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Aug 19,2008
Portland A Community Leader
by stockboy
"L.A. could learn a thing or two from Portland... The city is a veritable transit utopia where light rail goes to the airport, parking restrictions increase public transit use and free streetcar service benefits downtown businesses. It also has a 20-year head start on planning. By Steve Hymon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 18, 2008 I recently spent a long weekend in Portland, Ore. It was hard not to marvel at all the things that city does well on the transportation front. I began to wonder what elements could be applied here." To read the entire article check out the LA Times story.
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Aug 19,2008
Blog-Off Day 2: What Will Tuesday Bring to our Blog-Off Bloggers?
by jenniferd
Tuesday's Blog-Off Challenge sent by The Mercury's Amy Ruiz: This challenge is courtesy of a reader: "I'd like to hear a response plan from each agency on a Nessie-esque beast in the water reservoirs. Assume it is dangerous, eating skinny dippers, dragging dogs underwater, etc." News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact, August 19, 2008
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Aug 18,2008
LA Times Reflecting On Portland
by stockboy
"L.A. could learn a thing or two from Portland...""The city is a veritable transit utopia where light rail goes to the airport, parking restrictions increase public transit use and free streetcar service benefits downtown businesses. It also has a 20-year head start on planning." In an interesting article the LA Times marvels at the strides Portland has made and continues to make.
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Aug 15,2008
Portland In the National News... Again!
by stockboy
USA Today reported that Portland was founded in the mid-19th century as a shipping and logging center (which prompted one of its first nicknames, Stumptown), and has been a poster child for progressive urban planning for decades. Check out the newspaper article online at USA Today .
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Aug 14,2008
Portland's Not Top Dog—Or Even in the Pack!
by pearlgirl
Gasp. Dog Fancy Magazine has released the name of the nation's new top dog in its Dog Town USA contest—apparently Portland didn't even rank among the top five most dog-friendly, dog-loving, cities! Read the article See the entire list of winners in Dog Fancy's September issue. Any howls or growls?
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Aug 14,2008
Portland Streetcar in the New York Times
by shooter
A story from the NY Times highlights cities that are planning to construct a streetcar system and mentions the usual reason why—they spur growth and development. Of course, Portland Streetcar gets lots of love! Critics contend that the development doesn't come without significant subsidies. I see some truth in both sides of the argument. Streetcars foster the 20-minute neighborhood , where within a 20-minute walk your daily needs can be met. In the suburbs, you need your car for pretty much everything, but in a high-density neighborhood you can easily avoid using a car for most daily errands. Streetcar advocates have been touting this for years, but it seems that even with today's soaring fuel costs, critics still don't believe it. Perhaps they should look at TriMet's increasing ridership .
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Aug 10,2008
August—the Year 1854
by stockboy
Take a moment and ponder...the year is 1854... New York Times reports . Clearly, hard times are nothing new and how we deal with them is what defines us. Read this fascinating article originally published on August 10th in the Oregonian then picked up and reported in the NYT.
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Jul 28,2008
Portland Newsweek Web Exclusive
by pearlgirl
You'll never guess what made the spotlight. Is this really an affair of national importance? Read the article and then the local reaction at the Oregonian . Stay tuned, I'm sure there's more to come! photo: courtesy Getty Images
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Jul 17,2008
Seattle's public toilet project is flushed away, Portland's "Randy" gets installed next month
by shooter
Seattle's attempt at providing public toilets has gone down the drain. The toilets will close August 1st and the structures sold for $89,000 each. It turns out that the maintenance costs were too high and toilets were so dirty even the homeless wouldn't use them.The New York Times story says other cities public toilet programs have fared better because the maintenance contracts are offset with advertising contracts and overall they haven't had the same issues keeping the toilets clean as Seattle did. Because of a law in Seattle, the maintenance costs could not be offset by advertising contracts so taxpayers paid for the entire cost.
Portland is mentioned in the story for Randy Leonard's cheaper toilet design. If his design catches on maybe we should call them "The Randy" kind of like the Brits call their toilets "The Loo". I'll leave the obvious jokes to others...
Read the New York Times story . More links: Crap and Trade,
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Jun 26,2008
Portland among America's best for design
by shooter
You knew this had to be true... From the Portland Business Journal : Portland is among the top five best cities for architecture and design, according to an independent study conducted by one of the world's leading architectural practices. Looking at 10 criteria including architecture awards, "green" design and public transit systems, New York-based RMJM Hillier, the North American division of the worldwide architecture firm RMJM, selected 10 cities leading the way in design policy and practice. Then the firm commissioned public opinion and research firm Zogby International to interview more than 1,000 residents of those cities on architecture and design issues and incorporated those results into the research to determine the final rankings. Chicago came out on top. Portland ranked No. 5. Read the full story .
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