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Platinum Podcast
If you’re a blogger one of the technologies you have to track is RSS, and it’s a quick jump from RSS into podcasting. So I often run into interesting podcasts. Last week I stumbled across Bike Talk and their podcast. The show is out of Davis, California, which is significant since Davis is the first…
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Netherlands Trip Featured in the O
Our traveling companion Jeff Mapes writes in the In Portland section of the Oregonian this morning about our field trip to the Netherlands. Over at Bike Portland Jonathan has already done a nice summary of the article so I won’t repeat it here. I’ll just take the opportunity to mention that we’ve created a new…
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It all started on the bus
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man 50 years ago, her courage gave face to a movement that would forever change our society and institutions. Her heroic act on Dec. 1, 1955 sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and for 381 days blacks, who made up the majority of…
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Who Needs an SUV?!
One of the most striking things we saw in the Netherlands was whole families traveling together by bike. Perhaps the most touching scene, which we saw several times, was a parent riding side-by-side with a younger child, with a hand outstretched on the child’s shoulder to guide him or her. While unfortunately I didn’t get…
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Speak up for Bikes!
Head over to Bike Portland to get clued in on two important opportunities for public input on bike-related issues. I’m particularly enthused about the idea of a waterfront bike connection from the Eastbank Esplanade to Cathedral Park.