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Transit Appliance: Now with Weather
I usually have some free time around the holidays, and like to use it as an opportunity to advance the Transit Appliance project. This year that looks like adding weather as an option to the display. Want to know if you need your umbrella when you run for the bus? We’ll tell you. The widget…
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New Year’s Resolution: Honest Traffic Forecasts
Via Sightline: No, that’s not my resolution, it’s one I’m proposing for Federal and State DOTs. The State Smart Transportation Initiative has looked at 61 years of traffic forecasts and found that in all 61 cases, actual VMT was less than the forecast. This graph makes the case for reforming the forecasting process in the…
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A Solution for Our Industrial Land Shortage?
Correspondent Bill Badrick sends along this YouTube video about a new urban Volkwagen factory. About two minutes in you’ll see a cargo tram that brings parts to the facility. It runs on the city’s streetcar tracks…
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Is it Time for Our Own “Grand Bargain”?
No, not between the Democrats and Republicans… Between the City and ODOT. A little background – a week and a half ago, I took a tour with some ODOT folks of 82nd Ave and outer Powell to talk about what might be in store for these areas as part of our Comprehensive Plan update. A…