OTREC in the News: 2014

If an electric bike is ever going to hit it big in the U.S., it’s this one (CityLab, July 29, 2014)

Confused about electric bikes? This chart will clear the air (Portland Business Journal, July 17, 2014)

Infographic expands on local e-bike research, but the biggest puzzle remains (BikePortland, July 17, 2014)

Validation? (Portland Transport, July 6, 2014)

Just a tram for reducing traffic (Radiotelevisione Italiana, July 4, 2014)

University of Utah study: TRAX reduces car traffic (The Salt Lake Tribune, July 3, 2014)

Light rail significantly reduces traffic, study shows (The Oregonian, July 3, 2014)

Oregon Study Finds 94 Percent of Cyclists Stop at Red Lights (Streetsblog, June 30, 2014)

Salt Lake Light Rail System Reduces Vehicle Traffic On Parallel Roadways (Planetizen, June 26, 2014)

The more bicyclists, the safer they are, researchers say (Colorado Public Radio, June 25, 2014)

Portland must do its homework on how to fairly spread the street maintenance burden (The Oregonian, June 23, 2014)

What 5 Cities, 17K Cyclists, and 20K Cars Tell Us About Protected Bike Lanes (Next City, June 12, 2014)

The Case For Protected Bike Lanes (Fast Company, June 11, 2014)

How cyclists on Telegraph mean business (East Bay Express, June 11, 2014)

Crossing the road is more dangerous for African Americans: New study (Daily Mail, June 7, 2014)

Study Evaluates Protected Bike Lanes in the United States (Planetizen, June 6, 2014)

Chicago Bike Lanes: Loved by Cyclists, Feared by Drivers and Pedestrians (Chicago Magazine, June 6, 2014)

US Bike Ridership Surges With Protected Bike Lanes, Study Finds (CleanTechnica, June 6, 2014)

Study Suggests It’s More Dangerous For Black Pedestrians To Cross The Street (Huffington Post, June 6, 2014)

Study: protected bike lanes really do increase biking (Vox, June 5, 2014)

“Protected bike lanes safer, better,” says science. (Grist, June 4, 2014)

If you build it, they will come: New study shows that bike lanes increase ridership (Treehugger, June 3, 2014)

Pro-bike group shares results of safety and traffic study on bike lanes (KMGH, June 3, 2014)

Study praises protected bike lanes in Chicago, other cities (RedEye Chicago, June 3, 2014)

Study: How Chicago’s Protected Bike Lanes Compare (Chicago Sun-Times, June 2, 2014)

Study Finds People Feel Safer With ‘Protected Lanes’ for Bikes (Time, June 2, 2014)

Study: Biking on L Street NW Jumps by 65 Percent After Cycletrack Installation (Washington City Paper, June 2, 2014)

Protected bike lanes aren’t just safer; they can also increase cycling (CityLab, June 2, 2014)

Groundbreaking new study gives big thumbs-up to U.S. Protected Bike Lanes (Bike Portland, June 2, 2014)

Protected bicycle lanes’ safety, livability benefits worth cost of removing car lanes (The Oregonian, June 2, 2014)

Do Drivers Discriminate Against Minorities at Crosswalks? (CityLab, The Atlantic, May 28, 2014)

Traffic violence in the Pacific Northwest is racially biased (Seattle Bike Blog, May 23, 2014)

Study finds racial bias in driver reactions to pedestrians at Portland crosswalks. (NBC News, May 22, 2014)

Portland drivers ‘clearly’ show racial bias at crosswalks, PSU study says (poll) (Oregonlive.com, May 21, 2014)

PSU study: Are Portland drivers racist? (KGW, May 20, 2014)

CCSU examines collaborations between university and city (The Bristol Press, May 12, 2014)

Strava, Popular With Cyclists and Runners, Wants to Sell Its Data to Urban Planners (The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2014)

ODOT embarks on “big data” project with purchase of Strava dataset (Bike Portland, May 1, 2014)

Kaiser plugs into e-bike research (Portland Tribune, May 1, 2014)

Alternative commuters find creative ways to travel (KGW, April 25, 2014)

Portland slides down ‘smart growth’ list (Portland Tribune, April 15, 2014)

Barbur Boulevard construction will be a real-life test for road diet (Bike Portland, March 24, 2014)

How do we get more women cycling? (Pacific Standard, March 17, 2014)

More Americans ride mass transit, but not Oregonians (Oregon Public Broadcasting, March 10, 2014)

Gentrification: A complicated question of race and class (The Oregonian, March 9, 2014)

The next generation of infrastructure (Next City, Jan. 20, 2014; subscription required)

Does driving drop when cycling spikes? (Phys.org, Jan. 9, 2014)