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Northern Jealousy
Sometimes I just can’t help being a little jealous. Recently two pieces came across my desk about better mode splits for bikes and walking in Canada. The Daily Score reports that in Vancouver, B.C., they’ve already blown past their 2021 goals (by 50%!) for bike and pedestrian trips. And VTPI has an academic paper (PDF,…
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Portland Parks Seeks Feedback on Trails Strategy
Portland Parks and Recreation has a released a draft strategy (PDF, 420K) for development of the Portland segments of the regional trails network. Check it out and let them know what you think. Or attend the formal presentation: Thursday, June 1, 2006 6:30 – 8:00 pm Portland Building – Second Floor Room C 1120 SW…
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TriMet on Bikes on Bus
Apparently TriMet is following some of our discussions here about maxing out capacity for bikes on bus and MAX. Here’s a note I recently received: This is Kiran Limaye, bicycle coordinator for TriMet. I believe we met at a TPAC meeting some time back. A while ago there was a post on your blog about…
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Officially Respectible: Bicycle Commuting Featured in Wall Street Journal
This must be what mainstream feels like. Thursday’s Wall Street Journal has an article (sorry, no link, you need a password) in the “Personal Journal” section talking about efforts by cities to attract people to bicycle commuting. The focus is on incentives and end-of-trip facilities. Portland gets a mention, but not a very accurate one:…
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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…