Year: 2015

  • KBOO Bike Show: Disaster!

     Listen to the show (mp3, 27.4MB) Tori and Jocelyn talk with disaster preparedness professional Joe Partridge about “the big one” and other disasters we should be prepared for. Will cargo bikes rescue us? Mike Cobb describes the Disaster Relief Trials.

  • Doritos Open Thread

    It’s now October, and for some reason, there seems to be a run on tortilla chips down at the convenience store.  :) The Metro Council has voted to advance the Powell/Division project, and in a separate matter, has passed out some early Halloween candy. Portland’s affordable housing shortage has suddenly become a big story. TriMet…

  • Completing my Personal “Tilikum Grand Slam”

    I’ll admit I had a head start. I enjoyed preview rides on both MAX and Streetcar. During yesterday’s opening festivities, I had the chance to cross both on MAX and on foot. And today I cycled east across our wonderful new bridge, and then made the return journey with my bike on the front of a…

  • Orange Line Open(ing) Thread

    Tomorrow the Orange Line opens.  TriMet will be free for the day, and to tell you the truth, I don’t remember this much pomp and circumstance for the Green or Yellow lines.  (The Red Line opening festivities, of course, were cancelled by 9/11). But since TriMet is throwing a party, it only makes sense to…

  • Two things for Portlanders to consider while arguing about bike-share service areas

    Bike sharing service areas are problematic in exactly the same way that public transit service areas are problematic. With Portland preparing next week to finally approve a bike sharing system, this problem is back on the city’s mind. It should be. The most important problem in Portland right now is housing affordability, and this is inherently…