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Another View on Technology Driving a Reduction in Driving
Via Planetizen: U.S. PIRG has a new report (PDF) about how apps and other technology are affecting our propensity for driving. It’s not just about apps that tell us when the bus is coming. It’s car- and bike-sharing, telework, e-commerce, smart-phone adoption, social media and a variety of other factors including combining multiple modes (bike…
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Getting Inside ODOT’s Mindset
Transportation Analysis Informing Transportation Planning and Policy at ODOT Speaker: Alexander Bettinardi, ODOT When: Friday, October 11, 2013, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Abstract: The Transportation Planning Analysis Unit (TPAU) at ODOT helps to provide information to a large variety of transportation plans, projects, and policy questions. This…
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Oregonian Editorial Board Hearts Uber
The paper-of-record-that’s-no-longer-on-my-front-step comes down squarely on the side of innovation in supporting Uber‘s case before the Private for-Hire Transportation Board of Review. I agree. While we continue to need regulation for passenger safety and to prevent abuses, transportation technology is evolving much more quickly than our regulatory framework, and the regulators need to put on their…
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Open Thread for the Week of 10/6/13
What’s on your mind?