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Roadways and Safety
The final white papers for the Regional Transportation Plan update are out: Regional Roadway System (PDF, 289K) Safety (PDF, 1M) The first paper has the predictable review of congestion, but I found two interesting factoids as well: it’s not just the road systems that’s aging, but also our drivers, and this will affect everything from…
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KBOO Bike Show: BikePortland.org
Listen to the show (mp3, 13.2M) BikePortland has created a forum for people of all bikey stripes to come together and talk about issues, share information and culture. People may not always agree, but I think that’s a very good thing. Jonathan talks about the success of his site, how he has filled a niche…
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Sustainable Advantage: Sort of
It seems that the leaders of the Oregon Business Plan took Harvard Professor Michael Porter’s advice from last year to heart: they have provided an overarching focus for the Business Plan: Sustainability. The ‘play book‘ (PDF, 869K), released in advance of Thursday’s Business Plan Summit, sets this out on the first page: As last year’s…
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Alternative Forum on the Columbia Crossing
The Coalition for a Livable Future is holding a forum on the CRC Thursday evening. Yours truly will be one of the panelists. Here’s the complete skinny: You may have read in the paper recently that the options being studied by the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) Project – a transportation project focusing on the 5-mile…