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Amtrak and Improving Bicycle Connectivity for Portland

Thursday, August 6, 2009

This past weekend I took a trip up to Portland from Eugene with my bike. I really appreciate the fact that I can bring my bike on the train, as it gives me the choice to do whatever I like when I arrive at Union Station. Upon arrival, one can bike to the nearest bus line to [...]

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Walking Bikes & Walking Publications

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I read a lot of Portland news. Each day I try to keep up with the latest happenings of the “Rose City” while reading the online weeklies, including the Portland Tribune, Willamette Week and the Portland Mercury. The Oregonian, the state’s flagship newspaper, (with the most dreadful-looking website of any major publication I know) has [...]

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PDXppl: David Keller, one less car

Thursday, July 9, 2009

PDXppl is the first in a series of profiles of Portlanders and what they do. Be sure to take a look at the new PDXppl page on the right-hand sidebar of this page where you can keep up on the urban gens of Portland!
When I was growing up in Southwest Portland, I never rode [...]

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Corralling the Community Energy of Bike Corrals

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I recently saw a post over at Bike Portland regarding a recently-installed “bike corral.” Bike corrals are a series of bike racks aligned in a row, in spaces usually reserved for parking cars. With the bike scene taking the city and its on-street parking by storm, the locations of these corrals are appearing across Portland. [...]

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