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Envisioning Oregon
Last Saturday my partner and I headed down to Corvallis for the “Envision Oregon” meeting sponsored by 1000 Friends, CLF, the Bus Project and a host of other organizations. It’s the beginning of a process to re-vision what we want for our state and how our land use system can be structured to get us…
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Perplexed Cyclist
Spring brings repaving, and repaving on NW 18th and 19th in my neighborhood means the permanent installation of sharrows! We got temporary markers last fall, but now the real things are going in. Yeah! But this one has me confused. This is NW 18th northbound just before Everett St. (sorry for the cell-phone quality photo).…
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KBOO Bike Show: Messengers and Swap Meets
Hosts Sara and Ayleen interview Dumpster Dave about his uncanny knack for finding screaming deals on bike gear, and consequently, his upcoming bike swap meet at Free Geek. They also inteview Dabby, a longtime local bike messenger. Dabby offers insight into the world of velo delivery and a culture that often seems like a tough…
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PDOT Devalues Crosswalks
Following a tragic pedestrian death in January, the NW District Association asked PDOT to implement a number of safety improvements, including striping crosswalks at all intersections on NW 21st and NW 23rd. PDOT has issued a draft report in response to this request. While the report does recommend a number of safety improvements, most importantly…
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Local Boy Makes Good: Flexcar on Smart City
Our own Steve Gutmann, a past Portland Transport contributor (now on to fame in national sales for Flexcar), is one of the guests on this week’s Smart City radio program. In fact, this week’s episode has a lot of Portland content, clearly influenced by Carol’s trip here last month. Joe Cortright is also a guest,…