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A Report from the Drive Less Save More Event
Transportation wonks were out in force (this wonk virtuously carpooled) yesterday as Metro, TriMet, ODOT and Washington County announced a public information campaign to encourage folks to take a little control over their auto trips. The message is not wholesale change, but rather an incremental approach: avoid 1 or 2 auto trips a week -…
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Updated: 9 Points to Platinum
Sam and Earl will unveil their 9-point plan to get Portland to Platinum Cycling status at an event Thursday evening (7PM) at the downtown Bike Gallery store (SW 10th and Salmon). See you there. Update Feb 1st: Here are the nine points in the plan to be announced tomorrow: Nine-Part Strategy: 1.Significant enhancement of Portland’s…
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Updated: Pedestrian Safety Hits Close to Home
Updated 1:20PM February 1st: KATU is reporting that Sara Cogan, 66, died from her injuries. Walking the dog last night, my partner and I came across the intersection of NW 23rd and Quimby (one block from our home) taped off with crime scene tape and a number of police vehicles in the area. Watching the…
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KBOO Bike Show: The TriMet Squeeze
Have you heard about the cyclist who blocked a TriMet bus and was punched by a rider who was let off the bus? Probably you have because it was front page news in the Oregonian. Well, the issue has really blown up. People have all sorts of opinions on the incident, but now they are…
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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.