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Carrie

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Bollards at SE 14th and Bybee

Due to the efforts of the Transportation Committee of the Sellwood Moreland Improvement League (aka the Sellwood neighborhood board), there are now Bike/Ped crossing advisory signs on SE 13th (headed northbound before it curves to the East and turns into Bybee) as well as new bollards placed in between the car lane and the bike … Read more


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Dusting off my DC boots

A decade ago I was traveling from Honolulu, HI to Washington, DC at least once a quarter. My work was technical in nature and frequently involved convincing other engineers and members of the Defense Department that our projects were superior to the hundreds of others they were being pitched. It was exciting, somewhat glamorous, and … Read more


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Tilikum Crossing Musings

The Tilikum Crossing is not a normal route for me, though I do ride through the 11th/12th/Gideon area daily. However yesterday I rode from inner SE across the Tilikum and then back again to attend a meeting at PSU. One the West side of the bridge, I nearly hit two pedestrians, once on the way … Read more