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Valentines Day Open Thread
Today is Valentine’s Day, and Oregon’s birthday to boot. For it’s birthday, the Beaver State gets a new governor, as John Kitzhaber will resign next week. The Willamette Week takes a look at Oregon’s governor-to-be, Kate Brown. As Governor, she will have the power to fire and appoint TriMet’s board of directors. She has plenty…
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KBOO Bike Show: Events!
Listen to the show (mp3, 16.6MB) Alon and Christopher talk with Jude Gerace of Sugar Wheel Works about their “Live the Revolution” event, a story-telling fundraiser for the Safe Routes to School program. In the second half, they speak with Meredith Klein and her students about the Youth Bike Summit in Seattle this month.
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Fair Voting for Portland’s Street Fee
Tony Jordan is a software engineer by day, but a rabble rouser all of the time. He is particularly interested in seeing Shoupian parking policies in place on Portland’s streets. Tony has a BA in Politics from UC Santa Cruz and serves on the board of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association as well as on several…
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KBOO Bike Show: Affordable Transportation
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.1MB) Alon and Christopher talk with Kate Nelson of Santa Fe’s Chainbreaker Collective about the importance of affordable transportation and their efforts to make bicycles available to lower-income individuals. In the second half they speak with Sirapon Soinak of Thailand who has cycled all over the world.