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| It's official: Waterfront property will become "Bike Republic" [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 08:35 PM CDT Ken Nichols, seen here at Bike to Work Day in 2007, is the man behind Bike Republic.(Photos © J. Maus) According to The Oregonian, the Portland Parks Bureau announced today that the building in... |
| Senate Committee Passes Ammended Sales Tax Measure [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 06:57 PM CDT The Bottleneck Blog reports that the logjam holding up A.B. 2321 was broken earlier today when the Committee moved an amended motion to the Senate floor. Because the amendments don't change the... |
| Tour de Fat promises a parade, performances and plenty of fun [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 05:14 PM CDT The Tour de Fat at Waterfront Park last year.(Photos © J. Maus) New Belgium's Tour de Fat is set to take over Waterfront Park in Portland this Saturday. The event has been traveling all over... |
| Posted: 13 Aug 2008 04:14 PM CDT Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It's time for Pittsburgh to get moving. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Councilman Patrick Dowd and the cycling community agree, so they've put... |
| Wiki Wednesday: Urban Bicycling With Children [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 03:52 PM CDT Already a prolific contributor to the Streetsblog Flickr pool, BicyclesOnly has recently put together a StreetsWiki guide to "Urban Bicycling With Children." The entry kicks off with a look at some... |
| McCain Impressed by US Trains, So Long as They Don’t Stay in US [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 03:50 PM CDT Our friend Sean Roche sent us a link to this brain-bending video of John McCain stumping in Pennsylvania. Just before the 1:00 mark, after McCain gives an ambiguous plug for electric cars, he... |
| Eye to Eye campaign launches in downtown Portland (updated with video) [BikePortland] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 01:49 PM CDT BTA leader Scott Bricker speaking at the Eye to Eye campaign launch in downtown Portland this morning.(Commissioner Adams and PDOT DirectorSue Keil in background.)Video below(Photos © J. Maus) With... |
| Congestion Costs Chicago $7.3 Billion Per Year [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 11:23 AM CDT You know a city is getting serious about congestion mitigation when a new report comes out measuring how much gridlock costs the region. In New York, it was the 2006 release of Growth or Gridlock,... |
| LADOT: Good at Increasing Speed Limits, Bad at Installing Crosswalks [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 11:05 AM CDT An article in yesterday's City Watch perfectly illustrates exactly what is wrong with the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. It seems the Department is nigh powerless to install... |
| Streetcar Workshop Planned for Tomorrow [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 10:15 AM CDT The "Bringing Broadway Back" coalition and Councilman Jose Huizar is hosting another workshop on the value of bringing a streetcar to Broadway tomorrow from 10:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. at the New Los... |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 09:22 AM CDT Expo Crossings Heading to Mediation (Bottleneck Blog) Supervisors Unify Sales Tax with Rest of Ballot (Times, Daily Breeze, KHTS)Hutton: Petty Geographic Concerns Endangering Sales TaxPols Want... |
| It ISN'T Leith [Cycling Edinborough] Posted: 13 Aug 2008 09:19 AM CDT Hopes of Council officials and cycle campaigners have been dashed. Leith is not one of the lucky winners in the Scottish Government's Sustainable Travel Demonstration Communities project. City... |