Posts tagged with 'Bicycling'

Bikeable neighborhoods prove profitable for Portland realtor

Friday, September 25th, 2009
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One enterprising Portland realtor combined the growing demand for homes in convenient locations with Portland’s biking fervor to boost her bottom line — filling a niche that was previously empty. When Portlanders want to buy a home that lets them bike to the office, the grocery store, or the post office, they call Kirsten Kaufman, whom Portland Live calls the “Bike Broker.”

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Bikesharing comes to the Capital City

Friday, August 22nd, 2008
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Tweet While we have our offices here in Washington, D.C., we try our best not to come at things with a DC-centric focus, thinking “outside the Beltway.”  So pardon me for just a moment while we toot the horn of our hometown. It may be local for us, but it’s certainly national in significance, representing [...]

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Major League bikers?

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
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Tweet Just for fun and in the same vein as last year’s post about Buffalo Bills quarterback J.P. Losman loving life in downtown Buffalo, I noticed this story about some other professional athletes eschewing what perhaps most would expect to describe the lifestyle of a professional athlete — drive an expensive vehicle and live in [...]

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Efficiency and throughput – visualize it

Thursday, November 8th, 2007
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Tweet I’ve seen this photo in a handful of places this week. It’s an illustration from the city of Munster, Germany, and can be found on the city’s website: As you may be able to tell, it’s a visual illustration of how much roadway space the same number of travelers take up in individual cars, [...]

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New York Times: Yes to Portland!

Monday, November 5th, 2007
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Tweet The New York Times gave some love this weekend to Portland, Oregon. First, a story about the growth of the city focuses on how maintaining a small-town big city designed for people, connected to the environment, and with options for transportation, has resulted in a population boom in younger people, as well as older [...]

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