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Bill Would Help Enable Peer-to-peer Car Sharing
Passed on by car-sharing maven Dave Brooks: I’m sure you are familiar with the concept of car-sharing–a convenient, affordable and sustainable alternative to car ownership. This legislative session, a bill has been introduced to spur what I call “car-sharing 2.0” –car-sharing of private vehicles. Also known as “peer-to-peer car-sharing,” “personal vehicle car-sharing,” Personal Vehicle Carsharing…
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Save the Dates for Sunday Fun
The City of Portland has announced the Sunday Parkway dates for 2011: May 22 – East Portland June 26 – North Portland July 24 – Northwest/Downtown Portland August 28 – Southeast Portland September 25 – Northeast Portland See you out there!
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KBOO Bike Show: Youth Cycling
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.4MB) Tori and Michelle talk with folks who run programs to get/keep youth (teens and beyond) on bikes, including the Major Taylor Education Program and El Grupo.
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What’s the Right Frame to Advance our Cycling Goals?
Last week I had the chance to vicariously experience the Community Streetcar Coalition meeting as new PBOT Director Tom Miller was tweeting the highlights. The local reaction included a lot of frustration from bike advocates, including tweets like these: If Obama truly “got it” he’d put way more $$ into mode w/ strongest ROI in…
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First Take on Protected In-street Bicycle Facilities
Yes, that’s the wonky name for the category of bike treatments that includes cycletracks: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2011 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Chris Monsere, Nathan McNeil, Portland State University Topic: Portland’s Cycle Track and Buffered Bike Lanes: Are they working? Abstract: Findings will be presented on an evaluation of two…