Hot on the heels of a story of a cardboard bike comes something a little more high tech, but similarly ingenious. Just two blocks from my office is a bicycle in a front window that won the 2011 Oregon Manifest award. The bicycle in question is called the Faraday, and it is a collaboration betweenContinueContinue reading “Faraday Porteur”
Category Archives: Portland
Stunning
Unlike most industries, automotive design arguably already hit it’s zenith years ago. Though the features available in cars today are mind boggling, their pure forms are, frankly, pretty lame compared to some of the designs that erupted out of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The Portland Art Museum is currently showing a traveling exhibit calledContinueContinue reading “Stunning”
The Bikeification of Clinton
Long known for its bike-friendliness, Portland has made big strides in improving safe access to cyclists all over the city. Dangerous bridges and overpasses have been transformed and retrofitted with pedestrian and bike paths, allowing multi-modal transport to and fro. When it comes to more quiet neighborhoods, the city isn’t sitting still either. Perhaps spurredContinueContinue reading “The Bikeification of Clinton”
Toxic cities mock ‘healthy’ cycle riding – Times Online
Highly disturbing and frustrating article on biking. “CYCLING to work may seem the healthy option, but a study has shown that people riding in cities inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles with every breath, at least five times more than drivers or pedestrians.” Continue reading…. Toxic cities mock ‘healthy’ cycle riding – Times Online.
Electric Future 