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Lyon-to-Portland
Continuing our tradition of thought leadership here at Portland Transport, we’ve highlighted the bike rental/sharing program in Lyon, France a couple of times (here and here). Now the Portland Mercury is reporting (“Yellow Bikes: Version 2.0, The Return of Bike Sharing?“) that Roland Chlapowski in Sam Adams’ office is working on getting such a program…
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Bike-on-Bus Capacity Highlighted
We’ve discussed here the fact that TriMet bike racks on the front of buses are often full. Yesterday the topic hit the “in Portland” section of the Oregonian. Word is that TriMet will be testing racks that will hold three bikes on some routes next year.
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Wanted: Advocate
I got a note yesterday that Jessica Roberts, the BTA’s regional advocate extraordinaire, is leaving BTA to join Alta Planning. The BTA’s loss will be Alta’s gain – Mia Birk is collecting quite a pool of bikey talent there, and in the long run that’s a good thing for our community and a lot of…
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Rise to The Challenge
The official press release on the BTA’s Bike Commute Challenge is out. Everyone who wants to reduce our dependence on autos and petroleum should try this out. See how many times in September you can get to work on your bike, or a combination of bike and transit. And get your co-workers in on the…
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The Ultimate in Hands Free
The folks who promote dual-mode transportation should be happy to see this development, it’s the next step on the way to their concept: a car that parks itself, or even handles itself in stop-and-go traffic. Read all about it from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal.