Detroit, More Grass Roots to Show Us How To Do It!
So Detroit has been notorious for hitting the bottom of the barrel. In large part because so many people that should have cared, gave up and surrendered the city. Also because the city was run...
View ArticleCuz’ The Northwest is Rocking the Cycling and Seattle is Starting to Lead the...
Recently Seattle stepped up its game even more. Not only is a streetcar line soon to open between King Street Station, First Hill and Capital Hill but also a cycle track is going in on Broadway. I knew...
View ArticleTime to Up Our Game Portland
Vancouver BC went from zero miles of cycle tracks just a few years ago, to dozens and dozens of miles. They now cover all of downtown. Seattle is now building cycle tracks, bikeways, trails and bike...
View ArticleI’d Promised Someone Ages Ago a Video From San Francisco
Filed under: Streetcar, Transit Solutions, Video Tagged: light rail, muni, steps, streetcar
View ArticleDenver, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, What Was First?
Portland was first, again, as usual it seems. What was it first for? Well, the list isn’t short, but what I’m talking about today is the MAX connection from downtown to the airport. I just read a...
View ArticleWhat Infrastructure Would you Want To See in Oregon and Portland?
I’ve been pondering what ideal wins the infrastructure czars (you know, the Governor of the state, mayor of Portland, Bend, Eugene, Salem and all the other leaders of Oregon) could and should push for...
View ArticleTech Helps Build Better Cycling
There’s been a lot of lament about the tech industry and what it does or doesn’t do for a city. I can tell people rest assured, the modern tech company is a huge benefit to cities. Here’s one of the...
View ArticleThoughts from Oakland on Portland, To 2015!
This last week has been a whole host of madness. I've tried to kick off the new year with some solid riding, which I've been partly successful at. I've also started my planning around activism and...
View ArticlePortland Transportation Political Contemplations
I’m sitting in San Francisco right now. Thankful that Portland doesn’t have these political problems or transportation nightmares to deal with. However we have other things that are just as important...
View ArticleHop Fastpass, Getting to the Party
Even though Trimet is seriously late to the party (by almost a decade or more in some ways) with the Hop Fastness, let’s talk about why this is actually a good thing for the area. First, the issues...
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