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Did We Just Pave Over a Woonerf?
The May issue of the NW Examiner reports that students at the Pacific NW College of Art are complaining that traffic speeds are unsafe on the newly paved NW 13th Ave. PNCA students are seeking better enforcement of traffic speed and of failure to obey stop signs. They also want “traffic pacifying devices that will…
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Guerrilla Reclamation of Parking
Picked up from the SHIFT list, folks are beginning to re-think whether on-street parking spaces are the highest and best use of land. Here are examples in New York and San Francisco. I remember a few years ago in Antwerp, I saw lots of cafes that had their sidewalk seating not in the sidewalk itself,…
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Flexcar Getting Stiffed?
Updated May 11: PDOT has released their evaluation report (PDF, 72K) of Flexcar’s “Pilot” use of on-street parking. We’ve had a number of posts here about Flexcar, the carsharing program that has been operating here in Portland for several years (disclaimer, I’m a member, and a happy one). Until now, Flexcar has enjoyed free use…
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Free Trade in Bikes?
Here’s an interesting link I picked up from the Word Car Free Network list. Apparently there is an effort to get bicycles and bicycle parts classified as “environmentally preferable products” for purposes of the World Trade Organization, so they can be imported and exported with out tariffs. I’m not sure what that would mean for…
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Oregonian “Gets It” on Freight
On today’s editorial page, the Oregonian has figured out what the freight community keeps ignoring: shifting SOV drivers to alternate modes is good for freight! As gas prices hit $3 per gallon, it’s not just individual motorists rethinking their way of getting around the region. Businesses are, too. And as an understanding of the region’s…