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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Racing and Differently Abled Cyclists
This month host Tori Bortman visits the first half hour with Kenji Sugahara, Director of the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) and Lindsay Kandra, Portland Coordinator for the OBRA High School Cyclocross Program to talk about this exciting piolot program and how it plans to make Oregon’s young adults happier, healthier and more muddy. In…
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Bikeability About More Than Bike Lanes
Via Pricetags: A paper by PSU MURP candidate Nathan McNeil (PDF) analyzes “bikeability” and develops a Walkscore-style scoring system. He specifically compares East Portland with more central parts of the City and gives East Portland an average score of 76 compared to 96 for more central neighborhoods. Among the points of comparison: East Portland has…
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KBOO Bike Show: Cycling in Italy, Bikes and Sewers
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.3MB) Elle Thalheimer (Lonely Planet Cycling in Italy) and Daniel Sharp discuss cycling in Italy and the Giro d’Italia. Evan Ross and Alex Phillips talk about summer recreational riding in Portland and Oregon. Mark Lear and Catherine Ciarlo from the City of Portland and Sarah Mirk of the Mercury overview…
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Modal Smack-down at JPACT
Freight interests are making a play for flexible Federal dollars that have in recent years been allocated to active transportation. Excellent coverage at the BTA blog.
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Two Paradigms for Transit Parking
Last month I had the chance to sit in on a brown bag session about the new bike parking facility under construction at the Sunset Transit Center. Currently, the main way to get secure bike parking at a transit center is to rent a locker for a monthly fee. This has never worked for me,…