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Streetfilms: Bike Rush Hour on Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 29, 2009 | 6 Comments

The first time you visit Portland, Oregon, the gaggles of cyclists streaming over the Hawthorne Bridge during rush hour is a sight you will never forget. It’s something other cities need to see and be inspired by. On a recent vacation there, I couldn’t resist cranking out a Streetfilms shortie, so I hooked up with […]

Americans, David Brooks, and “The Dutch Option”

By Alex Marshall | Feb 19, 2009 | 19 Comments

Denver’s FasTracks transit expansion will add more than 100 miles of rail and BRT service. Ben Fried got it exactly right about the errors that riddled Tuesday’s David Brooks column. Brooks was so far off the mark, though, that it’s worth another look at the ways he misled readers. The core of his argument that […]

NYC Bike Counts Jump 35 Percent

By Ben Fried | Oct 31, 2008 | 19 Comments

The rumors were spot on. Yesterday DOT announced a 35 percent increase in commuter cycling. This year, an average of more than 12,500 cyclists were counted crossing DOT’s screenline — a set of checkpoints leading into the Manhattan CBD — up from about 9,300 in 2007. It’s the biggest jump in raw numbers since the […]

Study Confirms: Safer Bike Routes Get More People Riding

By Ben Fried | Oct 20, 2008 | 21 Comments

Bike infrastructure can help overcome safety concerns, says Portland-area researcher Jennifer Dill. How effective are bike lanes at enticing people to ride? Portland State University professor Jennifer Dill has been looking into that question for more than a year, and her research is starting to get some attention. Using GPS trackers to map more than […]

Portland Water Bureau Launches Bike/Truck Safety Campaign

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2008 | 8 Comments

Check out this video, via BikePortland.org, on bicycle safety, part of a Portland Water Bureau campaign to reduce truck-cyclist collisions there. Last month, the Water Bureau held a bike safety seminar, which involved cyclists climbing into the cab of a city truck to see (or not see) driver blind spots for themselves. The accompanying vid […]

Corrals and Oases: Bike Parking in Portland

By Brad Aaron | Aug 15, 2008 | 4 Comments

Here’s one more from this summer’s Carfree Cities conference week in Portland. In this Streetfilm, Greg Raisman of the Portland Office of Transportation treats Elizabeth Press to a bike parking tour, featuring two designs that make the most of available space while keeping pedestrian impediments to a minimum. The "bike oasis" incorporates a sidewalk bulb-out […]

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