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Transportion Options Job
Transportation Options is hiring for a limited term Transportation Demand Management Specialist I to work on our Portland Smart Trips – Downtown program. This program is modeled after our successful individualized marketing programs called the Eastside Hub and Northeast Hub. We will be working with downtown employers and their employees to encourage more people to…
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Cyclists of All Ages
As usual, I procrastinated and Jonathan got the story first. Check out his post on BikePortland.org about the Older Adult Three-Wheeled Bicycle Program. What a great way to keep our honored citizens mobile and healthy. You can also hear Program Directory Kirsty Hall talking about the program on the podcast of last month’s KBOO Bike…
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Do-it-yourself Biodiesel
The City of Portland is sponsoring a “Smart Living” class on brewing your own biodiesel: Smart Living Class Biodiesel Conversion Wednesday, September 27 6:30 pm Sabin Middle School 4013 NE 18th (2 blocks north of Fremont) Fuel up your vehicle with vegetable oil? Entrepreneur, lecturer and author of “Power From the People” Brian Jamison will…
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September Columbia Crossing Meeting
The next meeting of the Columbia River Crossing Task Force will be September 27 from 4-8pm at the WSDOT offices in Vancouver. Key agenda items will include: Preliminary Design Concepts – Part Two Report on Existing Interstate Bridge Report on US Coast Guard Hearing Full details available on the meeting materials page of the project…
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Canola Conundrum
We’ve previously discussed that growing canola in Eastern Oregon is potentially a viable source of seed oil for biodiesel production. But apparently it’s not a slam dunk as far as the Legislative E-board (the body that hands out funds between legislative sessions) is concerned (“A dust-up crops up over biofuel study”). There are concerns that…