Talking Headways Podcast: Portland’s ‘Rose Lanes’ Busways
April Bertelsen of the Portland Bureau of Transportation talks about the Rose Lanes project, which are transit priority treatments that aim to get buses and streetcars out of traffic.
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Jeff Wood
10:34 PM CDT on May 28, 2020
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