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Portland Bike Summit Takes Shape
The official announcement is out. Plan on being at the PSU Smith Center from 8:30 to 1:30 on Saturday, June 17th. Workshops will include: Portland’s I Share the Road campaign Innovations in Bikeways Here and Abroad Who Put the Fun in Bike Fun? From Breakfast on the Bridges to Pedalpalooza New Laws for Bikes –…
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Cost of Cycling
There’s an interesting post over at CommissionerSam.com guest written by Paul Smith, the new head of the planning section in PDOT. He talks about the gripe of some drivers about “all the money that goes to cyclists”. Paul then goes on to look at the actual portion of the PDOT budget focused on cycling, and…
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Another Transportation Job
Help Metro implement the Drive Less/Save More program: Temporary, part-time, 20 to 30 hours per week http://www.metro-region.org/article.cfm?articleid=18890
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News of Other Trams…
Much has been debated about the Portland Aerial Tram project. Yesterday, the City Council, in a close vote, endorsed continuing construction of the tram and committed more city money from various sources to the project. Interestingly, just hours earlier, passengers on a tram in New York were being evacuated from a stalled system via crane…