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New Look Exercise # 5
See the initial post for the rules and background. Here’s the next set of outcomes. We will know our transportation system is balanced when…
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TriMet Finalizes Mall Bus Relocation Plan
After reviewing all the comments, TriMet has released their complete plan, to go into operation in January of 2007. 17 bus lines will run on 3rd and 4th avenues, carrying 85 percent of downtown riders on weekdays. 7 bus lines will run on Columbia and Jefferson streets, carrying 6 percent of weekday downtown riders. Line…
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Happy Birthday to the Interstate Highway System
As an article in last week’s Economist (sorry, you probably have to jump through some registration screens to see this) reminds us, it was 50 years ago this month that President Eisenhower signed the bill creating the Interstate Highway System (hanging a carrot of 90% Federal matching funds in front of states). The impact on…
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New Look Exercise # 4
See the initial post for the rules and background. Here’s the fourth set of outcomes. We will know we are protecting farms, forest, rivers, streams and natural areas when…