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KBOO Bike Show: BTA Director Evan Manvel and the Ghost Bike Project
Listen to the show (mp3, 11.6M) BTA Executive Director Evan Manvel discusses bicycle advocacy, safety and “sharrows”. Forrest Burris talks about the Ghost Bike project, memorializing cyclists killed by autos by erecting white bicycles at the crash sites. The Walk + Bike to School program is also discussed.
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Bicycles Outselling Cars!
I’m a subscriber to the ‘carfree network’ listserv. These folks are a little out there, even for this alternative mode activist. But every once in a while there’s a real gem, like this link to an article suggesting that last year more bikes than cars were sold in the U.S. The article attributes this to…
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Enjoying the Rain
Wet. There’s no avoiding the truth. I got wet this morning biking to work. In what was a rare Portland rain (usually it’s just drizzle), I put on my rain pants and my mediocre raincoat and biked through some serious rain and puddles to work. Coming across the Hawthorne Bridge, I was glad to see…
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My Trip: Michelle Looks for a Guiding Light on the Waterfront
I’ve begun riding my new bicycle most places in lieu of taking the bus. It’s at least fifteen minutes quicker than on my way to work compared to the bus (7.71 miles one way!). I choose a bike lane, bike/pedestrian only path which leads me down the Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Generally, this proves to…
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Bike Rentals in Lyon
My Metro Council colleague Rod Park took these photos while on a family trip to France. “This is a new program Lyon is trying. You rent the bike for 1 euro for each hour after the first half hour which is free. They have about 20 stations city wide. You just pick one up and…