| BTA staffer wants to change JetBlue’s bike baggage policy [BikePortland] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:44 PM CST Folding bikes, like this Bike Friday Tikit, fit easily into standard-sized luggage. (Photo © J. Maus) A staffer at Oregon's largest bicycle advocacy organization wants budget airline JetBlue... (click through to website for more) |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:36 PM CST StreetsWiki author Andy Hamilton files this entry on an idea from our very own Federal Highway Administration: the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan. The concept includes a step by step methodology to... (click through to website for more) |
| City asks for help to find potholes [BikePortland] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:35 PM CST This pothole was chalked up on the Pothole Ride last year. (Photo: Heather Andews) The Portland Bureau of Transportation just issued their latest press release about the big winter storm. This... (click through to website for more) |
| An update on gravel in the bike lanes [BikePortland] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 02:02 PM CST Gravel on N. Interstate Ave. Photo taken yesterday (12/6). (Photo © J. Maus) Since the outset of what has become an epic Storm of 2008 (stories, photos), we wondered how the Bureau of... (click through to website for more) |
| Pop-City: Cycling and cuisine combine at the South Side's new OTB Bicycle Cafe [Bike Pittsburgh] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 01:22 PM CST Bike Pittsburgh gets our first sandwich named after us! Eat your heart out, Rothlis-burger. In all seriousness, we're really excited about this bicycle-themed bar/cafe. Nothing like a... (click through to website for more) |
| From bike lanes to yoga mats; Portland’s bike-yoga connections [BikePortland] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 12:40 PM CST Yoga and bicycling have more in common than you'd think. (Photo provided by Ellee Thalheimer) In Portland, sometimes it seems like there are nearly as many yoga instructors as people on... (click through to website for more) |
| Measure R Highway Funds Ready to Roll. Transit Funds? Not So Much. [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 12:36 PM CST Yesterday, the Bottleneck Blog publicly released the changes to Metro's Long Range Plan that will be voted upon by the Metro Board at the end of the month. Steve Hymon noted that there were... (click through to website for more) |
| Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin? [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 11:24 AM CST (Editor's Note: Earlier in the week when I asked for story suggestions in the new year, there was a mini-discussion of how the new meter-less parking downtown has reduced the amount of places for... (click through to website for more) |
| Gov. Writes to Obama: Stimulate Economy by Undercutting NEPA [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 10:33 AM CST Villaraigosa, Schwarzenegger and Other Leaders Celebrate Opening of 101-405 Interchange Yesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger released a letter he wrote to President-Elect Obama asking the incoming... (click through to website for more) |
| Today’s Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 07 Jan 2009 09:44 AM CST Engineer During Chatsworth Crash Had History of Using Cell Phone While Working (Daily News) Oregon Gov Pushes for VMT Tax (Corvallis Times via Planetizen) Times Columnist Flips Out about "9/10" of... (click through to website for more) |
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