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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…
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KBOO Bike Show: Back to School
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.4MB) In the first segment, Tori talks with the JP Reuer from the Pacific Northwest College of Art about the unique design/build process that created the New Columbia Bike Hub in a matter of days. In the second segment we hear from LeeAnne Fergason, Education Director for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance,…