Tag: portland
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Portland takes the ‘bad ass’ out of biking, part 1: The Going St bicycle boulevard
While riding around Portland this weekend (my first time seeing the city by bike), I came to one big conclusion: Seattle bikers are bad asses. Biking in Portland is so easy that there is hardly any excuse not to bike (before you get upset, I’m joking. Portland bikers are bad asses, too). The things Portland has…
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‘Free Ice Cream for Bike Lane Builders’
BikePortland has a cheery report today about a group of appreciative bikers who are on a mission to bring cool treats to workers on bike infrastructure projects. Perhaps we could do something similar for our bike project workers. After all, they are doing important work. Might as well bring them ice cream to show our…
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After a year, a look at the Broadway cycle track (no, not our Broadway)
After the cycle track plans for Dexter were scrapped, Seattle’s cycle track future rests, for now, on Broadway. Here’s a video of the Broadway concept: Today, Bike Portland takes a look at their year-old cycle track on their Broadway. Initial reports are mostly positive, though there do seem to be some concerns from pedestrians:
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Bike News Roundup: Mark Twain was for bike sharing programs before it was
coola U.N. conspiracyThe Social Bicycle System from Ryan Rzepecki on Vimeo. This week’s roundup looks at bike sharing programs, from innovation to history to conspriacy theories. SoBi (see video above) is a concept for a bike sharing system that is supposedly 1/4 the cost per bicycle. Basically, you can mod any ol’ bike with the GPS-based system…
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Bikestravaganza coming to town Saturday (also, best tattoo ever)
Best tattoo ever at 0:40 Coming out of Portland, Bikestravaganza is a touring “evening of bike talk, bike zines, and short movies about transportation activism.” Basically, the goal of the tour is to talk about what is good and bad about biking in Portland and to discuss what is happening in towns on the West…
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