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Even more of what 'bike friendly' looks like
Danish picturebook, Portland video show how to respect bicyclists |
Alan Durning |
24 Oct 2007 |
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| What bicycle-respecting streets, intersections, and neighborhoods look like is largely a mystery to most people, even those who cycle regularly. I've offered descriptions twice before. Since then, two wonderful new tools have been completed. StreetFilms.org, the awesome, New York-based outfit that makes movies about cycling, has posted a 30-minute ode to Portland's bikability (linked above). It makes Bicycle Respect visible. (Other, shorter StreetFilms works on P ... |
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| Topics: bikes, Denmark, placemaking, Portland, urban planning (all these topics) |
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