Portland,
Oregon, converted automobile parking into bicycle parking on Belmont
Street. Demand for bicycle parking was too high to be accommodated
on the sidewalks, so the city constructed bicycle parking corrals.
A dozen or more bicycles can be parked into the space taken up by
one parked car, so the city greatly increased the total amount of
parking by converting several automobile parking spaces into several
dozen bicycle parking spaces. The bicycle parking corrals have been
so popular that businesses on other blocks have requested the city
to build more.
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Topics in Episode 147:
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Portland, Oregon, has on-street bicycle parking corrals.
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The Smart Trips program uses individualized marketing to promote
transportation alternatives.
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The Women On Bikes program encourages women to cycle more.
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Portland State University hosts the Initiative for Bicycle
and Pedestrian Innovation.
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We look at Portland's Safer Routes To School Program.
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