Portland Transport

Category: Bikes

  • Better Trips, Transformational Leadership

    There was a flurry of news on Friday, describing TriMet’s new multi-modal trip planner. There is no question the planner is very cool. The ability to integrate bike and transit trip planning, better pedestrian routing to transit stops, and a myriad a bells and whistles (check out the ‘bike triangle’!) are a great step forward.…

  • Reactions to Bicycle Planning: Beyond the Backlash

    I missed the post on Streetsblog when this first came out (thanks to @groxie for tweeting it and catching my attention). A group of students at Hunter College produced a report: “Beyond the Backlash: Equity and Participation in Bicycle Planning” (PDF, 10.6M). The report resonates quite a bit with issues here in Portland: Better infrastructure…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Charlie Hales

    Listen to the show (mp3, 26.2MB) Tori and Michelle chat with Charlie Hales about his vision for cycling in Portland and other transportation issues. BTA’s Gerik Kransky discusses bicycle funding.

  • Coming up on the KBOO Bike Show: Mayoral Candidate Charlie Hales

    If you have a question you’d like to ask Charlie you can post it to the show’s Facebook page. 11AM-Noon, Wednesday, October 5th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day

  • How They Do It in Seattle

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Peter Lagerwey, Toole Design Group (Seattle, WA) Topic: Emerging Trends in Developing and Implementing Bicycle Master Plans – The Seattle Example When: Friday, September 30, 2011, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204