PBOT places bet on ‘smart city’ tech to count bikes and make streets safer
Big data in our streets.
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The Intertwine releases first version of ‘Daycation’ app
Take a daycation with some help from your phone.
Q&A: How bikes meet tech in Austin, Portland’s chillest sister city
Nate McGuire is part of two worlds that Austin, Texas, is still pretty new at: digital entrepreneurship and biking.
Apple looks to make bikes ‘Smart’
“The patent also states that an iPhone or iPod could be used to automatically or in response to a user instruction, record video, audio, or take photographs reflecting the course…” [H/T to @dontbecreepy on Twitter via 9 to 5 Mac] The Patently Apple blog shared information today about a patent application from Apple that details … Read more
Local rides, now beamed to your iPod
The open road, now available your iPod. We’re big fans of the Rubber to the Road books, which exquisitely detail some of the best road rides in the Portland region. Back in March, we shared how they leapt from the bookshelf onto the web. Now, publisher River City Bicycles has teamed up with Portland-based TimeStream … Read more
The ‘Cycle Tracks’ iPhone app: Let’s bring it to Portland!
Screenshot of Cycle Tracks.(See more below) This morning I learned about a new iPhone app called Cycle Tracks. Created by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, the app uses GPS to record bicycle trips, display maps of rides, and most importantly, logs all the information with transportation planners for use in evaluating current and future … Read more