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| Sneak peek at new close calls/collision reporting tool [BikePortland] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 04:29 PM CDT Screenshot of new crash and close call reporting tool.(Click to enlarge) A graduate student at Portland State University's Center for Urban Studies has made exciting progress on a tool that... |
| Cartoon Tuesday: No Pressure [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 04:00 PM CDT Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News has a different spin on the Obama-McCain tire inflation hulabaloo. Click through for the full strip. |
| Pasadena Walkabout Report: Better Streets Need Slower Traffic [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 01:00 PM CDT Cars Zip Through Old Town Pasadena Way back on March 1st, hundreds of residents, activists and elected leaders took to the streets of Pasadena as pedestrians to examine and report on the challenges... |
| Portland will take part in national bike/ped "documentation project" [BikePortland] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 12:53 PM CDT Portland will be part of a nationwide effort to document bike use.(Photo © J. Maus) For the first time ever, Portland will take part in a nationwide effort to document the number of people biking and... |
| Metro trail committee headed to Amsterdam, Copenhagen [BikePortland] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 12:02 PM CDT "The purpose is to increase our aspirations - to move from contentment at being the "best in the U.S." to the ambition of being truly world-class."–Metro President David... |
| North Portland bikeway improvement project goes back to the drawing board [BikePortland] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 11:38 AM CDT High speeds, freeway ramps, and a need for approval by ODOT have stalled a bikeway improvement project in North Portland.This view is looking west on Rosa Parks at Missouri.(Photo © J. Maus) A... |
| I pledge allegiance to my bike! [BikePortland] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 10:41 AM CDT The Salmon Street Fountain provided a nice respite from Saturday's sun.Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) Despite scary-high temperatures last Saturday, the Portland stop of New Belgium's... |
| CNN Reports on Christopher Thompson and Mandeville Incidents [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 10:17 AM CDT Over the weekend, CNN reported on the Mandeville Canyon "Road Rage" bike crash and the perils of bicycling in Los Angeles. The report features not only the first public picture of Christopher... |
| Velodrome Honour Irony [Cycling Edinborough] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 10:09 AM CDT After Chris Hoy's third Olympic gold medal today, Glasgow City Council has announced that it intends to name its new velodrome after him. Chris Hoy is an Edinburgh native who learnt his initial... |
| Today's Headlines [Streetsblog LA] Posted: 19 Aug 2008 09:55 AM CDT A Plea for LADOT to Work with Neighborhood Councils on Speed Limits (CityWatch) A Look at City Density Maps and What They Say About Transportation (Curbed, Bottleneck Blog) Complaints Abound... |