Priceless branding.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) Biking has been a big part of the brand identity that has made Portland a come-from-behind economic success over the last 20 years. But now that prosperity has arrived, at least for some Portlanders, where’s the love? And if it’s missing, do people who function as “props” in Portland’s triumphant narrative have … Read more
Portland is a biking town, but there’s no question that it’s a running town, too.
A freeway outside Delft, Netherlands.(Photo: Edwin van Buuringen) The most important concept in American streets advocacy right now seems to suggest that all rapid car travel should be abolished. That’s the perspective of BikePortland reader Tait, who argued semi-satirically this week that if preventing one person’s death is truly more important than fulfilling everyone else’s … Read more
Turning a terrible intersection into a destination.
We can throw our backs into shaping the future, but it’ll always be the present that we feel in our bones.
It’s a pretty bold claim, but I was inspired.
An argument that Portlanders are used to hearing over and over and over again.
Terry makes some pretty solid points, both about planning and about the difficulty of equitable decision-making.
Wow. I think Max said it.
Dear America: It’s not actually that hard.
“This is a systemic problem of which we have only scratched the surface.”
“Bicycles have substantial bilateral symmetry. Humans, not so much; we just look that way.”