Tag: bike portland

January 13, 2011

Banning children from bike seats is bad politics

Local and state lawmakers in Washington, hear this tale of warning from Oregon: Don’t propose a ban on children in bike seats. An Oregon legislator, Mitch Greenlick, has proposed a bill that would make it illegal to carry a child younger than six on a bicycle, either in a seat or a trailer. I’m sure…
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tagged: bike portland, family biking, Mitch Greenlick, oregon, portland
January 10, 2011

How the proposed WA ‘Mutual Responsibility’ bill compares to Oregon’s law

Marcus Griffith at Bike Portland wrote a piece comparing the recently-proposed Washington bill mandating a safe passing distance to laws on the books in Oregon. The bill, being referred to as the “Mutual Responsibility Bill,” will attempt to mandate a minimum of three feet in passing distance for vehicles traveling slower than 35 mph, and…
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tagged: bike portland, HB 1018, mutual responsibility, safe passing, seattle weekly
December 17, 2010

Portland bike group asks for streetcar track fixes

EDITOR’S NOTE: While I am in majestic St. Louis, Missouri, for the holidays, I will be posting interesting bike links and urging discussion. I’ll still be writing, but at a reduced rate. Feel free to comment on this link or treat this page like an open thread to discuss whatever is on your Seattle biking…
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tagged: bike portland, first hill streetcar, holidays 2010, jackson, streetcars
December 6, 2010

Portland’s BikeCraft looks awesome, should Seattle hold something similar?

I am jealous of Bike Portland’s BikeCraft, a “bike-lover’s holiday gift bazaar that showcases local, handmade, bike-themed arts, crafts, fashion, and more.” This year’s show just wrapped up, and look at all the awesome handmade bike stuff in the slideshow above! So I ask you, Seattle makers of all kinds, are you interested in something…
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tagged: bike portland, bikecraft
October 29, 2010

The air is better on the other side of the parked cars

This may seem obvious to anyone who has ever followed a diesel bus up a steep hill, but the air quality several feet away from motor vehicle lanes is significantly cleaner and healthier, according to a new study by PSU researchers. Researchers set up P-trak instruments on the driver and passenger sides of a car…
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tagged: bike lanes, bike portland, cycle tracks, exhaust, health, psu, separated bike lanes
September 21, 2010

Bike News Roundup: A Virginia man is murdered over a speed bump

Bill Clinton made fun of Colorado Republican candidate Dan Maes for being an anti-bike conspiracy theorist (from Salon.com): And at another point he mocked Dan Maes, the floundering Republican gubernatorial candidate in Colorado. “He says that the bike paths that have made Denver one of the healthiest cities in the country are a plot to…
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tagged: bike news roundup, bike portland