Sean Smith
@two-wheeled-dynamo.bsky.social
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Creative Director & Emissary
@ternbicycles.com
L-I-V-I-N peacefully in beautiful
#Portland
Zohran GSD-ing. This is what it's about. ๐ช
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The War on Cars
2 months ago
The mobility trend that's sweeping the nation.
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"Itโs hard to find a harsher testbed than NYC delivery work. If a cargo bike can survive 20-hour days hauling 300-pound loads over Manhattan potholes, it can survive your grocery runs."
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Ternโs NYC delivery e-bike fleet crosses 1 million miles, with some bikes rolling past 30k
Urban e-bike maker Tern just hit a major milestone in one of the toughest proving grounds on the planet: New...
https://electrek.co/2025/12/04/terns-nyc-delivery-e-bike-fleet-crosses-1-million-miles-with-some-bikes-rolling-past-30k/
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Warren Wells, AICP
2 months ago
Broke: The 15 minute city Woke: The 15 mph city
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BikeLoudPDX
3 months ago
It's
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
Week in PDX! Mon
@opb.org
w
@anomalily.net
Wed
@bikeportland.org
HappyHour Thurs
@powells.bsky.social
(need $$$ ticket) plus
@shift2bikes.bsky.social
Thurs 5:30P bike w
@contraireclaire.bsky.social
from Colonel Summer's to Powell's
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
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BikePortland
3 months ago
This dynamic duo is on a national media tour talking up their excellent new book that diagnoses, dissects, and debates how car-dominated places have negatively influenced our lives โ and what we'd gain by living life without (or a lot fewer of) them.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/06/w...
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'War on Cars' podcast hosts at Bike Happy Hour on Wednesday
It's the perfect time to talk about ideas that once felt radical, but now feel inevitable.
https://bikeportland.org/2025/11/06/war-on-cars-podcast-hosts-at-bike-happy-hour-on-wednesday-397967
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Tern Bicycles
3 months ago
Another rider joins
#TeamTern
with the
#TernGSD
! One less car on the road means less traffic for everyone, and one step closer to a greener planet. ๐ฟ ๐ท @lafieldguide
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Beautiful! Thanks
@bikeportland.org
for the ride vid!
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BikePortland
3 months ago
Come along for a ride on SW 4th โ the new bike lane in downtown Portland that has set a new standard.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/03/v...
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Video: Ride the new bike lane on SW 4th Avenue
PBOT just raised the bar for what we can expect from bikeways in Portland.
https://bikeportland.org/2025/11/03/video-ride-the-new-bike-lane-on-sw-4th-avenue-397890
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BikeLoudPDX
3 months ago
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐? ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ +๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด & ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ด. BikeLoud volunteers keep busy with our THREE bike-powered lane-cleaners but we can only do a fraction of what's needed.
@pbotinfo.bsky.social
Please prioritize bike lanes!
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Mike Eliason
3 months ago
thinking about how we've had numerous bike shops close in seattle over the last few years. increasing material costs. increasing housing costs. increasing commercial rents. all lead to increasing labor costs. we need to reverse this in order to meet our climate goals. bigly.
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Tern Bicycles
4 months ago
Freshly baked, freshly delivered. ๐ฅ The #ShortHaul cargo bike makes deliveries easy. With a strong 140 kg (308 lb) carrying capacity, itโs perfect for hauling plenty of fresh goods while navigating the city. ๐
go.ternbicycles.com/short-haul/bs
#ShortHaul
#Ebike
#Tern
#TernBicycles
#CargoBike
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Tern Bicycles
4 months ago
Discover the hidden beauty of the world with #Orox, an adventure cargo bike built to carry you and your gear across trails, backroads, and places yet to be explored. ๐ท @reizkultur.bsky.social Learn more about Orox ๐
go.ternbicycles.com/orox-bs
#Orox
#tern
#adventure
#ebike
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"When the car line is wrapping around the block, just gliding past in our little flotilla of cargo bikes. There's no way, as a parent, not to be like, 'maybe we should do that.'"
