Portland Transport

Category: Transportation and Health

  • Cyclists of All Ages

    As usual, I procrastinated and Jonathan got the story first. Check out his post on BikePortland.org about the Older Adult Three-Wheeled Bicycle Program. What a great way to keep our honored citizens mobile and healthy. You can also hear Program Directory Kirsty Hall talking about the program on the podcast of last month’s KBOO Bike…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Cycling and Weight Loss

    This month on the KBOO Bike Show the topic is major weight loss. Sara and Ayleen interview Aaron Adam and Mike Rasmussen about how becoming regular cyclists has allowed them to loose significant weight, and what that journey has been like for them.

  • Cascadia Scorecard Released

    The Sightline Institute released their 2006 Cascadia Report Card yesterday. This is the third in their series of annual report cards on the health of our greater region (an area containing watersheds in parts of Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and Alaska). While there is no transportation grade per se, the report…

  • What Does Health Got to do with it? Metro’s Relationship to Health

    The Portland region is often commended for it’s smart growth and planning. Benefits of our planning efforts have resulted in a range of transportation options, access to parks and greenspaces, and livable and walkable neighborhoods, to name a few. An often overlooked, yet important benefit is the positive impact that our planning efforts have on…

  • Health and Urban Design: Environment over Attitude

    Last Thursday, I had a chance to catch Dr. Lawrence Frank as part of the Oregon Environmental Council’s Healthy Environment Forum Series. Dr. Frank’s work focuses on finding relationships between various factors in the built environment and health outcomes.