Stolen from behind house on SE Belmont.
*Top tube has -dent near middle; -blue “My other car is a FlexCar” sticker
*Wide drop handlebars
*Rack and attachment for Trail-A-Bike on seat post.
*Left rat-trap pedal on broken
*Rust on gearing so it squeaks
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[Bike and bus playing nice on the Hawthorne Bridge.]
Got this email from a reader a few weeks back:
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[Regular bike lanesdon't always cut it.]

As bicycle advocacy and ridership in America matures, new solutions and ideas for integrating bicycles onto our roadways must be seriously considered.
For decades, we have been happy with conventional bike lanes, but as we get serious about reaching double-digit mode-splits, perhaps it's time to go beyond a stripe [...]

A reader forwarded me an inspiring article from the Christian Science Monitor about a very car-conscious neighborhood in Germany.
Vauban -- a new development of 2,000 homes just outside of Freiburg -- has been designed to encourage car-free (I like to say "car-conscious") living.

[A street in Vauban. What do you think the average [...]

[Bill Alsup (when he's not tango dancing).]

Plenty...especially if you're a tango-dancing-bike-lover like Bill Alsup.
I first met Bill at a share the road rally out in Beaverton but I had no idea he was TangoBiker until I heard about an upcoming benefit for the Community Cycling Center. Let me explain...
According to his website, Bill "TangoBiker" [...]

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[Emily Gardner is theBTA's new Policy Advocate.]

The BTA has hired several new staffers in the last few months, but the one you'll probably be hearing most about is their new Policy Advocate, Emily Gardner.
Emily comes to this position after former Metro Area Advocate (notice the different title, more on that later) Jessica Roberts [...]