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Behind on my Reading
A few weeks ago I received an e-mail note about a book called “How to Live Well without Owning a Car.” I picked up a copy at Powells, but it’s still sitting in my ‘to read’ stack. My intent was to write a piece about it when I finished (in my defense, I’m reading another…
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Sidewalk (Dis)Order
Aggressive panhandling and other ‘sidewalk fear-factor behaviors’ have been brought up on this site before. Gordon Price just posted an interesting perspective on the experience in Vancouver on his Price Tags blog. Here’s an excerpt: What was happening in the West End was a failure of government to maintain social order. And that could happen…
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BBC Features Portland Transportation
Update: 29 August 2006 The videos are now available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvJlq-EEufE. Original Post: 16 August 2006 The BBC program Newsnight has a long segment on alternative transportation in Portland. There is a video stream at http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/od/bbc2/nb/rm/video/newsnight_nb.ram, but since that appears to be a generic address, I’m not sure how long it with have…
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Bike Master Plan Update Kickoff Event Tonight
At Southeast Uplift: Making Portland a World Class Bicycling City: Tuesday, August 29th, 6:30 p.m., Southeast Uplift How has the City and its citizens made Portland the #1 U.S. city for bicycling? How can we join Amsterdam and Copenhagen as a world-class bicycling city? What do you like about bicycling in Portland? What would you…