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Portland’s Bike Boxes and Lanes

Paul Turnbull — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:27:12 +0000

I’m really looking forward to my sadly short visit to Portland in couple of weeks and this is one of the reason’s why. As a regular bike commuter in Edmonton the bike boxes intrigue me. The difficulty with bike lanes is always at the intersections and this seems to solve the confusion problem between bikes and cars.

(Photo by BikePortland.org)

The bike box is an intersection safety design to prevent bicycle/car collisions, especially those between drivers turning right and bicyclists going straight. It is a green box on the road with a white bicycle symbol inside. It includes green bicycle lanes approaching and leading from the box.

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Have you seen this trailer? (Updated)

Paul Turnbull — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:58:05 +0000

Tonight at the bike salon one our trailers and the bike of our volunteer co-ordinator were stolen. We don’t have a photo of the bike but it is a black Norco Katmandu mountain bike with a grey seat,a front fender and slicker tires.

The trailer looks like this:

EBC has more than one of these but if you think you spot the stolen one please email us with a location and description. We’ll pass it on to the police handling the case. info@bikeology.ca Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Help find a Stolen Bike

Paul Turnbull — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:15:32 +0000

Help an Edmontonian find their stolen bike!

“Hey yeg! Please keep an eye out for a blue CCM with SEA BREEZE written in white script on the side. I’m a poor student, and would love to find her. Stolen around 102 and 11th ave. Email – andrea.mcquade@gmail.com”

Twitpic here

George Will is Just Plain Wrong

Paul Turnbull — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:50:48 +0000

Treehugger takes the time counter George Will of Newsweek’s disbelief that Americans are willing to switch to bikes for commuting:

In fact, stats from the Transportation Alternatives say that there are two million bike commuters nationally. There are currently around 130 million total commuters, so that means we’re still doing better at bike commuting than Will’s 0.01 percent (IAC Transportation, in a 2008 report, suggested .38% of us, or 468,000 are bike commuters. Time for George F. Will to go out for a bike ride.

link: George Will is Just Plain Wrong…Here Are Five Cities Where More Than .01% Ride Bikes to Work : TreeHugger