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Trans Trib
It almost seems that today’s Portland Tribune is only about transportation! Discussion of shelters for the new transit mall. Is the business community trying to unshelter the mall? Regular Portland Transport contributor Bob Richardson is quoted. New development is cutting off connections in the SW Trail network. This network serves as an alternative to the…
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Time for Some Civil Disobedience
Update: 13 June – The issue is covered in today’s Oregonian: “Talk to Metro, but skip the fee”, including a URL for this blog. Speaking of the Regional Transportation Plan Update and Metro’s New Look, Metro has scheduled a Regional Forum on Friday, June 23rd to help gather ideas for the simultaneous updates of our…
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VMT Tax Pilot Gets Underway
Jim Mayer reports in the Monday O that ODOT is ready to roll out its pilot test of a VMT tax system. 280 test subjects will drive around with a GPS device in their car for 10 months. Discussion of this idea on other blogs has tended to degenerate into a argument around privacy concerns,…
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Another Link from Cycling to the Economy
Last week’s Business Journal has a guest column by Bart Eberwein, suggesting that we could generate additional tourism dollars by promoting Oregon as THE cycling state. Here’s part of the vision: Fly into Portland where you are met by a bicycle concierge who helps you assemble your bikes, answers questions about routes, etc., and off…
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Business Press Focuses on Clean Energy
The cover article in this month’s Oregon Business magazine is a feature on clean power. Indeed, there are several articles in the issue about alternative energy sources. More interestingly, on the editorial page, editor Robin Doussard roots for $6/gallon gasoline, on the theory that energy prices need to hurt a lot more to really cause…