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PDXppl: Matt Ransom on the Columbia River Crossing

Sunday, August 30, 2009

PDXppl is a series of profiles of Portlanders and area residents and what they do.
The CRC, or Columbia River Crossing is perhaps one of the largest and most controversial public projects ever proposed in the  Portland Metropolitan Area (PMA). The project’s goal, to replace the two aging I-5 bridges across the Columbia River, has presented Portland with [...]

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Amtrak and Improving Bicycle Connectivity for Portland

Thursday, August 6, 2009

This past weekend I took a trip up to Portland from Eugene with my bike. I really appreciate the fact that I can bring my bike on the train, as it gives me the choice to do whatever I like when I arrive at Union Station. Upon arrival, one can bike to the nearest bus line to [...]

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PDXjourns: August 1st & 2nd – Belle City, Belle Weather

Monday, August 3, 2009

In an attempt to quantify the unquantifiable, I will begin to quantify my PDX soujourns, or “PDXjourns,” if you please. Here is one such PDXjourn from this past weekend, sarcasm included! Be sure to check out my other PDXjourns on the new PDXjourns page. You will ask: why is the difference between this and the [...]

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Walking Bikes & Walking Publications

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I read a lot of Portland news. Each day I try to keep up with the latest happenings of the “Rose City” while reading the online weeklies, including the Portland Tribune, Willamette Week and the Portland Mercury. The Oregonian, the state’s flagship newspaper, (with the most dreadful-looking website of any major publication I know) has [...]

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PDXpoesy- An Afternoon’s (Coffee) Reminiscence

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

When home in Portland, I go to cafés. And to the local ones I go. My favorites include the previously mentioned Broadway Café and the “Downtown” location of Stumptown Roasters. The World Cup in Powell’s is not that bad, nor is the one on NW Glisan and Floyd’s Coffee Shop in Old Town is a good place [...]

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PDXppl: Nancy Stovall, Vice Chair of the Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood Association

Sunday, July 26, 2009

PDXppl is a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of this page where you can keep up on the urban gens of Portland!
Over the past couple of weeks I have been a harsh critic of the University of Oregon’s (UO) [...]

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What Change Brings

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Pioneer Courthouse Square is my favorite place to meet someone. It’s also the best place to attend a public event, as we saw last Thursday. It’s got a long name, no doubt, but I find I have taken to shortening its name to “the Square” more than once. The space is often marketed as “Portland’s [...]

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Who is your neighborhood bus driver?

Monday, July 13, 2009

I suppose this is a very general question. Which bus driver? The one that happens to be driving a bus I board from time to time? The one who drives the bus line near my house? The one that drives the bus on which I commute regularly?
I don’t ride TriMet too often these days as [...]

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