The Portland bike news that flew furthest in 2013
Like building a better city, making a good news website these days is a lesson in the fact that it’s the quality of the traffic, not just the quantity, that matters.
Michael Andersen (Contributor)
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BikePortland’s December podcast: The 2013 question show
Jonathan, Lily and I sat down this month for a new holiday-season tradition at BikePortland: answering as many listener questions as we possibly could in 25 minutes.
The Monday Roundup: Bike skyways, pollution exertion & more
A British starchitect wants to build a 135-mile network of elevated bikeways above London’s commuter rail lines.
9% of Portland road fatalities in 2013 happened at a single intersection
I promise we’re going to be able to focus on cheerier subjects soon, but some facts are too shocking to pass over.
The Friday Profile: Shelley Oylear, Washington County’s eye on biking
Shelley Oylear, the only public employee in Washington County with the word bicycle in her job title, is the 36-year-old queen of having feet in two worlds.
Mayor Hales floats city takeover of Powell, Barbur, 82nd, Lombard
Mayor Charlie Hales seems to be advancing an idea that’s been on advocates’ wish list for years: putting the City of Portland, not state government, in charge of the city’s biggest streets.
Let it drizzle: Two holiday rides to wet your winter weather whistle
After weeks of terrible, icy-cold sunshine, it looks like Christmas and New Year’s are rolling into Portland the way it’s supposed to: warm and gray. What better way to celebrate than with a bike?
The 10 Portland streets where collisions claimed walkers’ lives in 2013
As we gather with our loved ones for the holidays, let’s not fool ourselves into thinking the work of fixing Portland’s still-deadly streets is finished.
The Monday Roundup: Road-diet wealth, Bike Lobby interview & more
Removing auto travel and parking lanes regularly boosts retail sales, a new New York City study has found.
Novick asks Santa for $1.3 billion for streets and talks of new fee for infrastructure
The city’s transportation commissioner said ‘repetition, repetition, repetition’ is the way to get the message to voters that Portland needs more money for street repairs and improvements
Three local agencies just endorsed these visions for better streets (Images)
When it comes down to curbs and crosswalks, a great street is as much a product of design as a great mobile app.
The BikePortland Podcast will now take your questions
Here’s how it works: You ask us something (anything) about the transportation-culture-bike-media sphere in 2013, and if we have time, we answer it.