Category: Bikes

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Off-Street Paths

    This month the KBOO Bike Show will feature a special membership drive program with guest host Tim Carver discussing the Springwater Trail and his other favorite off-street paths. We talk on the phone with children participating in National Bike and Walk to School Day. 9-10AM, Wednesday, October 4th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm…

  • Threading a Trail

    Part of the Willamette Shoreline transit analysis is providing a trail through the corridor. This sometimes tends to get overlooked while haggling over the potential transit options. But the trail moves front and center at workshop next week: Community Design Workshop When: October 3, 2006 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. (drop in any time) Where: Adult…

  • The Missing Link – A stroll along the Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor

    When not consulting or teaching computer classes, MJ Coe spends his time as a board member of the Laurelhurst Neighborhood Association, as President of Portland Progressive Toastmasters, and as a member of the Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor Steering Committee. Travel down the I-84 corridor/Banfield Highway between the Convention Center and Gateway during rush hour, and what…

  • Vancouver Bike Box

    One of the incidental pleasures from our Vancouver, B.C. trip was seeing this bike box on Dunsmuir Street in the hear out downtown Vancouver. This is a tool we have not embraced yet to any significant degree in Portland (I think we have a pilot somewhere), but is common in the Netherlands. At intersections, bikes…

  • New Transportation Blog

    There’s a new transportation blog out there, PDX Transit: PDXTransit is a website that discusses transit, commuting, and mobility in Portland Oregon Metropolitan vicinity. We focus on local trends, events, emerging technologies that will improve how Portlanders “Walk, Drive, Bike, and Ride” around the city. Welcome to the block! A recent post highlights PDOT’s Shopping…