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KBOO Bike Show: Amazing Cyclists!
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.3MB) Oregon is an amazing place to ride a bike not just because of the work of local and state governments. Ordinary citizens like you and me have worked tirelessly over the years in their own unique ways to improve the cycling landscape. We learn more about these bike heroes…
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Becoming an Expert Transit Rider
Via Planetizen: This article from Vancouver, B.C. outlines the skills required, and benefits of being an expert transit rider. Developing Transit Surfer™ was one of the ways I scratched my itch to use the system more efficiently here. What skills are required to be an expert transit rider here in Portland? What are the benefits?
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: New Time Slot!
Note new time slot: 11am – Noon Let’s Celebrate Amazing Cyclists! Oregon is an amazing place to ride a bike not just because of the work of local and state governments. Ordinary citizens like you and me have worked tirelessly over the years in their own unique ways to improve the cycling landscape. Tune in…
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Hell Freezes Over, Congestion Gets Better
The Business Journal is reporting on data collected by Inrix, a traffic data provider, that indicates congestion improved in our region between 2007 and 2008, with the region moving from the 21st most-congested metro to 23rd.
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Development-Oriented Transit: Bus, Trolley Bus and Streetcar
How do we create pedestrian-friendly mainstreets and 20-minute neighborhoods? At the beginning of the last century Streetcars were the preferred tool, and here in Portland they are again at the beginning of this century here in Portland and increasingly in other U.S. cities. Of course it is not simply a matter of installing rails in…