Transportation

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Business Proposed to Build Solar Recumbent Bicycles in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A novel kind of transportation called the ‘ELF’ is coming to Portland, Oregon. The name comes from electric, light and fun. The ELF is a new style of recumbent bicycle with a solar panel shell surrounding it. Inventor and company founder Rob Cotter’s business includes plans... Read more

Megaload Protest: the Breakfast of Governors

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This morning, protesters with Rising Tide interrupted a "power" breakfast being held by Governor Kitzhaber at downtown Portland's Governor Hotel, in order to give voice to concerns over the movement of megaloads of extraction equipment through tribal land in Eastern Oregon ... Read more

Protest at Omega Morgan in Hillsboro

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Around 30 protesters with Rising Tide and other groups took over the lobby at Omega Morgan headquarters, demanding to talk with the President, John McCalla, and for an end to their transport of "megaload" shipments of Tar Sands oil extraction equipment to Alberta, Canada. K... Read more

TriMet to Vote on Transfer Time Increase

Airs at: Thu, 12/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
TriMet is going to vote next Wednesday on whether to increase transfer times for one-way tickets to 2.5 hours, up from 2 hours, to better accomodate round trips. This would also clarify their official stance on one-way tickets, which is that round trips are not encouraged b... Read more

KBOO Bike Show 2013 Give Guide for the Holidays

The Bike Farm is an all volunteer-run bicycle maintenance collective dedicated to every aspect of bicycle education, from safe commuting to repair. Their mission is to provide a space where people can learn about the bicycle and build community around promoting sustainable ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 26 August 2013

Airs at: Tue, 08/27/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which addresses popular deceptions and misconceptions about Social Security, money in politics, safety and policing, and climate change.Bill Resnick talks with Max Richtman about Social SecurityClayton Morgareidge reads from an... Read more

News You're Not Supposed to Know

Airs at: Thu, 08/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
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Presswatch

Airs at: Fri, 08/16/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Host Theresa Mitchell discuss abortion, abortion protesting and aborthion rights Read more

APA Compass: Bobby Caina Calvan on the Asiana 214 Racist Hoax

Airs at: Fri, 08/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Bobby Caina Calvan describes how multiple news outlets were taken in by a racist hoax following the crash of Asiana flight 214, and how similar mistakes could be avoided in the future.  Read the article "Having more diverse newsrooms won’t always prevent errors like KTVU’s,... Read more

Ann Wetherell and the "Flying Tigers: Chinese American Aviators in Oregon, 1918-1945"

Airs at: Fri, 04/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Professor Ann Wetherell tells us why Portland had an unusually large number of Chinese-American pilots in the early 1900s. Professor Wetherell is the curator of “Flying Tigers: Chinese American Aviators in Oregon, 1918-1945″.Interviewed and produced by Andrew Yeh. Read more