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Spotted in PDX

by PAgent

Look what I found chained up in downtown — it’s the Tripod, a three-wheeled velomobile made by Columbia Cycle Works, LLC. And it’s a mighty pretty thing, in my humble opinion.
If you want to go truly green with your commute, you should walk or ride a bike. Unfortunately, for a lot of the year that [...]

Oh yeah. People use bikes here too, don’t they?

by morganpdx

Hallo Interwebs!!!
morganpdx, new OurPDX blogger here. Welcome to my VERY FIRST POST.
So I figured my first post oughta be super informative and relevant and, well, Portlandy.
So obviously, that means bicycles. How about the mayor, our own embattled Sam, actually forgetting about them?
Seriously? Yeah.
Remember Snowpocalypse? Well, the mayor’s office released a survey [...]

02.27.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Driving Home New Year’s Morning

by Motor Jeffries

Saw a fantastic three-band show at The World Famous Kenton Club last night. Michael Sean Cummins, Lana Rebel, and Gabe Rozzell.
While a large portion of Portland night clubs have scrubbed their images to suit “The Pearl” mentality, a few brave bars continue to provide cheap drinks, good live music, and an interesting cross-section of patrons. [...]

01.01.2009 See the rest →

Dismal Commute Made Brighter

by Motor Jeffries

Lately, the dark rainy commute has been getting me down.
Not today though. I was in a superbly good mood. I was smiling from ear to ear. The election results have given me hope. I can’t help but get a little teary-eyed at this historic event. Congratulations, President-elect Obama.
Who else is in a great mood [...]

11.05.2008 See the rest → 5 comments

Steel Bridge Closure – first day impressions

by Dieselboi

I know the Steel bridge closed on Saturday morning, but today was the first commuting day for most of Portland, including myself. I ride the Yellow line in and needed to get up a little earlier than normal in order to get to work on time. I didn’t want to take the shuttles and opted [...]

08.04.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

Mount Hood Freeway: Part Deux

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Yeah baby. Good-ole, progressive Oregon is about ready to walk a far different walk than it talks.
The Oregonian today provided an intriguing review of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s evaluation and assessment of the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project. It appears that our friends involved in developing the CRC project were less than diligent in [...]

07.11.2008 See the rest → 3 comments

Hoofing It

by Lyza Danger Gardner

I don’t bike to work. I don’t take public transit. But don’t panic, I don’t drive either.
I walk.
From my pedestrian vantage, I see the ongoing tug between internal combustion adherents and the gear-and-sprocket crowd playing out on the streets around me. I quietly walk to my own beat, not realizing just how much peril I’m [...]

06.27.2008 See the rest → 4 comments

A Slow Crawl down Division

by Lyza Danger Gardner

Yesterday at 5:15pm, I needed to get from SE Belmont & 13th to 39th & Powell in short order. Having had many heated arguments in the past with friends about efficiency and light timing (and using it as an extra weapon in my the-’burbs-suck arsenal–sweet limping Moses, those suburban stoplights), I thought Division would be [...]

06.26.2008 See the rest → 3 comments