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KBOO Bike Show: Aftermass
Listen to the show (mp3, 16.8MB) Tori, Alon and new host Jocelyn Gaudi speak with Joe Biel and Sara Stout, discussing bicycle advocacy and bike fun in the context of the Critical Mass movement. Joe’s documentary “Aftermass” about Critical Mass in Portland (and its demise) will screen in Portland on May 23rd.
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Shaping Up the Southwest Corridor DEIS
The project staff have released their recommendations for what should and shouldn’t be studied in the DEIS (PDF, 17M).
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A Portland Plan Take on the Twenties Bikeway
There’s a great deal of controversy around the question of whether or not parking removal on NE/SE 28th Ave should be part of the solution for the 20s bikeway. At the moment PBOT is leaning toward not removing parking, which means no dedicated bikeway in this section of the project (roughly between Oregon and Stark…
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The Rise and Fall of the Suburbs
I’m in the middle of reading Benjamin Ross’, “Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism” Did you know that the evolutionary path of suburbs went from the Streetcar suburb (which became inner-ring neighborhoods in many cities, including Portland) to the Railroad suburb, very separate from its city, which in turn became the template…
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Peering a Little Further into Our Driverless Future
Two interesting pieces from Atlantic Cities about driverless cars: A ride-along in a Google car in an urban environment (good news – it takes corners slowly!) A suggestion that the question of who is liable when a driverless car crashes is addressed reasonably well within the current state of product liability law (sadly they call…