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The catch-22 of bicycle safety
As many of you have heard, a few nights ago a 29-year old woman riding her bicycle downtown was struck and killed by a truck. Several weeks ago, an 11-year old boy in Vancouver was struck and killed by a C-TRAN bus. The response in more than a few media sources was “oh dear, urban…
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Car-sharing and the RAND corporation.
Today, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post highlighted a RAND Corporation report claiming that car-sharing cuts back very little on energy consumption. One major flaw in the analysis: The conclusion is based on the principle that most car-share users are non-car-owners who already drive infrequently–fair enough. It then poses the hypothetical about 20% of the…
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UPDATED: LIFT service affected by transit strike
UPDATE: KOIN reports that a tentative deal has been reached. Terms of the deal have not been released pending ratification. Original message content after the jump.
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Bike Score joins Walk Score and Transit Score
Check out Portland’s ratings here.
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KBOO Bike Show: Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) Earl discusses cycling and transportation policy and funding, both locally and nationally with Tori and Steph. Timo Forsberg from the Portland Bureau of Transportation talks about events for May’s “PDX Bike Month”.