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Bicycle Brown Bag series - Printable Version

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Bicycle Brown Bag Series

Third Thursday of Every Month

Noon to 1pm

Transportation Options offers a monthly Bicycle Brown Bag Series.

The sessions are held on the third Thursday of every month from noon to 1 PM.

(bring your lunch!)

Bike with big load

Coming up:

Thursday, November 19

Carrying Stuff by Bike - show & tell

- special location at Portland State University : College of Urban & Public Affairs - Parsons Gallery (Rm 212)

506 SW Mill St (PSU Urban Center Plaza) - click for map

From groceries to kids to furniture, sometimes you just can’t travel light when going by bike. Presenters will show a variety of different methods and rigs and answer any questions you have. Get ready to haul – well, whatever you’ve got!

* Please note - no Bike Brown Bag in December.*

Click here for archive of past Bicycle Brown Bag sessions.

For more information or to be added to the e-mail notification list, please e-mail Timo Forsberg (timothy.forsberg[at]pdxtrans[dot]org) or call 503-823-7699.

Bicycle Brown Bag series

A monthly series of lunch-time presentations about bicycling issues

Bicycle Brown Bags - prior sessions

Information about previous months' Bicycle Brown Bag presentations

Bicycle Mode Splits by Census Tract (Census Data 1990-2000)

An initial look at data about "Means of Transportation to Work" from the 1990 and 2000 Census.

Bike Commute Challenge ideas for encouraging riders

These notes from the August 07 Bicycle Brown Bag list ideas from successful BCC coordinators on encouraging coworkers to ride.

Bikes in Portland Presentation

Information on bicycling in Portland with a historical and international context.

Cycle Zone Analysis powerpoint

This 4 mb PDF file contains the slides used at the Oct 2008 Brown Bag presentation by Roger Geller and Denver Igarta.

Percent change of mode split 1996 to 2006

Platinum - the Bicycle Master Plan newsletter, vol. 1

April 2007: Find out all about the process for updating Portland's Bike Master Plan, and what it means for you

Platinum Bike Master Plan Update

Portland's original Bicycle Master Plan was adopted in 1996. We're updating the plan with the intention of making Portland a world-class city for cycling.

Residential Traffic Calming Lessons from Europe

This 2.0 mb PDF file shows all the slides from Greg Raisman's October 2009 talk about innovative designs, and includes links to video and photos taken in Europe.

Rob Burchfield presentation - Copenhagen bike facilities

Portland's City Traffic Engineer presented a Brown Bag on bicycle facilities in Copenhagen and other European cities in January 2009. 1.8 mb PDF file of slides from the talk.

Why People Aren’t Cycling Presentation

This Bicycle Brown Bag presentation from June 2007 examined recent polling and focus group data on barriers to cycling.