Portland Transport

Category: Car Free

  • Kickstart Sunday Parkways

    I had a blast yesterday riding around car-free streets in East Portland during the first Sunday Parkways event of the year (four more to come!). There’s a Kickstarter campaign under way to help support these events, and as I write this, with just 16 hours to go until the deadline, the effort is just $415…

  • Personal Car-sharing Advancing in Oregon

    Portland’s own Dave Brooks describes how it works on yesterday’s Think Out Loud program (mp3 6.1M).

  • New Low-car Magazine Launches

    Portland Afoot is a “A four-page monthly newsmagazine about low-car life in Portland, Oregon” according to its publisher, Michael Andersen. The “micro-publication” will be available in both online and paper forms. Full disclosure: I am a board member of Portland in the Round, the parent organization of Portland Afoot.

  • Would You Rent Out Your Car? Rent Your Neighbor’s?

    Via Planetizen: That’s what an effort in California would allow. If your car is idle for long periods of time, you could put it into a car-share pool. Likewise, you could access your neighbors’ or co-workers’ cars if they were part of the program. Over at the carsharing.us blog, Dave has an analysis of why…

  • Join Me in Volunteering for a Sunday Parkway

    The City of Portland is hosting FIVE Sunday Parkway events this summer. These amazing events celebrate community and remind us that streets are for people, not just cars. And they’re a great way to get someone on a bicycle for the first time (or back on a bike after a long time). But these are…