Category: Modes

  • How They Do It in Seattle

    Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Peter Lagerwey, Toole Design Group (Seattle, WA) Topic: Emerging Trends in Developing and Implementing Bicycle Master Plans – The Seattle Example When: Friday, September 30, 2011, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204

  • Signs of Bicycle Progress (mostly) in the Pearl

    On my morning bike ride earlier this week, I was waiting at the light to turn onto the Broadway Bridge to go to my favorite east-side breakfast food cart and witnessed an incident that mostly gave me hope for our collective cycling progress… Two women came down the Lovejoy ramp (positive, a greater proportion of…

  • ODOT to close 82nd Avenue bus lane for safety reasons?

    ODOT is considering getting rid of the bus lane on SE 82nd Avenue, between Monterey and King, for safety reasons.

  • Boom Times for Streetcar Builders

    Via Planetizen I think most of the 80 cities have had representatives tromp through the Pearl and ride our Streetcar…

  • My First Bike Commute Challenge

    I’m participating in the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s Bike Commute Challenge this month for the first time. I’ve been a telecommuter for 10 years+, so I’ve never thought I quite fit into the process. But this year a brilliant fellow telecommuter created “Team Telecommute” and I happily joined. Now all my trips to meetings, shopping, etc.…