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Coming to Portland Durham, North Carolina-based Organic Transit is currently shopping for office and warehouse space in Portland. The company is known for their “ELF” solar and pedal-powered vehicle (which stands for Electric, Light and Fun) which they bill as the “most efficient vehicle on the planet.” The company is the brainchild of Rob Cotter, … Read more
One after another, Portland’s formerly affordable neighborhoods have seen the rising appeal of low-car life drive their mortgages and rents sky-high. But what’s to be done?
“TriMore” parody site targeted at TriMet’s safety campaign. It’s that time of year when many commutes happen in the dark and transportation agencies and advocacy groups roll out their safety promotion campaigns. You know the campaigns, they encourage people to wear bright, reflective clothing, and implore people to take extra caution when bicycling and walking. … Read more
We’re happy to report that PBOT has taken delivery of a new sweeper that is specifically designed to fit inside narrow bike paths.
There are a thousand ways to improve biking in the area, but the pros only have time to focus closely on 16.
One of the most important bike-related projects in the city right now is at that wonderful point in its life cycle where interesting ideas have a chance to take root.
The best cure for gloominess about the progress of active transportation in Portland is Safe Routes to School.
Our links of the week start with the most persuasive and heartbreaking speech I’ve ever seen about the misplaced priorities of American streets, and end with maybe the most ridiculous video ever made about Lake Oswego.
Yes, it was eight years ago when then Transportation Commissioner Sam Adams first got excited about the idea and pledged to launch a system in Portland.
The project is a reminder of the vast sums being spent in the region every day to speed up auto traffic at the expense of humans. Literally.
L to R: Earl Blumenauer (D), Mike McCaul (R), Peter DeFazio (D), Howard Coble (R).(Images: Blumenauer by J. Maus/BikePortland. All others via Facebook) On a day when we learned U.S. traffic fatalities in 2012 went up for the first time since 2005 — with notable spikes in bicycling and walking deaths — Oregon Congressmen Earl … Read more
A gorgeous new segment of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail is now officially open to the public.