POVA Networking Event
Continental Breakfast + Be a tourist in your own city For POVA members only, a specially-designed City Tour sponsored by POVA, Raz Transportation and Plans & Action. The tour will begin and end at OMSI’s south parking lot (look for the Raz motorcoach). You will see sights you may not have seen before – Chinatown, […]
Portland battling the slow go
Transit, shorter commutes limit the city’s relative misery, a national study shows Portlanders benefit from efforts to reduce sprawl. Wednesday, September 19, 2007 DYLAN RIVERA The Oregonian Rush-hour traffic clogs the nation’s cities more than ever, but the Portland area appears to be fighting the growth in misery behind the wheel better than many regions. […]
To address The Oregonian’s Rush Hour Solution…
There were a couple articles this week on the front page of the Oregonian by Dylan Rivera that showed that you waste a week’s worth of work due to sitting in traffic, 38 hours to be exact. Now that study was in 2005, and if you’re driving in the same traffic I am at peak […]
No easy way to get there from here
-By LAUREN L. DILLARD Of the News-Register More than 14,000 members of Yamhill County’s nonfarm workforce commute to jobs outside the county every morning, according to Pam Ferrara of the state Department of Employment. Nearly 2,400 head to Multnomah County, bound largely for Portland, and 7,000 to Washington County, bound for Hillsboro, Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin […]
Hood to Coast 2007, Team Fluffy Bunnies place 2nd!
As Hood to Coast has “gone green” this year, EcoShuttle thought it’d be quite opportunistic to sponsor a team. Although there is nothing green about thousands of vans constantly starting and stopping and in congestion for what can be for miles at any given exchange, we provided a carbon offset for one team: The Fluffy […]
It’s confirmed: Bus takes too long
By Peter Zuckerman, Oregon Live Getting to work by bus often takes more than an hour in Clackamas County because TriMet bus routes and schedules don’t fit commuting patterns. A consultant who plugged more than 1,400 select Clackamas County employee and employer addresses into TriMet’s trip-planning software found commutes for those workers would average 78 […]
Less driving is more cash for Portland
By Dylan Rivera-Oregon Live Because Portland-Vancouver drivers log 20 percent fewer miles a day than most U.S. urban dwellers and spend less on cars and gasoline as a result, the region’s economy saves $2.6 billion a year, or about 3 percent of the area’s annual economic output, according to a new study for the Chicago-based […]
Oregon governor signs Biofuels legislation
Gov. Ted Kulongoski was joined recently by legislators, environmental and agricultural leaders at a biofuels facility in Eugene, Ore., to sign House Bill 2210, which creates a renewable fuel standard and tax incentives for both consumers and producers of biofuels. “These bills will not only create financial opportunities for Oregon’s agricultural sectors, but it will […]
9.7-9.9 muddy boot organic festival
Check us out at our booth setup at the muddy boot organic festival. Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of some other famous Cousteau, is the key speaker and world renowned advocate for ocean protection. Musical guests include March Fourth Marching Band, Freak Mountain Ramblers, and Jackstraw. Get your tickets NOW!
Governor signs climate change legislation
Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed the state’s first climate change legislation Tuesday, capping what he called the “most momentous legislative session for energy and the environment in more than 30 years in Oregon.” The bill sets ambitious standards for greenhouse gas reduction in Oregon, including reducing greenhouse gas levels by 75 percent below 1990 levels by […]