transportation
Orenco Drives
In today’s Oregonian, Dylan Rivera reports that professor Bruce Podobnik just completed a study gauging social interaction among residents of urban and suburban areas. In his paper, Podobnik reports that a majority (two of three) of residents at Orenco Station, the award-winning neighborhood touted as an ideal of mass-transit oriented New Urbanism, drive personal automobiles [...]
The Daily Environmentalist
The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices is just as valuable today as ever. The value of this book lies in its deceptive simplicity. The authors somehow manage to clearly provide the necessary insight to help anyone get a grasp on their environmental impact, and then make a simple plan for effectively reducing said impact…
The Sit-to-Ride Transition
The “sit-to-ride transition” is when you have a child that is essentially old enough and/or large enough (~ 5 years-old) to pedal themselves, but you –as a concerned parent– don’t necessarily want them to have the freedom to ramble out into the roadway on their own. Subsequently, to keep your child safe…
How do I carry my kids by bike?
…transporting children by bike is a transitional process… a family bike is something you buy for the short term, as your children will grow and subsequently grow into cycling options better suited to your and their needs at different stages of life…
Low-Car Lifestyle Clinic @ Portland Farmers Market
The recent shift to sunnier skies has many Portlanders dreaming of cruising down stumptown’s tree-lined boulevards on a bike. For many, these visions might also be accompanied by questions about how to best take advantage of a bicycle to meet the needs of everyday life –like a simple trip to the grocery store, or a [...]
Resources for a Low-Car Lifestyle
This post contains prices and links for a variety of utility bikes, accessories and other resources that I discussed during my low-car lifestyle utility cycling clinic. The list includes family and utility cycling products that you can find readily from dealers in Portland, Oregon. Prices and availability updated on May 26, 2009.
Carrier Pigeon Diary 30
The weekend of April 17 through April 19 was underscored by a mini heat wave, providing an open invitation to little else but getting out and about by bike. The tomato twins were called into action numerous times during the weekend, for everything from simple, barely 1/2-mile runs to Oregon Park, to trips to the [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 29
Most people who ride a bicycle for daily transportation understand the basic principles of bicycle tires, including the methods for changing and/or patching a flat, whether in the garage or out on the road. Like it or not, most anyone who has ridden a bicycle has encountered a flat. This being said, with a utility [...]
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