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KBOO Bike Show: What Makes a Great Cycling City?
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.8MB) Authors Mia Birk and Jeff Mapes discuss the components of cycling cities. [This show was broadcast on September 30, a week ahead of the regular schedule – we apologize for the delay in posting the podcast.]
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Bike and Ped Planning Course on Offer at PSU
Taught by the inestimable Mia Birk: “Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning” Tuesdays 1-4 3 units, the nuts and bolts of how to plan and engineer a city for bicycles and pedestrians. Portland is the best place to learn this in the US. Guest lecturers from across the city and other government agencies, you’ll be fully qualified…
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Learning from Copenhagen
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Niels Jensen, City of Copenhagen Traffic and Road Department Topic: Creating a City of Cyclists: What We Can Learn from Copenhagen When: Friday, Oct 2, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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Local Realtor Gets National Exposure
Portland’s own “Bike Realtor”, Kirsten Kaufman, is the featured guest on this week’s Smart City radio program. Go Kirsten!
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My “Dump the Pump” Competition Entries
Back in march, Chris alerted us to the American Public Transportation Association’s Dump the Pump Competition, where volunteer video makers could show their reasons for making the switch away from using gas/personal motor vehicles. First off, the title of this post could “our” rather than “my” — so many great people volunteered their skills as…