Our monthly commuting podcast: How PDX’s legendary bike festival began
(Our monthly commuting podcast is sponsored by Car2Go, Portland’s new point-to-point carsharing service.)
PedalPalooza, the three-week annual bike festival that starts tomorrow, is one of Portland’s most remarkable institutions. But it didn’t just happen.
Well, Portland’s world-famous World Naked Bike Ride sort of did. It was unilaterally started by visitors from a foreign country. Guess which one?
That and other secrets from the origins of PedalPalooza are revealed in our monthly commuting podcast, which features a visit from two local bike-funnists who’ve been with the festival since the beginning: Timo Forsberg and Ken Southerland. They also join producer Lillian Karabaic and I to discuss:
- BoltBus, the dirt-cheap new express bus to Seattle and Vancouver BC.
- Lily’s top 8 reasons European cities are more pedestrian-friendly than U.S. cities. (Hint: alcohol is involved.)
- Our commuting tip o’ the month, about TriMet’s lost and found.
- An appropriate low-car tune from Lily’s bottomless stash.
We’re also glad to welcome Lily back from her time in Germany. You can pick up the results on iTunes here, subscribe to the podcast by email here, or just grab the audio file here.
Post by michael at 4:42 pm June 6th, 2012. Like what you see? Get future posts by email.
