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“It’s just a bummer that occasionally the bike lanes end up being the snow plow lanes and there are mounds of snow coming my way!”— SW Portland resident Adam Ortman, speaking to KGW TV I haven’t been following the news as closely as usual this week, but here are some interesting stories I’ve come across … Read more
Cascade Bicycle Club’s Advocacy Director David Hiller penned an eloquent rebuttal to the age-old “bikes don’t pay their way” rant.(Photo © J. Maus) From a distant and equally snowy land (Washington, DC New Haven, Connecticut), here’s your Monday news roundup. A week of snow in Portland has created an unofficial carfree week. I’m not there … Read more
In Portland, fresh fallen snow is no impediment to biking.(Photo © Greg Raisman from the BikePortland Flickr group)
Here’s the news! Cancellation notice put up by activists at the proposed Gateway construction site. “Gateway canceled due to climate crisis” read the headline in my in-box. Great news! The Gateway is a controversial 11 billion dollar freeway expansion project being planned in Vancouver, BC. For a project of this scope to be canceled due … Read more
Could a carfree city center work in Portland? It would sure be fun! (Photos © J. Maus) Take a seat and join me on a tour of interesting stories from around the Web. Here’s your Monday Roundup… In the world of bikes: As the rest of the economy falls, bicycle retail is doing just fine, … Read more
Here’s the news, folks! Governor Kulongoski(Photo © J. Maus) Governor Kulongoski has a vision for green transportation. Unfortunately, it’s all about cars. On a trip to Asia last week, he made a deal with Nissan to add their electric cars to the state’s fleet, and lobbied hard to bring China’s cheap hybrid cars to Oregon. … Read more
Greenspace in inner Portland is good for our health and our air. (Photo: Esther Harlow in the BikePortland.org Flickr Photo Pool.) Hold on to your seats folks, here’s your Monday Roundup… A new study in California has found that more people are killed by the effects of polluted air than by car crashes. The study … Read more
Here are some news stories and links from around the web that have caught our eye in the last week: Auto Industry in the News News Flash: Drivers and smokers are the new real Americans. The Oregonian asks state Republican lawmakers how they plan to handle a new political climate that is friendly to tax … Read more
The Monday Web Roundup is a new weekly feature that will serve as a catch-all for all the cool and interesting news, sites, and ideas we come across from Portland and around the country. Email your web tips to elly@bikeportland.org, or use the tag “bikeportland” in del.icio.us. In local bike news, there’s a nice Sunday … Read more