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Human Transit Takes Exception to OPAL’s Strategy
Jarrett has an interesting take on what benefits transit riders who are cash-poor, time-poor or both.
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KBOO Bike Show: Buying by Bike
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.2MB) Tori and Steph speak with PSU/OTREC researcher Kelly Clifton about her research on the consumer habits of folks using different modes of transportation (spoiler: people traveling by bike spend just as much, but in different patterns).
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Bikeshare as Place
The Project for Public Spaces has an interesting post up about the social life evolving around bikeshare stations in New York. Like bus stops, the stations function as gathering points, and host an interesting set of interactions.
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How Not To
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the opportunity to travel back to my home town, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. I was right back in ‘motordom’, putting several hundred miles on a rental car driving between New York, Pittsfield and the Boston suburbs (and back). I was interested to note that North Street, the main street in town,…
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Open Thread for December 1-7, 2013
A few things: TriMet has a few bus schedule adjustments to tell you about. Michael Anderson asks: What if you could auction off a parking spot in front of your home? Anna Griffin takes a look at Powell Boulevard–particularly the parts east of I-205.