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Book review: In ‘Happy City,’ a timeless take on how to build better cities

Read this book if you care about the design of our built environment.

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January 14, 2025

Guest Contributor

13 Comments


Book Review: Paved Paradise – How Parking Explains the World

A page turner on parking policy and its more-interesting-than-you-might-think history.

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August 25, 2023

Lisa Caballero (Contributor)

37 Comments


Book Review: A roadmap to Silicon Valley’s money-hungry mobility motives

I think I’ll be keeping this book next to my computer for handy reference.

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August 17, 2023

Lisa Caballero (Contributor)

26 Comments


Book review: Lynn Peterson’s lessons on community engagement

Peterson goes deep into her diverse experience, but her clean narrative makes for a less interesting book.

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June 14, 2023

Lisa Caballero (Contributor)

34 Comments


Book Review: Confessions of a Recovering Engineer

Confessions of a Recovering Engineer (Wiley, 2021) is an unusual book by a man who I imagine is charismatic in person, Charles Marohn. BikePortland readers who are not already familiar with Marohn will have probably come across the word he coined over a decade ago, “stroad.” Marohn is the founder of Strong Towns, a movement … Read more

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September 6, 2022

Lisa Caballero (Contributor)

5 Comments


Cover of Last Best Hope by George Packard

Book Review: Last Best Hope, America in Crisis and Renewal

Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021-06-15) is an essay on the meaning of the year 2020. If the gift of the virus was to interrupt us, author George Packer uses the interruption to take a close look at America, a “long middle-aged stare in the mirror.” Packer’s examination … Read more

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June 29, 2021

Lisa Caballero (Contributor)

10 Comments


Book Review: ‘Calling Bullshit’ will help you be a better advocate

Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World (Penguin Random House, 2020) is a much-needed guide for folks awash in numbers who are just trying to make informed decisions. Anyone working or advocating in transportation should read it. The preface begins with a definition of bullshit and a discussion of its different types. … Read more

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May 19, 2021

Lisa Caballero (Contributor)

4 Comments


Book Review: Policing the Open Road

The idea that cars = freedom is a pervasive American myth. The truth is that the rise of the automobile — and rampant illegal behaviors that have always accompanied it — helped give rise to an armed street security force that too often acts as judge, jury, and executioner. Sarah Seo’s book, Policing the Open … Read more

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April 20, 2021

Lisa Caballero (Contributor)

7 Comments


Book review: ‘Streetfight’ by Janette Sadik-Khan

Sadik-Khan has given street fighters the weapons to transform our streets: data and success stories.

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April 12, 2016

Kiel Johnson / Go By Bike

12 Comments


Book Review: Our Bodies, Our Bikes

Jessie Kwak reviews a collection of articles edited by Elly Blue and April Streeter.

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November 3, 2015

Jessie Kwak (Contributor)

45 Comments


Book review: Pedal Portland by Todd Roll

With over two dozen fun routes and loads of tips, trivia and historical insights, Todd Roll’s new book is a keeper.

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May 14, 2014

Nicholas Von Pless (Contributor)

4 Comments


Book Review: Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Rides in Washington

Portland author Ellee Thalheimer’s new guide book will have you crossing the border into Washington for a summer of great rides.

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April 9, 2014

Nicholas Von Pless (Contributor)

1 Comment


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