Portland Transport

Category: Car Free

  • Re-thinking Social Justice

    Some time ago I blogged about the “Wheels to Wealth” conference, which postulated that auto ownership is a key rung on the ladder out of poverty. I’ve been mulling that one ever since, and I’ve come to a tentative conclusion: Car-free by choice is great thing, because it means that you’ve managed to organize your…

  • Aging Out of your Car, Gracefully

    This is the second gem Dave Brook has passed along this week. Here’s a program in the other Portland where older drivers trade in their cars for credits towards rides. Dave wants to know if anyone locally is working to set up something like this? Sounds like a natural for Ride Connection.

  • Finally, on a Bike in the Netherlands

    One of the ironies of our busy agenda here in Amsterdam is that we’re spending so much time going to meetings and criss-crossing the country on the national railway that we have not had time to get on a bike and ride. That got fixed today when we visited Apeldoorn and Grongingen.

  • On Being a Transit-Assisted Pedestrian

    I don’t think of myself as a transit rider, although I certainly ride transit frequently. I don’t even think of myself primarily as a bicycle rider, although when I go to the office, it’s most often on my bike. My primary identification is as a pedestrian. Most of my travel around the city is on…

  • Bicycles Outselling Cars!

    I’m a subscriber to the ‘carfree network’ listserv. These folks are a little out there, even for this alternative mode activist. But every once in a while there’s a real gem, like this link to an article suggesting that last year more bikes than cars were sold in the U.S. The article attributes this to…