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Report from Portland Pedestrian Summit II
My experience of Ped Summit II began when I boarded the #45 bus in downtown Portland. Over the next few blocks, 3 or 4 more transportation advocates boarded the bus, and on the way to Multnomah Village, the driver regaled us with the comparative advantages of the #44 versus his #45 to get us to…
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Bookshelf: Urban Cycling
We have two similar but very different books on the topic of urban cycling! Urban Bikers’ Tricks and Tips Link to book at Amazon.com Link to book at Powell’s Link to book at Multnomah County Library List Price: This book is the ultimate practical guide. All kinds of situations that a cyclist may run into…
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Unravelling Transit in Clark County?
I got a TriMet alert last week reminding me that TriMet Passport (employer-based passes) would no longer be accepted on C-TRAN premimum express routes as of September 1. This sent me to the C-TRAN site to see what how else the TriMet/C-TRAN integration might be affected, and I found this page about C-TRAN’s “Service Preservation…
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The President Bicycles: what does it mean?
The novelist H.G. Wells said that he felt hope for the human race whenever he saw an adult on a bicycle. Our current president is now notorious in his love of bicycling, even if he falls off once in awhile. What does this mean for national transportation policy? If he rides enough (or some wags…
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Ride Like a Mensch
Yesterday, I was riding along a local street, cruising a downhill section and approaching an intersection with all-way stop signs. Already at the intersection was a car stopped at the cross street. There seemed to be a family inside-two kids, mom and dad, with grandma in the back seat. Arriving at the intersection I came…