Category: Modes

  • BTA Advocates Bike Boulevard Project

    Update 10/11/06: Over at the BTA Blog, they’re reporting that this is still up for grabs in the next round of decision making and have suggestions for the next steps for advocacy. Original Post 9/29/06: We heard from you and hundreds of other cyclists that you strongly prefer cycling on low-traffic bicycle boulevards. Here’s your…

  • Trolleybus History

    Following up on our discussion on trolleybuses, Dan Haneckow has published a history of trolleybuses in Portland, over on his Cafe Unknown blog. Well worth the read!

  • It Must be Real If There’s a Market for it

    The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday on a new trend in bicycle sales: commuter bikes. Oh my: A radical idea is sweeping the world of American bicycle manufacturing: building bikes that people will use for actual transportation.

  • Feisty Trail Meeting in Lake O

    Metro planned for 40-50 attendees at last night’s workshop on the trail portion of the Willamette Shoreline transit/trail alternatives analysis. They got a substantially larger turnout, apparently due to outreach among neighborhoods along the alignment. The small-group format, designed to answer the planners’ questions about project parameters, went out the window as attendees politely but…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Off-street Trails and Bike and Walk to School

    Featuring a special membership drive program with guest host Tim Calvert 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.