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Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/18/nx-s1-5532087/why-some-parents-are-ditching-minivans-for-cargo-bikes
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Tern Bicycles
4 months ago
Forest trails donโt build themselves, and the #Orox helps pave the way. @reizkultur.bsky.social and the Tayside Trail Association haul rocks, tools, and supplies to build trails in the rugged woods of Perthshire, Scotland. ๐
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go.ternbicycles.com/orox-bs
#Orox
#Tern
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How-Sen Chong
4 months ago
Bike sharing โ specifically the particular system of bike sharing infrastructure found in Toronto, Montreal, New York, London, and dozens of others, is a real Canadian success story. A thread ๐งต
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How Bike Share went from deathโs door to one of Torontoโs fastest-growing ways to travel
How self-cleaning toilets, the pandemic and bike lanes made Toronto Bike Share a staple of the city, and how Doug Fordโs battle against bike lanes will shape its future.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/how-bike-share-went-from-death-s-door-to-one-of-toronto-s-fastest-growing/article_bef12198-fff3-4e63-982c-b325cf9b5ce8.html
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Sara F.L. Kirk
4 months ago
3 years
#CarFree
& no regrets. A short ๐งต. Still saving $250/m - $9k in 3 years! Still have a car parked on our drive to use when we need via
@communauto.bsky.social
. It's just shared with neighbours. Still carrying same amount of stuff on my
@ternbicycles.com
as I did by car
#NoBrainer
#BikeJoy
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Cathy Tuttle
4 months ago
A few months ago, a friend visited me in Utrecht. As we biked around to do daily errands, she kept saying, "This is like a dream. This is like a dream." I do believe all cities the world over to soon come to their senses, limit car movement, and build a dream of safe, abundant streets for people.
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Mike Eliason
4 months ago
since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close
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Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates
Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...
https://denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Climate-Action-Sustainability-and-Resiliency/News-Events/News/2025/Denver-Celebrates-10000-E-Bike-Rebates
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David Roberts
4 months ago
Portland is ... right there. It's a real place. People live in it. People can go look at it. You could call someone there right now.
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You know you're now living in
#Portland
when you are woken up to the cheerful sounds of kiddos laughing, music pumping on a
#BikeBus
riding by the front of your house.โค๏ธ I feel super lucky to have landed in this magical little spot in PDX. I feel like I found my home.
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Doug McNeall
4 months ago
This is the moment we passed 5555 miles on the
@ternbicycles.com
GSD. Itโs been critical infrastructure for us for just over 3 years.
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One person moving in a multi-ton metal box gets $9,000, and one person moving on an efficient micromobility device gets $225. Electric cars do not solve for congestion, storage, sedentary lifestyle, injury/death due to crashes. The battery in ONE gaint electric SUV could power hundreds of e-bikes.
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BikePortland
4 months ago
It's here!!! First batch only open to Portland Community College students.
bikeportland.org/2025/09/25/p...
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Portland's long-awaited e-bike rebate program to soft launch Monday
An exciting step forward for long-awaited program.
https://bikeportland.org/2025/09/25/portlands-long-awaited-e-bike-rebate-program-to-soft-launch-monday-397071
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Momentum Magazine
4 months ago
Make America Drive Again: Trumpโs Campaign Against Bike Lanes is Bewildering.
momentummag.com/make-america...
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Make America Drive Again: Trumpโs Campaign Against Bike Lanes is Bewildering
Trump should know that cars take up 80 percent of public space in cities, generate air pollution, and kill over 40,000 Americans every year.
https://momentummag.com/make-america-drive-again-trumps-campaign-against-bike-lanes-is-bewildering/
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Brent Toderian
4 months ago
โAir pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.โ Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, itโs remarkable that more cities HAVENโT done the same.
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/04/12/air-pollution-paris-health-cars/
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Funny thing about cargo bikesโฆ theyโre sneaking into the spot where the second car used to live.
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Tern Bicycles
5 months ago
Introducing the Vektron Gen 4: The latest evolution of our ultimate folding eBike. All the freedom of a full-size ride, made to fit city living. Learn more about the Vektron Gen 4: ๐
go.ternbicycles.com/ui9zi
#Vektron
#Tern
#TernBikes
#TernBicycles
#EBikes
#FoldingBike
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Locked and loaded for the migration to
#Portland
. Hello Alberta hood peoples. Looking forward to being your neighbor!
#Bikeportland
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Brent Toderian
5 months ago
โHelsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.โ City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree.
#Helsinki
#VisionZero
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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
https://yle.fi/a/74-20174831
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The War on Cars
5 months ago
NEW:
@bradlander.bsky.social
joins us to talk political courage, from defending bike lanes early in his career to his efforts to rein in reckless drivers to his cross endorsement of
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
. We are thrilled to welcome Brad to The War on Cars!
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www.businessinsider.com/best-advice-...
Nice to hear. It's a theme I've recently been hearing more often: that bicycling in Portland is really good. It is.
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I recently traveled to Portland, Oregon, for the first time. There's one piece of advice I'd give every visitor.
We visited Portland, Oregon, for the first time. Exploring the city solely by bike helped us save money, explore, and have a better experience.
https://www.businessinsider.com/best-advice-for-exploring-portland-oregon-biking-2025-9
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Portland Bureau of Transportation
5 months ago
Check out the new and improvement NE Broadway ๐คฉ PBOT crews are working on the final touches this week. Letโs take a look at whatโs completed: Paving - check Concrete pedestrian refuge islands - check New striping design - check!
