Category: Bikes

  • 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.

  • 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,…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Pedalpalooza 2010

    Listen to the show (mp3, 25.6MB) Kicking off on June 10th, Portland’s Pedalpalooza packs over 250 bike themed events into just two weeks. From Cruller Crawls to Pedal Potluck Picnics . . . From Legal Clinics to Naked Rides, there should be something of interest to everyone. And almost all events are free! On this…

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Pedalpalooza 2010

    Kicking off on June 10th, Portland’s Pedalpalooza packs over 250 bike themed events into just two weeks. From Cruller Crawls to Pedal Potluck Picnics . . . From Legal Clinics to Naked Rides, there should be something of interest to everyone. And almost all events are free! On this month’s KBOO Bike Show, Lindsay and…

  • Why You Ride Where You Ride

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Joe Broach, PhD student, Urban Studies, Portland State University Topic: Developing a Bicyclist Route Choice Model Using GPS Data Abstract: Existing regional travel forecasting systems are not typically set up to forecast usage of bicycle infrastructure and are insensitive to bicyclists’ route…