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Aug. 16th, 2008
Mike Lydon on how to create a bicycle network »
Portland, OR, creates "bike boxes" for cyclists stopped at intersections »
In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels »
Second Amtrak Cascades Train to Canada coming soon »
Debunking Portland: The City That Doesn't Work »
Bikes on Portland's MAX and Vancouver's SkyTrain
September 3rd, 2007Patrick O'Neill reports on increased clashes between bikers and non-bikers on Portland's light rail system, the MAX. This hasn't been a problem yet for SkyTrain, which bans bikes in certain directions during rush hour periods (towards downtown in the morning, away from downtown in the evening). It might increase, however, as there's nowhere to hang bikes like there is on the MAX: instead, most people (including myself) have kept them near the doors for quicker entry and exit.
David Brewster discusses walkability and the Walk Score »
The first framing device to make more people embrace the joys of tighter living quarters is carbon footprint, scaring people out of their subdivisions with an ominous rumble of the extinction of the earth if we don't start abandoning our cars and do more walking. The second framing notion is "walkability." A compact, walkable neighborhood sounds sociable, old-fashioned, village-like. Not density, but desirability.
David Wortman writes about transit revenue options for West Coast American cities »
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