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Are We at a Tipping Point?
I couldn’t help noticing quite a convergence at the end of last week. First the National Academy of Science announces that the earth is the hottest it’s been in 400 years, and human activity is responsible. Then we have a flurry of local news: New emissions standards for cars in Oregon Randy Leonard pushes for…
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Wine Train?
According to Thursday’s Oregonian, a group of business and elected leaders in Yamhill County would like to run a train from Portland through the wine country, perhaps terminating at the Spirit Mountain casino. Just a few obstacles: buying set of self-propelled rail cars that ODOT is putting up for bid and $20M to make repairs…
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Rubber Roads
Apparently recycled rubber is not just for basketball courts. Jerry passes along this link about recycling tires into rubber roads and railbeds.
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Parking
The NW Parking Association is having their 1st Annual Conference July 30-August 1 in Vancouver USA. Besides the Poker and Golf there are actually a few interesting-looking sessions including information systems (can you tell how many cars are parked in your structure?) and reducing parking demand by using car-sharing (don’t tell Sam Adams, he’ll try…
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Council Throws Wet Blanket on Flexcar
City Council moved forward yesterday on what this activist testified was a “penny-wise and pound-foolish” policy to seek full cost recovery for metered parking spaces from car-sharing companies (of which we have exactly one in Portland at the moment: Flexcar). The move will also cap the number of parking spaces in meter districts and limits…