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BTA Pushes Boulevard Agenda
You’ll recall that earlier this year the BTA announced a shift in strategy to emphasing bike boulevards rather than bike lanes. This strategy has now moved to the tactical level with a strong push for boulevard projects in this years MTIP and TE (Transportation Enhancements) processes. From a recent e-mail alert: 1. Metro MTIP Funding…
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Transportation Does Well at the Ballot Box
According to the Daily Journal of Commerce, last Tuesday voters across the nation approved some 23 ballot measures for transportation projects (PDF, 108K), generating about $40B in revenue. Looking over the list, it seems to be a mix of roads and transit. Perhaps we should have paired up Greenspaces with a transportation package here in…
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Quantifying Walkability
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2006 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Jamie Parks, Kittelson Associates, Inc. Topic: Quantifying Walkability – Toward an Objective and Reliable Measure of the Pedestrian Environment. When: Friday, November 17, 2006, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center (www.pdx.edu/map.html)