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Serious bike lane enforcement
OK, this is staged… but here’s a public service announcement from the city of Vilnius, Lithuania, encouraging motorists not to park in bike lanes. Can you imagine Sam Adams driving that APC? :) Hat tip to The Urbanophile
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Do We Have Enough Cabs?
A post at Sightline looks at comparative taxis per capita, and taxi fares. Portland has a relatively low number of cabs per person, and relatively high fares. Would we benefit from looser restrictions on the number of taxis in Portland? How would we arrive at the optimal number? Do we need a limit at all?…
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KBOO Bike Show: Cycling at All Ages
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.9MB) Michelle and Tori talk with riders from age 7 to 70.
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Oregonian Discovers Change in Streetcar Schedule
The story that the Streetcar Loop won’t start operation until September of 2012 has been bouncing around the internet today like ‘breaking news’, but it’s anything but. Back on New Year’s day I answered a question on this very blog with: “The Streetcar Loop will likely open in late 2012. The arrival of the vehicles…
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TriMet opens new bike-n-rides
Today, TriMet opened two new bike-and-ride facilities, secure bike parking for customers who use bicycles to reach transit, at the Beaverton and Gresham transit centers. The Beaverton facility is the largest so far in the TriMet system, with a capacity of 100 bicycles. Unlike the previous such facility at Sunset TC; the Beaverton facility does…