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A Thumbs Up for Portland’s Street Grid
A recent study (sadly, one you have to pay for to get the full report), suggests that a compact street grid supports greater levels of physical activity and leads to better health outcomes. Three cheers for 200 foot blocks!
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Is Transit Active Transportation?
PSU Transportation Seminar Links Between Public Transportation and Physical Activity Speaker: Brian Saelens, Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Seattle’s Children’s Hospital & University of Washington Topic: Links Between Public Transportation and Physical Activity When: Friday, November 7, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Summary: This…
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The Air We Breathe
PSU Transportation Seminar: Measuring Urban Bicyclists’ Uptake of Traffic-Related Pollution Speaker: Alex Bigazzi, PhD candidate, Portland State University Topic: Measuring Urban Bicyclists’ Uptake of Traffic-Related Pollution When: Friday, February 28, 2014, 12-1 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Abstracts: Urban bicyclists’ uptake of traffic-related air pollution is still not well quantified, due to a lack…
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Driving the Bus with Carbon Monoxide?
Readers of this blog will be aware that OPAL has been a leading voice criticizing TriMet service reductions in recent years. They’re now latching onto a somewhat obscure air quality regulation to try to put some teeth into that advocacy. The Portland region is under Federal compliance plans for two pollutants: ozone and carbon monoxide…
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The Favorite Pedometer I Don’t Wear
My convictions around active transportation aren’t hypothetical, they’re also personal and pragmatic. I make a point to walk 10,000 steps or bike 10 miles every day (or some combination thereof) to help control both my blood pressure and blood sugar – and most days I get closer to 15,000/15. And because I’m engineer at heart,…