#TRBAM paper review invitations coming in

Just published: Our eval of bike buses in Portland. Some key benefits we IDed are increases in physical activity and improved traffic safety / navigation skills. Challenges include institutionalizing bike buses and making sure benefits can be shared equitably. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.

Portland area folks: Got an idea for a great transportation-related placemaking project? The Better Block PSU can harness the energy of PSU planning and engineering students to help bring community driven projects to life. Applications for the upcoming round are due in one week (March 10th)!

For anyone not in the know @kmhd.bsky.social is necessary listening on Friday nights. Soul, funk, groove, so good. Seriously, listen: www.kmhd.org

More than 22,000 crows come to roost in downtown PDX during the winter. Nathan McNeil sampled their evening sounds by bike. Go by bike and hear our crows! 28 days of PDX 🚲❤️ 11/28 from @nwurban.bsky.social

Amazing!

Love me a good Portland transpo dad joke

With the Trump admin deleting critical data from health agency websites, there are many independent efforts to archive the data. @maggiek.bsky.social is putting together a guide to help locate where all the data is being backed up. Use the form below to let her know about your efforts.

I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

I didn't quite realize the degree to which the number of trips per day has been on a downward trajectory, and then took a further leap with the pandemic. From 1995 to 2022 the average trip rate dropped from 4.3 to 2.28, with half that drop coming between 2017 and 2022.

There should be a function that, when I mute my TV, automatically shifts the audio to some nice background music of my choice. Does that exist? If not, why not?

Great #trbam research from @nwurban.bsky.social on the safety and comfort of shared bike/bus stop platforms in Portland. Findings - low conflicts, bicyclists slowed in the presence of buses and people, people generally managing interactions even when not strictly following design intent.

Imagine my delight strolling around the massive poster hall and then saying “hey, that’s our art!” In response to someone’s research presentation! This team from PSU + UNC is collecting data on types of tactical curb extensions in DC to see what works. Nice to meet you Sirisha and Wes! #trbam

If you are at #TRBAM, come check out our poster this evening!

Interested bicycling stages of change structure from Jerome Laviolette #TRBAM Do Only Cyclists Support Cycling?: A Case Study of Montreal - TRBAM-25-05477

Evan Howington presenting on TREC’s bike bus research to kick off #TRBAM. More can be found on our project resource page sites.google.com/pdx.edu/bike... @trecpdx.bsky.social @johnmacpdx.bsky.social

I have an interior facing hotel room, so please #trbam, show me your TRB / DC snow pics!

Early, snow-braving risers at #TRBAM tomorrow morning can catch up on the Bike Bus movement and research happening at TREC! See you there! www.linkedin.com/posts/trecpd...

The crows’ takeover of downtown Portland on winter evenings really is an astonishing (and somewhat viscerally disconcerting). Turns out they outnumber PSU students …

Get on that bike! I think if my commute as, in part, my hour of “free” exercise each day.

This will be a fun project. Great partners at Metro, PBOT, PPS and others. And nothing brings smiles to faces like seeing kids stream by on the bike bus!

Autumnal Portland morning bike commute mix of rain, blue sky, clouds, sun, fall leaves (beautiful and colorful for what remain in the trees, but soggy and sloppy in the bike lanes), and a stray rainbow (sorry didn’t get a shot of that).