4/21: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. I'll post as I can and should improve day-by-day. Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
While Portland basks in the glow of finally launching a transportation-related response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Seattle has taken theirs up a notch. The city announced yesterday that 20 miles of their pilot network of traffic-calmed streets with reduced access for drivers will become permanent. “We are in a marathon and not a sprint in … Read more
Competitor or complement?
Learn the rules of the road without actually being on the road.
The new policy will impact 2,400 miles of streets.
Streetcar track crashes is another urban issue Portland and Seattle share.
Friend @kitchen and I took the train to Seattle for the first annual Emerald City ride. CBC puts on good events, and getting the opportunity to ride the new SR520 floating bridge and the I-5 Express Lanes was pretty special. Here’s a short “highlights” video:
Seattle’s housing breakthrough may have lessons for keeping bikeable parts of Portland affordable.
Seattle’s 16-month-old bike sharing system is in a very tight spot.
Portland’s big-sister city is doing something Portland hasn’t yet: charting a viable path to paying for its transportation goals.
As Amtrak invests in improving its trains to carry bikes, some customers are warning that Amtrak’s buses are falling behind.
If you think about it, there’s little question about which disenfranchised minority has the most to gain from good bicycling.
