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The Car-full Life
I had some fun reading the observations of participants in the Car-Free Challenge last month. My own mostly-car-free life began about 2 1/2 years ago when I turned over the keys to my Geo Metro to my stepson so he could commute to high school. Don’t even get me started on why a 17 or…
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TOD Event in North Portland
From the Portland Tribune: North Portland residents are invited to a Sept. 7 discussion about neighborhood redevelopment and transit. With a theme of “What is transit-oriented development?” the event is hosted by the Overlook Neighborhood Association and TriMet. G.B. Arrington, an internationally recognized leader in transit-oriented development, will discuss the Interstate corridor and the goals…
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Randy’s Back
Oregonian Architecture Critic Randy Gragg is back from his fellowship at Harvard, and in one of his first columns after his return, he takes on the Columbia River Crossing project. Randy’s not looking at environmental or transportation concerns, he’s worried that just as the original construction of I-5 did, a new bridge will devastate the…
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Coming Up on the KBOO Bike Show: Access to Cycling
This month the KBOO Bike Show will continue the theme of accessibility of biking. Guests include PDOT talking about their program for older adults and Ian Stude (stew’-duh) from the PSU bike co-op talking about programs for students. 9-10AM, Wednesday, September 6th KBOO FM 90.7 Streamed live at KBOO.fm Podcast here later that day
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NY Times Looks at E85 Ethanol
And it’s not especially pretty. Among other things, it only has 75% of the energy density of gasoline, so you get 3/4 the mpg. Which illustrates one of the big challenges of peak oil. There are few energy sources as cheap or convenient as petroleum-based fuels. I won’t even get into the agricultural and environment…