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Help Local Blogger Get to D.C.
Over at Bike Portland, Jonathan Maus is appealing for help in funding his trip to this year’s National Bike Summit. Having had the wonderful opportunity to go to Prague and Amsterdam this fall, I can testify how valuable these kind of field trips are for a blogger. Not only does it expand the consciousness of…
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Another Perspective on Bus Rapid Transit
The post on buses in toll lanes has generated a lot of discussion. Michael Wilson forwarded this article from Sierra magazine, containing an interview with Jamie Lerner, the former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil.
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Toll Road Moving Forward in Newberg
OPB is reporting that today the Oregon Transportation Commission approved a $20M pre-development agreement with Australian based Macquarie to investigate three potential toll road projects, starting with the Newberg-Dundee bypass.
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Buses, Trains and Automobiles
Last night, the Downtown Neighborhood Association invited TriMet to a meeting to discuss issues around the Transit Mall Light Rail project. Last Friday’s Tribune sensationalized this to a degree. Looking over the written questions the association submited to TriMet, I was reminded of a challenge in working with neighborhood associations on large capital projects: the…