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When Will You Walk (or Bike)?
Nice piece on NPR Sunday that suggests that we may have reached ‘peaked gasoline’ (i.e., peak demand for gasoline) in the U.S. as folks make alternative choices (even as the economy comes back, gasoline use is not tracking upward with the economy). However, worldwide demand continues to rise because of the appetite in developing countries…
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Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend?
I can’t say I have a lot of love for folks who attempt to use the initiative system to limit the role of government. I cut my teeth in statewide politics a decade ago working to oppose measures by anti-tax activists that would have gutted critical services. But now here is Tim Eyman, Washington State’s…
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KBOO Bike Show: Cycling Authors
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Tori and Michelle interview Sue Macy, Author of Wheels of Change, How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) and Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza, editor of Cycling – Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force. Both books are available as premiums in KBOO’s…
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Why We Walk II
Last post we were being asked, now someone is going to explain it to us: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Robert Schneider, UC Berkeley Topic: How Do People Choose a Travel Mode? Factors Associated with Routine Walking & Bicycling Abstract: Walking and bicycling are being promoted as…
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Why We Walk
The national advocacy organization America Walks has just released a national walking survey, please go help fill in the picture.