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What Happens in the 2015 Legislative Session?
Rob Zako moderates the essential OTRAN listserv. He posted this a few days ago and has graciously given his permission to have it cross-posted here – Chris. Whether the Columbia River Cross is still alive or dead—there are mixed reports, but the sense I am hearing is that a loss of $850 million in federal…
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Open Thread for week of Dec 15, 2013
Only ten more shopping days ’til you-know-what. Alon Levy with an excellent primer on Positive Train Control (as it is known in the US). Joseph Rose reminisces about a bus mounted on a ski lift. Bike Portland reports that the State of Oregon denies unemployment compensation to a man whose job relocates to a place…
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Class Presentations 2013
Each year I look forward to the opportunity to serve on the ‘commenters panel’ for the Traffic and Transportation class, reviewing the best of the final student presentations. This class produces a great crop of citizen activists each year and this year is no exception. Here are this year’s excellent presentations: Bryan Burch is trying…