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KBOO Bike Show: The Suburbs
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.8MB) We explore bringing cycling to the suburbs with Washington County, our neighbor to the west. While Portland likes to ring it’s proverbial bike bell for being bike friendly, we’re talking to Hal Ballard, Executive Director at the Washington County Transportation Coalition, Heather McCarey, Executive Director of the Westside Transportation…
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Why I Support Bike Sharing in Portland
A number of months ago I signed on to a letter in support of using several million dollars from the regional share of Federal flexible transportation dollars to help jump start a bike sharing system in Portland. And although a number of friends and organizations that I’m normally allied with are questioning that priority, I’m…
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My Bionic Bike Ride
Saturday I joined about 100 other local electeds, planners, advocates and policy wonks for the 7th Annual “Visionaries Voyage” (also known in the past as the Policymakers Ride). This is a yearly bike ride that visits regional open spaces and natural areas and explores existing and potential trail network opportunities. In recent years this has…
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Serious bike lane enforcement
OK, this is staged… but here’s a public service announcement from the city of Vilnius, Lithuania, encouraging motorists not to park in bike lanes. Can you imagine Sam Adams driving that APC? :) Hat tip to The Urbanophile
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KBOO Bike Show: Cycling at All Ages
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.9MB) Michelle and Tori talk with riders from age 7 to 70.