Human Transit: yikes!

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05/08/2012

yikes!

Tomorrow's my 50th birthday, and today I just made an accepted offer on a house in Portland. A bit to digest, so we'll be dark here for a couple of days! Coming soon: posts on Tel Aviv and on British de-regulation ...

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Happy Birthday dear friend. We've known each other an awfully long time now. I like that.

Posted by: Miss Bliss | 05/08/2012 at 11:25

Happy Birthday, Jarrett!

Posted by: John Krause | 05/08/2012 at 11:48

Congratulations Jarrett! On both your b-day and your house.

Now get crackin' on paying off that mortgage before you retire. I speak from experience!

Posted by: MB | 05/08/2012 at 13:15

Congratulations!

Posted by: EngineerScotty | 05/08/2012 at 14:37

Happy birthday... besides it seems like a good time to buy a house in the USA...

Posted by: kantor | 05/08/2012 at 15:11

Happy birthday!

I'm looking forward to hearing you on Tel Aviv. The city has so many interesting issues to work on - the way it's building a subway, the dysfunctional bus network, the prevalence of high-rise sprawl - and I'm sure you'll have plenty of insights.

Posted by: Alon Levy | 05/08/2012 at 15:56

Okay, so now that you've settled down in Portland, how can we get you in charge of things at Trimet? Interested in running for a position on the Metro Board? ;-)

Posted by: Joseph E | 05/08/2012 at 16:17

Another reader for your Tel-Aviv insights. When are you coming to fix our transit?

Happy birthday!

Posted by: Lerman | 05/08/2012 at 16:45

Happy Birthday and Congratulations!!

Posted by: Daniel Howard | 05/08/2012 at 17:14

welcome to the landed gentry and happy birthday.

Posted by: david vartanoff | 05/08/2012 at 22:01

Happy birthday Jarrett and congratuations on the house. Definitely a different feeling than renting. You can now build walls of books or whatever takes your fancy without worrying about the landlord. And I trust that it's near one or more 'frequent network' routes!

Posted by: Peter Parker | 05/09/2012 at 03:21

Congrats! Surprise, so that's where urban transport planners would like to live.

Posted by: Edward Re | 05/09/2012 at 04:18

Happy B-Day, enjoy it and have fun

Posted by: Koeriers Antwerpen | 05/09/2012 at 09:15

Do something nice for yourself today!

Posted by: Robert Willis | 05/09/2012 at 16:19

I did! Rode a really useful bus! ;)

Posted by: Jarrett at HumanTransit.org | 05/09/2012 at 17:02

Bonne fête Jarret !

Posted by: David Duval | 05/09/2012 at 17:47

Jarrett, did you use Walk Score or Transit Score to determine your new house?

With that said, congratulations and best wishes for both of your milestones.

Posted by: Wad | 05/09/2012 at 18:24

Wad. In my case I know Portland well enough that I didn't need those tools. As it turns out, Walkscore is 58. Low Walkscore reflects WS's emphasis on proximity rather than quality of walk environment. Shops are over a half mile away, but I'd much rather walk 1/2 mile to them in Portland's fine-grained and pleasant urban grid than do a much shorter walk in the anti-pedestrian suburbs. TransitScore is 50, ludicrously low for an area with very good transit access by Portland standards. Jarrett

Posted by: Jarrett at HumanTransit.org | 05/09/2012 at 20:01

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