crossing Staff, Scott Chapman, Sierra Club Silvia Evans, EJAG Wednesday, April 18th 12pm-1:30PM…