The Monday Roundup

Not all of these vehicles will receiveequal protection from a bill in Indiana.(Photo: Will Vanlue) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – Jack Becker, a former Imperial Oil engineer, is serving as chairman for Velo-City Global 2012. His background might seem contradictory to the goals of the conference but Becker has … Read more

Is Portland missing out on much-neededrevenue from on-street parking?(Photo: Will Vanlue) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – Former Metro President David Bragdon, now the Director of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability in New York City, had some inspiring words to share with city mayors from across the country. Sharing his perspective … Read more

Andando en Bicicleta en Cully (ABC)will bring bike classes to NE Portland(Image: Community Cycling Center) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – Gridlock is so bad in Murcia, Spain that city has offered a lifetime public transit passes in exchange for turning in your car. Instead of destroying the vehicles, the … Read more

The NTSB wants to see far fewer of these in cars on U.S. roads.(Photo: Will Vanlue) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – Oregon’s ban on cellphones use by motor vehicle operators may have been controversial at first, but now even the National Transportation Safety Board says that distracted driving is … Read more

Feeling congested?Take a bike and call me in the morning.(Photo: Will Vanlue) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – The City of Sherwood, located 17 miles southwest of Portland, has seen a 22% reduction in crashes after installing red light cameras at the intersection of Highway 99 and Tualatin-Sherwood Road. Nearly … Read more

“Are you following me?”(Google Street View) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – New York City has designated its first residential reduced speed zone, called a neighborhood slow zone, meant to reduce the number and impact of vehicle collisions. Oregon’s 25 mph residential speed limit law goes into effect on January … Read more

The NYTs explains why we didn’t always need to look both ways before crossing. (Photo: Will Vanlue) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – A new study by the AAA says that Portland area traffic crashes cost us $2.74 Billion a year. – Beginning February of 2012, Velocity will begin manufacturing … Read more

US DOT Sec Ray LaHood: Well, maybe it’s not the end of “favoring motorized transportation” just yet.(Photo: J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – Enrique Penalosa has lost his bid for re-election as Mayor of Bogota, Colombia. Penalosa is widely hailed for his work in making Bogota more biking … Read more

Happy Halloween!(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – The City Council in Toronto continues to remove bicycle lanes even though the lanes have no apparent adverse impact on auto traffic. – Elsewhere in Toronto, a journalist who recently scolded people on bikes for their bad behavior agreed … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – A local ordinance in the small town of Hull, Wisconsin has been widely misinterpreted as a bike ban says the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin. But the story spread so quickly that it even reached The Onion, where it’s fodder for this headline, Town Seeks … Read more

Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – A three-day outage of Blackberry phone service resulted in a big decrease in traffic crashes in the Middle East – 20% in Dubai and 40% in Abu Dhabi. – In Seattle, a fatal hit-and-run back in July is being called just another “tragic accident”. … Read more