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BTA: Community planning process needs balance of social justice

BTA: Community planning process needs balance of social justice By Rob Sadowsky, Contributing Columnist Most cities do not enter into a comprehensive community decision-making process to install transportation projects. Projects are designed and built wit ...

19 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra!

Extra! Extra! Street Roots will have about 80 vendors filing through the office for a new edition of the newspaper Friday morning. Get your copy bright and early from your neighborhood sales man or woman, and your weekend will be off to a great start! Her ...

7 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
BTA: The winter of our studded-tire discontent continues

BTA: The winter of our studded-tire discontent continues By Rob Sadowsky, Contributing Columnist Every time I hear the sound of a car bearing studded tires, I cringe. Part of it is the sound for me, and part of it is the wonder of why. Why use them? There ...

26 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
BTA: Transportation equity? Bring it on

BTA: Transportation equity? Bring it on By Rob Sadowsky, Contributing Columnist Metro, our region’s elected government charged with helping us make the region an extraordinary place to live, work and play, recently had a bit of a kerfuffle at a recent sub ...

5 Jan 2012 - Street Roots
PBOT budget shortfall puts infrastructure, safety at risk

PBOT budget shortfall puts infrastructure, safety at risk By Margaux Mennesson Crumbling bridges. Unfilled potholes. Restricted emergency vehicle access. Bike lanes filled with debris. Sidewalks in disrepair. These are some of the conditions we can expec ...

7 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
BTA: Finding philosophers and storytellers in the back of the bus

BTA: Finding philosophers and storytellers in the back of the bus By Rob Sadowsky, Contributing Columnist This is part two of a story “One bad accident puts healthy streets in a whole new light” that first appeared in Street Roots in July about Rob’s expe ...

3 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
BTA Column: Building utility into the vision for modern transportation

BTA Column: Building utility into the vision for modern transportation By Mar gaux Mennesson Contributing Columnist In September, 28 of the best craftsmen, designers and custom bicycle builders in the country came to Portland to take part in the annual bi ...

10 Oct 2011 - Street Roots
BTA: One bad accident puts healthy streets in a whole new light

BTA: One bad accident puts healthy streets in a whole new light By Rob Sadowsky, Contributing Columnist I broke my collarbone and three ribs two months ago. I needed to make significant adjustments to my regular commute to work as a daily bicyclist. Walki ...

15 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
BTA: Bike sharing could be coming to Portland: Do you believe?

BTA: Bike sharing could be coming to Portland: Do you believe? By Margaux Mennesson, Contributing Columnist Anyone can ride a bike in Portland. That’s the idea behind the proposal for a new bike sharing program aimed at increasing the number of bicycle tr ...

21 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
BTA Column: By remembering one we lost, we celebrate those we have

BTA Column: By remembering one we lost, we celebrate those we have By Rob Sadowsky, Contributing Columnist On May 12th, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and community partners held a special tree planting ceremony to remember loved ones lost on the roa ...

23 May 2011 - Street Roots