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KBOO Bike Show: Back to School
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.4MB) In the first segment, Tori talks with the JP Reuer from the Pacific Northwest College of Art about the unique design/build process that created the New Columbia Bike Hub in a matter of days. In the second segment we hear from LeeAnne Fergason, Education Director for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance,…
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Bicycle Advocacy Volunteer Opportunity
Hey readers, just a heads up that Hands On Greater Portland is offering a TeamWorks volunteer program starting next week based on bicycle advocacy and education. This will be a really amazing opportunity for anyone who wants to learn about and contribute to the good work of improving and expanding bicycle transportation in the Portland…
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A Wealth of Bike Share Technologies
Portland is awash with bike share technology. Headliner Alta Bike Share is getting ready to deploy the same dock-based technology they’ve used in DC, Boston, NY and Chicago. But there’s more action than that. Local advocate extraordinaire Kiel Johnson has designed a system for apartment complexes and out at Intel there is an open source…
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KBOO Bike Show: Open Streets Movement
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) Steph and guest host Mychal Tetteh talk about the open streets movement (events like Sunday Parkways) world wide. They discuss LA’s CycLAvia with Dr. Adonia Lugo and talk with a number of organizers and participants in Portland’s Sunday Parkways.
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“Going Dutch:” What Portland Can Learn from the World’s Cycling Capitol
It’s been something of a trend lately for Portland bike enthusiasts to travel to the Mecca of bicycling—the Netherlands—and come back full of energy and ideas for improving the bikeability and livability of our city. For the past three summers, Portland State University’s civil engineering program has offered a class exploring the Dutch civil infrastructure,…