September 1, 2010
September Open Thread
By popular demand...
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KBOO Bike Show: Lose The Training Wheels
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.9MB)
Learn about Bike First, a program that works with youngsters and adults who experience difficulty getting past training wheels and onto conventional two-wheelers.
And in the second half hour, we talk with Johnny Olivan of Rejuiced
Bikes, a Portland-based business that builds pedal-powered vehicles of
the most incredible kind.
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August 30, 2010
Playing Down the Need for Speed
The critical path to safety has to include slowing cars down, particularly on neighborhood streets. EnzymePDX looks at Sweden's effort to eliminate road deaths, and compares it to Mayor Adam's effort to get City control over local speed limits. Simultaneously,...
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August 27, 2010
Bicycles IN Airports
We all know that PDX has made it manageable (I won't quite say easy, yet) to take a bike to or from the airport. But I'm now returning from an extended trip to the east coast (if you've noticed my...
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August 25, 2010
Connect Oregon III Hands Out $97M
Mostly to freight projects, with some transit and a few aviation projects....
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August 24, 2010
Park Your Scooter by the Month?
Since the City of Portland introduced SmartMeters (pay stations) for on-street parking several years ago, one of the ongoing complaints is that you can't securely attach the sticker to a motorcycle or scooter. Someone can easily come along and steal...
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August 23, 2010
Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet
That's the subtitle of Mia Birk's new book "Joyride". Mia is CEO of Alta Planning and was Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Portland during the period when much of today's bicycle network was conceived and initially implemented. The book...
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August 22, 2010
The Tyranny of Absolutes
There's been a lot of buzz online about TriMet's decision to end service for the #15 on Thurman St., routing the bus to Montgomery Park instead. Steve Duin of the Oregonian has the best piece I've seen on the decision....
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