Portland has some GREAT public transit and very careful city planning around density.
I am not surprised in the least to see them in this article... On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.businessinsider.com/portland-and-energy-transition-2011-4 > > Portland, Oregon is now far enough along in its transition away from > oil that by 2015 one can imagine this city being able to market and > sell its own example to the rest of the world. > > Most of Portlands longstanding initiatives, from public transport and > the integration of the bicycle, to city agriculture, water and waste > management, and use of technology are solutions that will be seen not > as discretionary but necessary by mid-decade. > > .... > > [cool tech note] Portland is now employing urban data-feedback > technologies of the kind developed at MITs Senseable City La > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336468 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
