Author profile: Michael Andersen (Contributor)

BikePortland contributor Michael Andersen is editor & publisher of Portland Afoot, a 10-minute newsmagazine about low-car life in PDX. He lives car-free in NePo with his friends Brian and Lena, a ridiculously large wood table and his 24-speed silver Marin, the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Here are the other 11 articles by Michael Andersen (Contributor):

• Low-car voters flex muscles, eat pizza at 'Bike Walk Vote' kickoff (December 5, 2011)
  

  U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenaur (L) and Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen were among the many politicians that attended the event.(Photo: Art Almaguer)

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• First look at TriMet's new multimodal trip planner (October 14, 2011)
  

  Bibiana McHugh of TriMet gave a special sneak preview of the tool today.(Photo: Michael Andersen)

  This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, PDX's 10-minute newsmagazine and wiki for transit commuters.
  Already known internationally for its top-notch website and pioneering use of open data, Portland's transit agency is about to take another leap toward making [...]

• How much to use bike sharing in Portland? About $60-$95 per year (September 13, 2011)
  

  This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a 10-minute newsmagazine and wiki for public transit riders in Portland.
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  If bike sharing comes to Portland as expected, it won't really be for cycling devotees, many of whom already take their bicycles everywhere.
  No, bike sharing will be for people who rode in on buses, [...]

• Bikes, cars, trains: What's the best value for taxpayers? (April 11, 2011)
  

  This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a "10-minute newsmagazine" and wiki about low-car life in Portland.
  How much do various types of transportation projects cost taxpayers? Here's an imperfect, but startling, hint:

  From 1995 to 2010, our state and federal government spent $5,538 per new bike or foot commuter in the Portland metro [...]

• The bike/transit alliance: The good, the bad, and the experts (April 4, 2011)
  

  This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a "10-minute newsmagazine" and wiki about low-car life in Portland.

  A big strategy shift was in the air at this year's Oregon Active Transportation Summit, the two-day conference and lobbying blitz that was, until 2011, known as the Oregon Bike Summit. Woven through the lectures and panels was [...]

• Clark County passes bike plan; but it'll take different path than Portland's (November 23, 2010)
  

  Kent Meyer, 78, of Hazel Dell, testified that "Our transportation system in this country is focused on the automobile, and we're paying a price for it."(Photo: Michael Andersen)

  More and more, the suburbs are making big-city bike values their own.
  The latest sign: Clark County, Portland's more auto-oriented neighbor to the north, passed a 20-year, $91 million* [...]

• Advocate: Alliances key to success of walking advocacy movement (November 10, 2010)
  

  (Photo © J. Maus)

  This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a new "10-minute newsmagazine" and wiki about low-car life in Portland. Read more of his contributions to BikePortland here.
  Will the walking movement ever be as successful as the bike movement?
  Across the nation, biking advocates spent the last decade winning. And walking [...]

• One year later, how could we solve the Transit Mall? A call for ideas (October 18, 2010)
  

  This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a new "10-minute newsmagazine" and wiki about low-car life in Portland.

  Cars, bikes, buses (and MAX) share the transit mall.(Photo © J. Maus)

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• Beyond 'bikes vs cars': Four secrets buried in the new Census stats (October 1, 2010)
  

  This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a new "10-minute newsmagazine" and wiki about low-car life in Portland.

  Photos © J. Maus)

  The official U.S. Census numbers for 2009 came out Tuesday, and as BikePortland reported, they held the latest evidence that the phenomenal growth of local biking has been leveling off.
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• TriMet embraces open source with 'Open Trip Planner' (July 21, 2010)
  

  Screen grab of TriMet's Open Trip Planner which could be ready for public beta-testing by early 2011.

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• Pay-by-card bike parking arriving this summer in Beaverton (May 21, 2010)
  

  [Contributor Michael Andersen is the editor of Portland Afoot, a forthcoming "10-minute newsmagazine" and wiki about low-car life in Portland, especially TriMet riders. Their launch issue comes out June 1.]