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Cheap car floodgates open; Republicans who ride; Cheap bikes from China; True nature of our road system revealed. Good thing it’s sunny out. Here’s the news: – India’s Tata Nano — the small, super affordable “people’s car” — has hit the streets and the showrooms. – The US highway and trucking lobby has asked the … Read more
Intextication; more “resisting arrest”; slowing growth; failed bike lanes; the true cost of driving; coffeeshop on the Hawthorne; make your own bike bell Time for the news roundup, folks: – A bad sign for the bike economy? Trek has furloughed 300 employees from one of its plants. – Is “intextication” the new drunk driving? – … Read more
Cold medicine DUIIs, crossing party lines, bike lanes and architecture, dying suburbs, stadium congestion, helmet cams, and love, today. Thanks to all the readers who sent in tips about items in this week’s news roundup. – A bill up in front of the Oregon House would add prescription or over the counter medications to the … Read more
Time for the news roundup… Right wing radio, comparing bikes to guns, a bike bell orchestra, alternatives to asphalt – The New York times calls for people to take the high road while riding bikes. Interesting meditation. Are we losing the PR war? Does it fall on us to change our behavior? – BikePortland contributor … Read more
The joys of walking, breastfeeding while driving, overcrowded bike parking, the case against homeownership, school choice in Japan, and more… – The Oregonian profiles a Vancouver woman who switched from driving to taking the bus when gas prices went up last year — and kept riding even when they dropped again, even though the bus … Read more
Time for the Monday news roundup! Critical Mass vindicated; freeway and budget sinkholes; carfree cities go mainstream; James Dean – NY Times columnist David Brooks’ rant in favor of sprawling suburbs sparked a large number of interesting letters to the editor. – Obama has named Adolfo Carrión Jr. to head the newly created White House … Read more
Happy President’s Day to you all. Here’s the roundup for this week: After the jump: Scientists call for fewer roads; pimp your ride; environmental racism; transit news; and the masked rider speaks! – President Obama is creating a panel, rather than appointing a single “car czar” to oversee the auto industry bailout and reform process. … Read more
Lots of news this past week. Here we go… Memorial for Kevin Black in Ballard, WA(Photo by Hugger Industries) – Transportation for America reports that attempts to strip the transit funding from the federal stimulus package have been unsuccessful — for now. Transit funding still makes up only about 1% of the package, despite increasing … Read more
The BikePortland office was broken into this weekend and Jonathan and I have spent the morning figuring out what’s missing (and sighing a lot). The damage so far; our backup SLR camera, four Nikon lenses (ouch!), both of our digital audio recorders we use for events and interviews… What did we get in exchange? A … Read more
It’s time for the Monday news roundup! Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has elected to replace Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct freeway with a tunnel. – Inauguration-related transportation was big news last week. The Washington Post’s Dr. Gridlock has published a three part “How It Worked” column, discussing the bicycle, walking, and carfree streets solutions DC used … Read more
Happy Monday, folks. – First off, some exciting meta-news: our own BikePortland.org has been accepted by Google as a legitimate news source. Now, when you search news.google.com, our stories may come up, depending on your search terms. If you search for “bicycle portland,” a lot of our stories come up. We’ll have a big party … Read more
Happy new year, everyone! – There has been a lot of editorial page pontification in the last week about what our cities’ transportation policies should be in 2009. Here are a handful: The Hartford Courant, which I’ve been reading, wants better public transportation and restoration of historic train stations. A province in Rwanda has banned … Read more