Comment of the Week: The hidden political cost of neighborhood greenways
An argument that Portlanders are used to hearing over and over and over again.
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Comment of the Week: The case against a bike path alongside I-84
Terry makes some pretty solid points, both about planning and about the difficulty of equitable decision-making.
Comment of the Week: A definitive wishlist for Portland’s bridges
Wow. I think Max said it.
Comment of the Week: 43 words that perfectly define good bike parking
Dear America: It’s not actually that hard.
Comment of the Week: The challenge of speaking up as a woman who bikes
“This is a systemic problem of which we have only scratched the surface.”
Comment of the week: A brief intro to bike fitting
“Bicycles have substantial bilateral symmetry. Humans, not so much; we just look that way.”
Comment of the Week: Commissioner Steve Novick on the virtues of taxes
Steve Novick at a Bike Walk Votecandidate party in 2012.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) With friends like Joe Cortright, Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick doesn’t need enemies. That’s the case Novick made this morning in a sharp response in the comments beneath a widely circulated column we published by Cortright, a local urban economist. Cortright, who like Novick comes … Read more
Comment of the Week: The end of errands and driving’s decline
Say what you will about Amazon – they might have done as much as any private company to make low-car life convenient.
Comment of the Week: Thinking globally, denying climate change locally
What’s the relationship between small-scale and large-scale environmental action?
Comment of the Week: Lawsuits, the quiet pressure behind city decisions
Street safety matters to cities. So does street comfort. But only one of those issues will land you in court.
Comment of the Week: Nike’s self-inflicted recruitment challenge
Is one of the region’s most important companies turning its back on talent by locking its campus off from biking and transit?
Comment of the Week: Teaching your kid to be a millionaire
We didn’t all love math when we were 15, but most of us probably liked buying stuff.