| Weekend open thread: Share your bike fun [BikePortland] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 06:43 PM CDT Get out and ride! Well, since my event calendar is broken (thanks to my recent software upgrade), I haven't really been keeping track of what's going on this weekend. I'm going... |
| Right-hook crash at Broadway/Williams [BikePortland] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 06:05 PM CDT Image of the scene.(Photo: Carl Larson) At around 5:00pm yesterday evening, there was a right-hook crash involving a bike and a truck at the intersection of Broadway and Williams in Northeast... |
| After "Pain", 'cross racers will "Rampag" and "Battle" [BikePortland] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 05:28 PM CDT I love the rough-and-tumble outer shell of the otherwise cuddly sport of cyclocross. With it's usually grueling weather, tough courses, and party-like atmosphere, the sport's promoters... |
| New "cycling performance center" opens downtown [BikePortland] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 05:08 PM CDT Veteran bike racer and physical therapist Russell Cree has opened Upper Echelon Fitness (917 SW Oak St.) in downtown Portland. The business will offer coaching for cycling and triathlon,... |
| Nationwide Commuting Trends, Pittsburgh increases rank in cycling [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 04:43 PM CDT The results from the US Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey was just released on September 23rd, and we've taken a liking to looking at America's commuting trends. Last... |
| Interbike report: Electric bikes and a new twist on the bakfiets [BikePortland] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 03:37 PM CDT This new cargo bike from Madsen Cycles, will be available in Portland soon. Retail price is $1,299. I've spoken to two of my roving reporters from the floor of the Interbike trade show in Las... |
| Bike-to-work pants: Khakis that keep you safe [BikePortland] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 02:13 PM CDT The new Bike to Work Pants. Via BoingBoing.net, here's a cool new product from San Francisco that was unveiled at Interbike this week — the Bike to Work Pants by... |
| Where They Stand: Obama and McCain on Transportation [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 01:59 PM CDT With a few hours to go until what will be the season's first presidential debate, we're looking over a report from the Brookings Institution, which outlines each candidate's positions on... |
| With new markings, PDOT hopes "Bikes stop" [BikePortland] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 12:57 PM CDT New markings in the bike lane on N. Flint at Broadway.(Photos © J. Maus) As a follow-up to a story I reported last week, one of the measures meant improve bike safety at the notorious intersection of... |
| Oregonian reporter conquers commuting fears [BikePortland] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 12:26 PM CDT "Not knowing what I was in for created a lot of mental room for scenarios of death and disfigurement. So far, the worst thing that's happened is when my chain popped off on Interstate... |
| Update: Police Report on Lancaster Bike Fatality [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 12:22 PM CDT An alert and obviously well-informed reader got a copy of the police report from Tuesday's fatal bike crash in Lancaster. Some readers felt that I assumed the car driver to be at fault without... |
| Victory at the Rose Bowl: Car Free Event a Hit with Community [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 11:34 AM CDT If You Were Traveling with Motororized Power, You Were Pushed to the Outer Loop It wasn't too long ago that the City of Pasadena was considering banning mass bicycle rides in response to a high... |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 09:49 AM CDT Gov. Signs A.B. 2321, Measure R Headed to the Ballot (Bottleneck Blog) Rose Bowl Inner Loop Temporarily Reclaimed for People (Contra Costa Times) $730 Million for New Highway HOV Project on 405... |
| Post-Gazette: Bridge over Mon fills bike trail's missing link [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 26 Sep 2008 08:31 AM CDT Friday, September 26, 2008 By Lawrence Walsh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette During one of their initial bicycle rides on the C&O Canal Towpath in Washington, D.C., in the early 1980s, John Surma and... |
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