Month: March 2014

  • KBOO Bike Show: Our Bodies Our Bikes

     Listen to the show (mp3, 27.2MB) Tori is joined by Dr. Stacy Simms, Exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist, and biomechanical engineer from University of California Davis Judd Van Sickle to talk about what goes on in our bodies when we ride.

  • Passing the Streetcar Baton

    Yesterday Willamette Week announced the retirement of Rick Gustafson as the Executive Director of Portland Streetcar, Inc. This morning, as a member of the PSI Board, I had the chance to vote for his successor, Dan Bower, who for the last several years has been the leader of PBOT’s Active Transportation group. Streetcar has many…

  • Telling Your Story

    PSU Transportation Seminar: 10 Tips to Tell Your Story in a Thought-Provoking and Technically Truthful Way Speaker: Dave Thompson, Public Information Section Manager, Oregon DOT Topic: 10 Tips to Tell Your Story in a Thought-Provoking and Technically Truthful Way When: Friday, March 7, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Abstracts: How do…

  • Open Thread – Fat Tuesday Edition

    What’s on your mind?

  • DIY Electric Bikeshare

    This guy has designed a 7-pound add-on that converts a Citibike to an electric bike in seconds. It’s not in production yet, but since most of the bikes Alta deploys have similar design, I suspect it might well work here in Portland when we get bike share online.