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Electric Vehicles on Display at Movie Premiere Tonight
Just received this media advisory: Electric Vehicles to Exhibit at Portland Premiere WHAT: The Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA) will be exhibiting four vehicles at the Portland Premier of the Sony Pictures Classics’ film, Who Killed the Electric Car? Vehicles being exhibited include White Zombie [www.plasmaboyracing.com], the world’s fastest ‘Street legal electric car,’ and a…
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A Silver Lining in Every Earthquake
From this SHIFT list I picked up this link to a wonderful little video on San Francisco’s choice not to rebuild the Embarcadero Freeway after the Loma Prieta earthquake. Just for the record, I am NOT crossing my fingers for an earthquake to take care of the Eastbank Freeway.
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The Other Cost of Congestion
Fixing it. There’s an interesting piece over at The Daily Score reviewing a book on the privatization of roads. The thesis is that much of our congestion is simply too expensive to fix. There are also alternative estimates of the cost of congestion (hint: not so high). And very interestingly, there’s an estimate that suggests…
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Evil Parking Technology?
Folks who complained about Portland’s new parking paystations removing the chance to find a meter with time left on it (instead you drive away with your extra time on your window and can use it at another parking space) may consider themselves lucky. Jerry passes on this article about a technology to reset those meters…
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Washington Groups Say Rail is an Answer
Across the river in Washington, stakeholder groups advising the State Transportation Commission are recommending more freight rail capacity as a strategy to reduce highway congestion. The strategy is two-fold: – Reduce growth in truck traffic – Reduce current freight rail congestion that is slowing passenger trains Any chance of getting similarly enlightened thinking on this…