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Unintended Side Effects
As most people know, Portland has focused its efforts for accommodating bicycles on what we are now calling ‘neighborhood greenways’ – that is, neighborhood streets, through residential areas, which have lower automobile traffic. This is in contrast to providing bicycle … Continue reading
The Shady Side of Infrastructure
Image via Google Street View There’s a lot of discussion in the transportation world about the benefits and downsides of cycling-specific road infrastructure. Many people feel it’s just simply a bad idea, and that everyone should ride in the road … Continue reading
Bicycle Counter
In Portland’s bicycle infrastructure repertoire, we have now added the bicycle counter. This may seem like a relatively un-important piece of infrastructure, but simply having a visible count of how many people are using bicycles – and not just during … Continue reading
Bike Valet? Yup.
I think in a lot of ways, I must have the ideal Portland experience every morning when I ride to work. I ride down through the sleepy neighborhoods of NE or SE Portland: Over bridges that have quite a bit … Continue reading
Cycle Track After A Couple of Weeks
It’s been nearly two weeks now since the first day I rode home on the SW Moody cycle track, and I thought I would share some thoughts and impressions over that time – plus I shot a quick video of … Continue reading
Then and Now
A recent post on Vintage Portland again reminded me of the existence and removal of the Harbor Drive freeway in Portland. I’ve written about this once before. Today we’re focusing on the area a bit North of the previous post, … Continue reading
Humor after horror
There’s a locally-made mattress store on the intersection of NE Sandy Blvd and NE 24th Ave, which recently had a traumatic run-in with a person driving an SUV. Apparently an older woman was driving North on NE 23rd, and then … Continue reading
Cycletrack: An Exposé
Now that I’ve had the opportunity to ride the cycle track both ways, and take some decent photos, here’s a bit of an explanation of how it works. The new roadway for SW Moody incorporates sidewalk for non-vehicle traffic, two-way … Continue reading
Cycle Track Teaser
So at 3pm today, they announced that the street was open to all modes of traffic – so, though not everything is finished, I got to ride on the cycle track on my way home from work today! Unfortunately, I … Continue reading
It’s Almost Here.
Image via http://swmoodyproject.com/. As I’ve posted about a couple of times now, the last leg of my ride to work has been a big mess for nearly a year now, going through various states of disarray and sometimes daily changing … Continue reading
