Category: Modes

  • Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Bike-based Retail

    Bicycle-based vendors are making their mark on Portland’s street culture and business landscape. Elly and Sara host a discussion with local two- and three-wheeled shopkeepers. Can you fit an entire convenience store onto a bike? What does it feel like to pedal a coffee shop over the Hawthorne Bridge? How is the city permit office…

  • Two Wins for Amtrak

    ODOT is taking $35M saved from lower than expected bids on Federally funded stimulus project and is using it to buy trains for the Eugene-Portland run. WSDOT is putting on a second train daily to Vancouver, B.C. (starting at Portland)

  • High Speed Rail to Bypass Oregon City in Favor of Lake O?

    That’s what ODOT appears to be thinking.

  • Sad State of Transit Affairs

    T4America has a comprehensive report on the nationwide impact of transit service cuts and fare increases.

  • Reflecting on Sunday Parkways

    Bike Skills at Colonel Summers Park eBikes offered by Best Buy – demoed at Laurelhurst Park Returning from yesterday’s final Sunday Parkways of the season in SE Portland, I’ve noticed that my approach to the event has changed. Last year and for the first event of this year, I focused mostly on riding the loop,…