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Dilapidated?
That’s what Friday’s Trib called Union Station. Apparently our “Go By Train” landmark is in need of $40-50M of work. PDC owns the station, and apparently there is some discussion of getting it into an urban renewal district when the downtown districts are reconfigured in a few years. The assumed eventual replacement of the Post…
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Updated: Staff Says Tear Them Down
Update: 11/22/06 DOT officials continue pushing the message in today’s O. Original Post: 9/29/06 The recommendation from the project staff for the Columbia River Crossing is to remove the existing bridge spans because of seismic issues and challenges with river traffic. But the older span is on the National Register of Historic Places. And a…
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From Traffic Cams to BobbieCams?
Via Slashdot. Too bizzare to pass over. Apparently the London police are so happy with the ability to use the ANPR (Automatic Plate Number Recongition) technology from London’s cordon pricing system, they’re taking the next step: cameras on the helmets of bobbies. Should we check on where ODOT’s traffic cams are being fed to?