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Urban Commute Time

Home to Office… Driving: 32-40 minutes Transit: 48-52 minutes Walking: 1hr 24 minutes Bicycling: 28 minutes Simple fact, it's pretty damn stupid to try to drive in an urban environment.  It takes about 1-3 minutes to park a bike, and about 3-15 Read More
posted Friday, June 20, 2008 9:24 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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Gas Prices Won't Affect/Increase Transit Ridership

It was spoken/written once.  Obviously the statement was delusional! Sounder Gets it Kickin' Sounder ridership is up 28%!  28% is a MASSIVE jump.  If gas prices go up another 10-20% it actually will make the billion plus they blew on getting Read More
posted Friday, May 16, 2008 5:05 PM by adron | 1 Comments
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Random Photo w/ Those Crazy Adron Thoughts! :)

Contemplation #1 I took this picture and immediately laughed.  I haven't bought gas in over 2 months!  Looking at those prices I'm glad I ride that Streetcar thingy back there instead! Contemplation #2 Argh, the country will be connected again Read More
posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:15 AM by adron | 4 Comments
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Transit Thoughts Part II, In Seattle

Now this one causes some more "rough and edgy" thoughts and comments.  So again, reader beware. 1 I'm not 100% sure why the monorail was so "unfeesable" for Seattle.  From a materials, disruption, and economic stand point it appears that the Read More
posted Sunday, April 27, 2008 1:41 PM by adron | 2 Comments
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Transit Is Sooo Much More Dangerous

I've heard the comment and silliness surrounding transit supposedly being dangerous compared to auto based travel. Review This. Gimme a break.  Auto travel is insanely dangerous. Quote of the Day:I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game Read More
posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:09 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Bike Boxes, Departing Tracks, and Random Shots

Went for a ride on the cleanest mode of transportation around today.  Yup, the ole' bicycle.  For a few of the shots I've made of a Portland & Western rolling through Union Station check out Dogcaught. First I shot this image, you wouldn't Read More
posted Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:18 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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OMG, Give the Dude a Whack to the Head

Drove into MAX Tunnel... This is just pathetic.  Seriously though, I hope they are able to do SOMETHING with this idiot.  I am impressed he actually was stupid enough to get almost all the way to the mid platform in the tunnel! For the driver, Read More
posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:58 AM by adron | 3 Comments
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Holy Buyout Batman!!!

"To try to stem automotive losses that have dogged the company since 2005, GM is making a range of offers, up to cash payments of $140,000 to the remaining 74,000 GM workers represented by the United Auto Workers union." Read more... Meanwhile, almost Read More
posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:18 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Don't Kill Me!

I was going to title this entry "Please, Don't Kill Me!"  But then I realized it is past the point of politeness, so the title is thus a command.  In the last 18 years of my life I've been hit by 3 automobiles and 1 SUV. Oddly here in Portland Read More
posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:34 PM by adron | 3 Comments
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"We'll Help You Beat Traffic"

Joleen and I got home from some good grub over on Alberta Street tonight.  After work today, a half day, I rode the Yellow Line out to Killingsworth and walked down to Atomic Tattoo.  Joleen was getting an arm piece worked on, stage 2 of three Read More
posted Friday, January 04, 2008 8:51 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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More Transit Increases, Slow Auto Mileage Increases

On one of my regular reads, and about every other transit related news site, there have been reports of increases in riders across almost every system.  Check out Progressive Railroading for the latest. I'm not going to list of the increases, just Read More
posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:35 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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Car, Bus, Air, or Railroad Business Travel

I commonly wonder why people use certain modes of travel.  Is it the control, the fear factor, the time savings, or the monetary savings.  The later big is always the least involved choice really, which is deplorably sad.  But I'm going Read More
posted Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:15 PM by adron | 2 Comments
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Oddball Commute

Thursday morning Jo was leaving on a flight out of PDX.  So we got up at 3:30am even though I knew this was a bit early it made her feel more comfortable.  We headed out in the 350Z for one of those rare "public city street usages" toward the Read More
posted Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:26 PM by adron | 2 Comments
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Transit 4.8x More Cost Effective than Auto Based Transportation, For Me...

Yeah, I am in the upper income brackets - which means I pay approximately 1.8x more for road and transit costs and maintenance than the average American, and yeah, I drive a 350Z which also puts me at about 1.4-1.6x the average cost of a new automobile Read More
posted Monday, September 10, 2007 11:00 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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MARTA Profits Around the Corner? Maybe Transit does have Pricing Power Options?

Sometimes a system is in place that turns an operational profit based on "subsidized" pricing models.  For Tri-met there are bus lines that sometimes turn an operational profit, sometimes, during rush hour especially, the MAX turns an operational Read More
posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:11 AM by adron | 13 Comments
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