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Wonking Out on Bicycle Parking Policy
Getting to a 25% bicycle mode share is not just a matter of building cycle tracks or expanding the network of off-street trails. Every part of the experience of using a bike has to get easier and more comfortable, and that includes parking your bike at the end of the trip. The bicycle master plan…
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Eleven Reasons Portland Transport readers should come to the 2013 Weston Awards.
Hey, folks! My name is Aaron Brown, and I’m currently serving as Board President of Oregon Walks, the state’s pedestrian advocacy organization that’s been busy working to make streets safer for walking in the state since 1991. I’ll ask you to please excuse my remarkably obnoxious, buzzfeedesque title and format of this article, but I really wanted to…
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A Bluetooth Bike Lock
I just put up $79 for an interesting Kickstarter project that plans to create a Bluetooth-controlled bike lock. This would be perfect for my daughter, who has a bad habit of losing her keys – of course, she also sometimes loses her phone, but since you can authorize more than one phone, there’s a simpler…
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Tracking the E-bike Revolution
PSU Transportation Seminar E-bikes in the United States Speaker: John MacArthur, OTREC at PSU Topic: E-Bikes in the United States When: Friday, October 18, 2013, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Abstract: Electric bicycles (e-bikes) are well established in China and other Asian and European countries but have…
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Oregonian Editorial Board Hearts Uber
The paper-of-record-that’s-no-longer-on-my-front-step comes down squarely on the side of innovation in supporting Uber‘s case before the Private for-Hire Transportation Board of Review. I agree. While we continue to need regulation for passenger safety and to prevent abuses, transportation technology is evolving much more quickly than our regulatory framework, and the regulators need to put on their…