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KBOO Bike Show: Cycle Touring
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) This month the bike show hosts Ellee Thalheimer, author of Cycling Sojourner, the first cycle-tour guide to the state of Oregon, as well as Matt Picio, co-founder of Cycle Wild, a group that’s mission is “to connect people with nature via the bicycle” and who organize free cycle trips…
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Crowdsourcing the Case for Cycling
The City Club of Portland recently announced a research study: BICYCLING IN PORTLAND: A SERIOUS LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND PRIORITIES . Here are the objectives of the study: Make a recommendation on the role bicycling should play in Portland’s transportation system, based on review of existing criteria, available studies, and witness testimony. Based on…
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The catch-22 of bicycle safety
As many of you have heard, a few nights ago a 29-year old woman riding her bicycle downtown was struck and killed by a truck. Several weeks ago, an 11-year old boy in Vancouver was struck and killed by a C-TRAN bus. The response in more than a few media sources was “oh dear, urban…
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Bike Score joins Walk Score and Transit Score
Check out Portland’s ratings here.
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KBOO Bike Show: Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) Earl discusses cycling and transportation policy and funding, both locally and nationally with Tori and Steph. Timo Forsberg from the Portland Bureau of Transportation talks about events for May’s “PDX Bike Month”.