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A Walktober Tour of Portland’s Crosswalks
I’m joined in assembling this post by Kirk Paulsen, who took the photos within and contributed many great ideas. It’s October, or as your local walking advocacy group Oregon Walks has branded it for the last two years, “Walktober.” I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment—there really isn’t a better time to go for a stroll than…
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What’s the Impact of Hanjin’s Exit?
Last week it was reported that container shipper Hanjin will stop calling on the Port of Portland in January, this morning the Business Journal starts to figure out the impacts. I expect that some will begin speculating about what this might mean for development of terminals on West Hayden Island. I honestly don’t know the…
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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…