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Open Thread for the Week of 10/27/13
We’ll open with a reminder that our “wonk night” on bicycle parking is tomorrow night! Bicycle Parking Wonk Night Tuesday, October 29th 5:30-7:30pm Lancaster Engineering 321 SW 4th Ave # 400 Please join us!
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Help Shape Portland’s Transportation Future – Wonks Needed
As part of the City’s update to its Comprehensive Plan, Portland must update the Transportation System Plan (TSP) – the key policies and street classifications that will guide how we continue the evolution of our street system over the next 25 years. The “Networks Policy Expert Group” has chewed over a lot of the policy…
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23 Years and Counting
Autumn weekends are generally reserved for admiring the changing colors, but at about 9:30 AM this past Saturday, a band of over 15 students climbed into a tour bus to behold the wonders of local Portland traffic calming projects.
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A Walktober Tour of Portland’s Crosswalks
I’m joined in assembling this post by Kirk Paulsen, who took the photos within and contributed many great ideas. It’s October, or as your local walking advocacy group Oregon Walks has branded it for the last two years, “Walktober.” I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment—there really isn’t a better time to go for a stroll than…
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What’s the Impact of Hanjin’s Exit?
Last week it was reported that container shipper Hanjin will stop calling on the Port of Portland in January, this morning the Business Journal starts to figure out the impacts. I expect that some will begin speculating about what this might mean for development of terminals on West Hayden Island. I honestly don’t know the…