Phil Sano and his lawyer John Gutbezahl faced Judge Youlee Yim You for day two of the trial. (Photo © Elly Blue) It’s day two of the Phil Sano Taser Trial and I’ve been in the courtroom since about 8:30am. Yesterday, I took notes using the email program on my phone and Jonathan was able … Read more
Lots of news this past week. Here we go… Memorial for Kevin Black in Ballard, WA(Photo by Hugger Industries) – Transportation for America reports that attempts to strip the transit funding from the federal stimulus package have been unsuccessful — for now. Transit funding still makes up only about 1% of the package, despite increasing … Read more
The BikePortland office was broken into this weekend and Jonathan and I have spent the morning figuring out what’s missing (and sighing a lot). The damage so far; our backup SLR camera, four Nikon lenses (ouch!), both of our digital audio recorders we use for events and interviews… What did we get in exchange? A … Read more
[Publisher’s note: This story was written by Managing Editor Elly Blue during her recently concluded East Coast Tour.] Sarah Goodyear, Livable StreetsNetwork editor and community manager(Photos: Elly Blue) While I was in New York briefly, I met up with Sarah Goodyear, editor and community manager of the recently launched Livable Streets Blog Network. Billed as … Read more
The River City Bicycles parking lot on January 27th. (Photo: Steve Durrant) Reader Steve Durrant took this photo during Tuesday morning’s snow flurry.
[Publisher’s note: This story was written by Managing Editor Elly Blue during her recently completed East Coast Tour. Read more of her travel dispatches here.] It’s not on the annual lists of biking hot spots, but during my recent visit to Baltimore I realized they might just become the next big bike city. They’re not … Read more
It’s time for the Monday news roundup! Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has elected to replace Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct freeway with a tunnel. – Inauguration-related transportation was big news last week. The Washington Post’s Dr. Gridlock has published a three part “How It Worked” column, discussing the bicycle, walking, and carfree streets solutions DC used … Read more
Before heading out for lunch with Livable Streets Network editor Sarah Goodyear, we took a couple of quick detours to check out some of the more interesting livable streets initiatives in the West Village. This is my favorite moment on the 9th Ave cycle track — this didn’t make it into my other post about … Read more
Reader Kathy Hile sent in this photo from her commute over the Broadway Bridge this morning. “It was a very surreal ride, biking in the fog…” she wrote. The Broadway Bridge in the fog on Thursday morning (Photo: Kathy Hile)
[Publisher’s note: This article is a dispatch by Managing Editor Elly Blue, who recently attended the Transportation Research Board conference in Washington D.C. Read more articles from Elly’s East Coast Tour.] John La Verdure (Photo by Elly Blue) Taking a break in the lobby of the Marriott during the TRB conference, I noticed a man … Read more
One of my favorite stops in Baltimore was at the Velocipede Bike Project. Occupying a bright storefront in the young and hip Charles Village neighborhood, Velocipede is a collectively run community bike shop. Since July of 2006, the all-volunteer shop has welcomed members of the community to come volunteer time (or, as a downplayed alternative, … Read more
You can take a shuttle between conference venues, or a ten minute walk across this gorgeous bridge on Connecticut Ave.(Photos by Elly Blue) Washington, DC is the final stop on my East Coast Tour. I am here for the week-long Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting. TRB is the big transportation conference in North America, … Read more