| SW Broadway bike lane closes due to sewer line burst [BikePortland] Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:53 AM CDT Red circle shows location of busted sewage line (map). KGW is reporting that the bike lane on SW Broadway between Montgomery and Harrison will be closed for a week due to a busted sewer... |
| Cars are the new cigarettes: America’s other deadly habit [BikePortland] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:54 PM CDT Stop sign in Vancouver BC (click forlarger version so you can read the fine print).(Photo © J. Maus) Close readers of this site might recall that on several occasions I've written that,... |
| Wiki Wednesday: Safety in Numbers [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:34 PM CDT In a StreetsWiki entry on Safety in Numbers, Andy Hamilton points to the theory stating that the more cyclists and pedestrians use the streets, the less likely they are to be injured. It's an... |
| Metro will present findings from European trip (get a sneak peek here) [BikePortland] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:59 PM CDT Portlanders in Copenhagen. That's PDOT's head traffic engineer Rob Burchfield on the left (in blue).(Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen) A delegation of Portlanders from Metro's Blue... |
| With ‘Hindsight’, Nike looks to improve bike safety [BikePortland] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:04 PM CDT New Hindsight glasses from Nike.(Photos: Nike via Gizmodo) A reader (thanks Austin!) just gave me a heads up on an interesting new product idea from Nike. Gadget blog Gizmodo reports that the new... |
| New workout series will take pain to the parks [BikePortland] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 01:33 PM CDT "It's winter and cold and dark, but that doesn't mean you need to sit around and get blob-like."– from the Pain in the Park website Jeff Henderson (the man behind the... |
| City Looking to Step Up Efforts on Parking Reform [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 01:26 PM CDT Last February, before the launch of LA Streetsblog, the Los Angeles City Council vowed to get serious about enforcing a 1992 state law requiring employers who provide parking free parking and have... |
| Streetfilms: A Conversation with NYCDOT Boss Janette Sadik-Khan [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 12:41 PM CDT I usually don't post Streetfilms that have a strict New York focus, but this one is different. Open Planning Project Director Mark Gorton sits down with the Commissioner of the New York City... |
| One year later: Remembering Tracey and Brett [BikePortland] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 11:46 AM CDT The ghost bike for Tracey Sparling at the corner of W. Burnside and 14th in downtown Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) A memorial sculpture and stencil (since removed) for Brett Jarolimek at the... |
| Bike Day Saturday: Tour De Ballona [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 10:07 AM CDT With news of more attacks along the Ballona Creek Bike trail breaking earlier this week, it is more urgent than ever to get more people to use the trail and create a more safe environment. An... |
| Today’s Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 22 Oct 2008 09:31 AM CDT Measure R Flawed, But Go Vote for It? (Daily News) Yes on 1A and Measure R (Angelinic) "Force Change" and Vote for Measure R Yes on Measure R Ads Stretch the Truth (Bottleneck Blog) SGV Tribune... |
| Pay by the mile car insurance? Only if you live in Texas [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 06:20 PM CDT "When you stop your car, we stop your premium" That's the tagline of MileMeter, a company that provides auto insurance "buy" the mile (get it?). In a video on the... |
| Guru Bikes “concept store”, fitting studio coming to NW 23rd Ave. [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:35 PM CDT Custom Bicycles of Portland will open their doors November 1st.(Photo © J. Maus) There's a new bike shop in town, and it's unlike any other shop in the United States. Custom Bicycles of... |
| Cartoon Tuesday: Cycling = Healthy, Pt. 2 [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:23 PM CDT Here's another installment in the "cycling is good for you" series, this time from New York insurer Emblem Health. In this animated ad, a Brooklyn bike commuter pedals across a bridge toward... |
| CALPIRG Rallies Students for Prop. 1A, High Speed Rail [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:19 PM CDT CALPIRG, one of the most visible supporters of Proposition 1a, which would provide funds for a High Speed Rail service from San Francisco to San Diego, hosted an open forum on the project earlier... |
| The Great Bike Light Problem [BikePortland] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:07 PM CDT Elly Blue [This article was written by contributor Elly Blue. You can read more from Ms. Blue here.] "Do not ride at night," urges the Huffy Bicycle Company website. "Have someone... |
| Bike Day Saturday: LACBC’s Paleta Bicicleta [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 11:02 AM CDT (It's certainly no surprise to anyone that reads this blog, or that lives in Southern California, that this area is hardly known as a haven for bicyclists. But, that doesn't stop creative and... |
| Ad Nauseum: San Diego’s Road to Happiness [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 10:16 AM CDT I know this is probably old news to some of you, San Diego has been running it's Road to Happiness tourism campaign since August, but what can I tell you? I have Tivo. The above ad, which I... |
| Today’s Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 21 Oct 2008 09:49 AM CDT Mayor Says There Will Be No Construction Without Measure R (Daily News, Bottleneck Blog) Caltrans Hands Out Safe Routes to School Grants (Smart Growth News) Change Bike Laws and Change the World... |
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