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The Portland Bicycle: Heretical Suggestion about Tires
Another entry in our series to design an entry-level commuter bike for design and manufacture here in Portland. A re-cap on the target market: – beginning rider – short trips, or used in conjunction with a bus for longer trips – ridden in street clothes – $300 or under Today’s topic is tires. Flat tires…
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Do Trucks Pay Their Fair Share?
Editor’s note: The City of Portland has just released the discussion draft (PDF, 5.5MB) of their Freight Master Plan. Last month in a commentary titled “Road funding scheme ignores constitution, physics,” Orval Etter charged that the Oregon Department of Transportation hasn’t been charging trucks their fair share for the costs of roads. The Oregon Constitution…