The Monday Roundup: Self-driving bikes, Uber vs. drunk driving & more
China’s biggest search engine company has an answer to Google’s self-driving car. And more great bike links of the week.
Michael Andersen (Contributor)
BikePortland Articles by Michael Andersen (Contributor)
Comment of the week: Conquering the fear of starting to bike
“I was honestly terrified at the idea of riding across Powell near my house – not because of saftety, but because I’d have to wait for the light, wait for traffic to stop, and then ride across in front of all those people.”
Minneapolis is a very nice city for biking but it is definitely no Portland
Is Minneapolis a better biking city than Portland? Don’t be silly.
Backyard homes are almost as car-lite as apartments on transit lines, study finds
When it comes to cars, accessory units in backyards and basements are nearly as low-impact as big apartment buildings next to bus lines.
TriMet adds new Beaverton Creek bike parking after Nike bike share takes off
TriMet responded to these concerns June 30 by adding 6 new bike racks (which comes out to 12 new spaces) to the rail platform area.
The overlooked barrier to biking: me and my fellow klutzes
To really change the Portland area, hundreds of thousands of us will need to make a choice to do something where our lack of skill is embarrassing.
Seeing business upsides, Old Town retailers propose protected bike lanes on 2nd, 3rd
A coalition of 30 Old Town bars, restaurants and entertainment venues is proposing adding a quarter-mile of planter-protected bike lanes and street cafe seating.
Portland business lets you turn your bike into a rolling billboard
(Screen capture from BikeCommuterAds.com) Here’s an idea: a local business is setting out to sell ads attached to each side of local bike commuters’ front wheels. “It’s a first-of-its-kind-in-the-nation business, because it’s basically for the bike commuters, the year-round riders,” BikeCommuterAds.com founder Gary Courter said in an interview Tuesday. “They’ve been riding green all this … Read more
Comment of the Week: Rethinking car/bike choices among public housing residents
“Where did we get the idea that a bike is too expensive to buy and maintain but a car is not?”
Leading the march: 10 questions for Noel Mickelberry of Oregon Walks
We caught up with the group’s new executive director to talk about the differences between walking and biking advocacy and the new vision she’s been hired to execute.
How bike polo is making Portland better
I have been a bike commuter since I was able to pedal. But I didn’t really understand how you can connect yourself to a bike until I found bike polo.
MIT maps show off the big boons of biking for neighborhoods between Chavez and 82nd
In Portland’s South Tabor neighborhood, the fastest way to reach 25 percent of the city’s land area is on a bicycle.