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Good to see
mayorkwilson.bsky.social
comfy in the saddle, proving again with
@bikeportland.org
that the bike has always been a great place to have a chat and an in-depth meeting.
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Always neat stuff at the
#made.bike
show. Thanks always to
@pathlesspedaled.bsky.social
for the run-through!
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HOTTEST Accessories at MADE 2025!
YouTube video by Path Less Pedaled
https://youtu.be/bp19IGyL_HM?si=MhY1y4g5rkWI5yaK
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Tom Flood
6 months ago
It really is wild to see the photos and images people are sharing of this billboard. All credit to the
@visionzerovancouver.ca
team for making this happen.
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BikePortland
6 months ago
PBOT is ready for this. B-line Urban Delivery is ready for this. The Market is ready for this. Let's go!
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The dream of a zero emission delivery hub at James Beard Public Market is alive in Portland
Portland is so ready for this.
https://bikeportland.org/2025/08/19/the-dream-of-a-zero-emission-delivery-hub-at-james-beard-public-market-is-alive-in-portland-396101
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Cool Bike Art
6 months ago
Summer 1987: New York City mayor Ed Koch announces a bicycle ban in midtown. Slow-ride protests led by bike messengers fought the ban, and city residents sided with the cyclists. The ban was lifted before it ever went into effect. ๐ทCarl Hultberg
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
6 months ago
The global phenomenon of โbikelashโ has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.๐งต
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Gravel Influencer
6 months ago
More positive e-bike coverage!!!
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For some Boston-area parents, minivans are out. E-bikes are in. - The Boston Globe
With a boost from e-bikes, these parents are "car-light," or even car-free โ and loving it.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/metro/car-free-parent/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMJm0RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsHprpvdLMU20EJdCjeonf--Hg-Pw7FwqZpf0bfh3PondfiLViHoiwyc-Xib_aem_1ZJzupLScFJ9O4VKGExqzA
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Portland Mercury
6 months ago
Some Portlanders have been meeting frequently with city staff for more than three years through the Problem Solver program, meant to quickly address city livability issues. But the program has not been widely publicized, and basic information about the meetings is hard to come by.
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Portland's Most Effective Channel For Addressing Community Concerns is a Back Door
Portlandโs new form of government, which went into effect this year, was designed to make it more accessible for all residents to participate in city policy discussions. Still, most Portlanders strugg...
https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/08/12/47970304/portlands-most-effective-channel-for-addressing-community-concerns-is-a-back-door
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David Zipper
6 months ago
The affordability of car-light living: "American households โ maybe not most of them, but a significant percentage of them โ have the opportunity to dump one of their cars and save a bunch of money." Urbanists should hammer away at this point, noting how e-bikes/cargo bikes make it easier.
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Can We All Live With One Less Car?
It's not something that most people are doing yet. But all of our demographic and economic trends suggest it's way more possible than it used to be.
https://futureofwhere.substack.com/p/can-we-all-live-with-one-less-car
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7 months ago
Our
@bunchbike.com
helped welcome our
@ternbicycles.com
HSD to the Mpls Cargo Bike Library. Weโre so grateful to
@perennialcycle.bsky.social
&
@ternbicycles.com
for donating this bike to our program. Mpls residents can borrow these cargo bikes (& others) FREE for a week!
Mplscargobikelibrary.com
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More than a few folks grumbled at first. Too sweaty. Too hard. Too weird. And then they tried it. They made the space. And now?
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In The City of London Bicycles Now Outnumber Cars
YouTube video by Streetfilmsยฎ
https://youtu.be/OunBRdTIe3w?si=JVKTQWQvz3TekFLV
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The War on Cars
7 months ago
"Storing cars in a big, transit-rich city where most people don't need to drive comes at the expense of using that space for other purposes โ including housing."
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Park Slope 'Car Condominium' Sells For $250K Amid City Housing Crisis - Streetsblog New York City
A parking spot in Park Slope just sold for $250,000.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/14/park-slope-car-condominium-sells-for-250k-amid-city-housing-crisis
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Nicholas Sideras โ๏ธ
8 months ago
Did someone ask for 5 minutes of
@jamellebouie.net
talking about ranking the worst American preisdents, all narrated over a video of him riding his
@ternbicycles.com
GSD to the bakery? Because youโre in luck!
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Tern Bicycles
8 months ago
๐ฆ๏ธ Rain or shine, youโve got it all covered with this perfect kid setup so nothing stops the adventure. ๐ Team Sun Shield? Team Rain Shield? or Both? Learn more about the GSD and all the accessories:
go.ternbicycles.com/uh4X5
#TernBicycles
#TernGSD
#CargoBikeLife
#FamilyBike
#Weather
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