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The Best Bicycle Tax: A Street Utility Fee
I suppose it was entirely predictable… City Club issued its report last week “No Turning Back: A City Club Report on Bicycle Transportation in Portland” – basically concluding that bicycles are now part of the urban transportation fabric and need to be thoroughly integrated into our transportation planning process, with a focus on education and…
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TriMet Does Some Things Very Well
We spend a fair amount of time on this site being critical of TriMet. But fair is fair. They had a significant announcement last week that deserves some attention. The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project has generated more than $100M ($110M in fact) in contracts to minority and women-owned subcontractors. In fact, TriMet’s contracting efforts to…
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Skateboarding Gets Some Respect
Oops… I meant to publish this last week – but you can still catch the online archive. Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from Exploratory Research Speaker: Tessa Walker, MUS Student, PSU Topic: Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from Exploratory Research Tessa Walker is currently completing her thesis on non-motorized transportation and qualitative research methods with supervision from…
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June 2013 Open Thread
A few tidbits: The US Coast Guard will hold a public meeting in Vancouver on the subject of the Columbia River Crossing, specifically whether the CRC should be granted a bridge permit by the Coast Guard, a necessary precondition for construction to start. Metro is engaging in public outreach on the under-development Active Transportation Plan,…
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Breaking: Washington State Senator dies; could this affect the CRC?
We have just received word that a Republican Washington State Senator, Mike Carrell of Lakewood, has died due to complications of a blood condition. While it may seem a bit macabre to discuss the political implications of this so soon, depending on how ruthless things are, this could affect the Columbia River Crossing. Prior to…