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DIY Electric Bikeshare
This guy has designed a 7-pound add-on that converts a Citibike to an electric bike in seconds. It’s not in production yet, but since most of the bikes Alta deploys have similar design, I suspect it might well work here in Portland when we get bike share online.
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Editorial: The Name for the Bridge
I ran into Abigail Scott Duniway the other day.
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Streetcars as Part of the Transit Network
Curtis Ailes has long been a Portland Transport correspondent, living in Indianapolis. He and his family have recently moved to Portland and we’re happy to welcome him to the region and to Portland Transport! Recently, a tectonic jolt rocked the transit blogosphere as The Atlantic Cities’ Eric Jaffe penned a column supporting the notion that streetcars…
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What’s Car Sharing Doing to Auto Sales?
A lot, according to this Planetizen piece (linking to the original Wall Streetcar Journal article, which is behind a paywall). One estimate is that 500,000 less cars have been sold in the last 7 years because of the availability of car sharing services. How many parking spaces does that save?
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KBOO Bike Show: Budgets
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.1MB) Steph talks with Portland Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick, PBOT Director Leah Treat and Bicycle Transportation Alliance Advocacy Directory Gerik Kransky about City and State budgets for active transportation. And Commissioner Novick gets schooled on “Vision Zero”.