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KBOO Bike Show: Open Streets Movement
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) Steph and guest host Mychal Tetteh talk about the open streets movement (events like Sunday Parkways) world wide. They discuss LA’s CycLAvia with Dr. Adonia Lugo and talk with a number of organizers and participants in Portland’s Sunday Parkways.
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“Going Dutch:” What Portland Can Learn from the World’s Cycling Capitol
It’s been something of a trend lately for Portland bike enthusiasts to travel to the Mecca of bicycling—the Netherlands—and come back full of energy and ideas for improving the bikeability and livability of our city. For the past three summers, Portland State University’s civil engineering program has offered a class exploring the Dutch civil infrastructure,…
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Post-CRC Transit: Time for (Real) Commuter Rail?
If the Columbia River Crossing mega-highway and light rail project is actually dead, a question arises: what are we to do to address mobility across the river, especially when it comes to high(er) capacity public transportation? Without the CRC, opportunity to improve transit to Clark County, Washington remains limited at best. The likelihood of a…
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Honoring a Leader, Pointing to the Future
I had the pleasure of working with Ann Niles for many years. She chaired the transportation committee in the Pearl District, and I played the same role in the neighborhood immediately to the west. Her commitment to transportation options in the Pearl that supported the livability of her neighborhood was unflagging. She was the driving…
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KBOO Bike Show: Mountain Bike Trails
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Michelle talks with Ralph Bloomers of the CRAG Law Center, Kent Howes of the Central Oregon Trail Alliance and Petr Kakes of Ski Bowl about mountain bike trails on Mount Hood and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest.