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The First Five Minutes
You’ve Been Hit by a Car. Now What?
As a bicyclist, you’ve been hit by a car. Now what?
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Date by Bike!
Two Wheels, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose
Two wheels. Full hearts. Can’t lose.
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Bike Curious
I Have a Bike. I Don’t Ride It. Here’s Why.
I have a bike. I don’t ride it. Here’s why.
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Kaiser Permanente: Bike Share Sponsorship “Not On the Horizon For Us”
Puget Sound Bike Share Seattle’s bike share future is almost garishly bright. Last summer, a rumor emerged that Portland had found its long-sought bike share sponsor in health care giant Kaiser Permanente. There was talk of “Kaiser Bikes” populating docking stations throughout the center city, Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick spoke of “significant commitments” from an […]
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Goat Riding a Guy… Riding a Bike
The next time someone groans about somebody else “keeping it weird” in Portland, show them this video of a goat riding a guy, who’s riding a bike in Ethiopia. (Eye roll! That is SO Ethiopia!)
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What Seattle’s Bike Share Purchase Can Tell Us About Portland’s Situation
Puget Sound Bike Share UPDATE, Friday, 8:37 am: Holly Houser, of Puget Sound Bike Share, writes to correct my calculations. She clarifies that the $2.7 million figure for bike share she gave me includes $265,500 in sales tax, which she points out changes this whole scenario. Houser says: “That said, if you do the math, […]
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“America’s Bicycle Capital” Mural Will Be Erased This Week
It’s a question that’s been asked again and again in recent years: Is Portland truly America’s Bike Capital, or just a bike-filled flameout ready to give over the crown to a more-motivated city? A recent decision by the City of Portland isn’t quite siding with the latter, but it’s probably not helping our case. According […]
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Oh Look, Seattle Got a Bike Share System Together
As we’ve explored, Seattle and Portland have faced similar challenges in finding money for a bike share system. Big sponsorships are difficult to come by, and Seattle, like Portland, had its plans thrown into chaos by the bankruptcy of the system’s main supplier in January. (Both cities tapped Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share to launch their […]
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ODOT Bought a Mess of Bike Route Data: Is that Helpful or Worrisome?
BikePortland had an interesting scoop yesterday about how the Oregon Department of Transportation is the first in the nation to purchase data from the people behind the popular cycling/running mapping app Strava. The idea is that the state can use route data to better understand how people are using the transportation system and plan accordingly. […]