Portland Transport

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  • Help Local Blogger Get to D.C.

    Over at Bike Portland, Jonathan Maus is appealing for help in funding his trip to this year’s National Bike Summit. Having had the wonderful opportunity to go to Prague and Amsterdam this fall, I can testify how valuable these kind of field trips are for a blogger. Not only does it expand the consciousness of…

  • BTA Blog Added to Bike Channel

    The Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s new web site is now live, including their new blog. And it’s now part of the Portland Bike Channel.

  • Another Perspective on Bus Rapid Transit

    The post on buses in toll lanes has generated a lot of discussion. Michael Wilson forwarded this article from Sierra magazine, containing an interview with Jamie Lerner, the former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil.

  • Buses, Trains and Automobiles

    Last night, the Downtown Neighborhood Association invited TriMet to a meeting to discuss issues around the Transit Mall Light Rail project. Last Friday’s Tribune sensationalized this to a degree. Looking over the written questions the association submited to TriMet, I was reminded of a challenge in working with neighborhood associations on large capital projects: the…

  • KBOO Bike Show needs bike songs

    Ayleen passes along the following call for help: Hey Folks, We’re in need of bike songs. We always end the show with a bike song, but the ones we have are getting a little stale after so many years. We’ve got the Ken Southerland mix from Bikesummer we know all those. If you have songs,…