| New BikePGH Forums Launched [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:23 PM CDT Thanks to the skills and dedication of ClickNathan, our amazing web designer, we have a new and vastly improved online message board. Please check them out and join in the fun. ShareThis |
| Metro councilors set for their own "commute challenge" [BikePortland] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 06:57 PM CDT Metro councilor Rex Burkholder on his commute bike (just kidding).(Photo courtesty Mr. Burkholder) This just in from the public affairs office at Metro (our regional, elected government): Tomorrow... |
| Photo: Oregon legislator back on the bike after shooting incident [BikePortland] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 06:41 PM CDT Oregon state legislator Jason Atkinson (R-Central Point) sent out an email update to friends and supporters last week. It was regarding a freak incident eight weeks ago that left his right... |
| League helps you talk back to trash talk [BikePortland] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 06:32 PM CDT NY Times columnist David Brooks is one of the trash-talkers outed by the League of American Bicyclists. In their most recent email newsletter to members, the League of American Bicyclists shared a... |
| DA wants to set record straight in Stark Street case [BikePortland] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 05:11 PM CDT Deputy DA Chuck Sparks.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) The Deputy District Attorney for Multnomah County Chuck Sparks wants the community to know that upon further analysis, his office believes the injuries... |
| Metrolink Spokesperson Quits, Agency Under Fire [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 04:23 PM CDT It's natural that following a crash as devastating as the one last Friday that Metrolink would find itself under intense fire from the media and families of victims. However, in this case the... |
| Families flock to Hillsboro's first annual "Tour de Parks" [BikePortland] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 03:45 PM CDT The ride began with a roll through downtown Hillsboro.Video report belowPhoto Gallery(Photos © J. Maus) With crowds much larger than organizers expected, the first annual Tour de Parks, held... |
| Study Shows There Is Safety in Numbers for Cyclists [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 02:42 PM CDT It may seem paradoxical to some, but researchers at the University of South Whales in Australia shows that the more people that bicycle on the roads, the safer cyclists are. The study included... |
| byCycle.org creator hired by TriMet [BikePortland] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 01:24 PM CDT Wyatt Baldwin.(Photo © J. Maus) Wyatt Baldwin, the web programmer who created the bicycle trip-planning tool byCycle.org, has been hired by Portland's public transit operator TriMet. The... |
| Palin Weighs In Against Pollution Fees for Ports of LA and Long Beach [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 11:41 AM CDT Port of Los Angeles at Twilight The issue of whether or not to charge a $60 fee on all containers entering the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to be used to mitigate the pollution caused by... |
| Urbanism: Not Just for Lefties [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 10:46 AM CDT The American Prospect reports on a bi-partisan panel at the University of Minnesota last week where some dyed-in-the-wool Republicans declared their affinity for urbanism and opposition to sprawl: ... |
| Today's Headlines: Friday's Metrolink Crash [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:51 AM CDT (Editor's Note: After combing through literally hundreds of articles, I decided to post the links from LAist and the Bottleneck Blog. Their combined stories cover the news from the crash... |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:16 AM CDT (Editor's Note: There was so much news about the Metrolink crash that there will be a whole "Today's Headlines" devoted just to that in a moment...) Federal Maritime Commission Slows Clean Port... |
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