BikePortland's Jonathan Maus is down in D.C. today for the National Bike Summit, where Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood gave the opening address this morning. From Maus's recap: Photo: Jonathan Maus At the outset of his remarks, he said, “I want all of you to know you have a full partner at the...

What I'm about to describe here sounds almost like a parody of suburb street-development-by-plumbers, but this is what's on the table tonight at the Board of Public Works Meeting: *LETTER FOR GREENDALE RELATIVE TO A JOINT APPLICATION FOR S. 51ST STREET – RAWSON AVENUE TO COLLEGE AVENUE FOR...

As Albany lawmakers ponder which of a half-dozen Ravitch plan variations they might support, the possibility looms that no solution may come in time. New Yorkers could see their fares rise 25 percent while service is cut back -- a twin catastrophe in this tough economic time. Yet no big new ideas ar...

Red has a peeve:I wish to address the idiot using his ass cheeks for earmuffs on Big Tree Road just west of St. Francis Drive this morning: I understand that the sun is shining directly into your windshield at this......

People are really a lot like sheep.  Not in a necessarily bad way, like they really are like sheep.  But they do prefer to travel in herds.  That fact is pretty well represented throughout history.  If you prefer a modern reference, I give you the millions of members of social sites. Herds follo...

Does Google care for SEO? Yes, it does: from Google’s SEO Starter Guide (pdf) to help provided in the Google Webmaster Help Forum, the search engine is pretty transparent when it comes to how it prefers you to optimize your site for inclusion. We’ll be discussing URL structure, TrustRank and...

When I first started my business, Kinesis, nobody knew that it existed. So, I began to implement marketing activities to get the word out. I chose a variety of strategies to get new clients. Some worked better than others. One of the most painful tactics for me was attending my local Chamber of Comm...

Goodplanner writes: Masonic Avenue is only one of three signal-controlled roads between the Great Highway and Divisidero suitable for traffic. The others are Park Presidio and Stanyan. There is an active proposal to take out a lane on Van Ness. Meanwhile, Park Presidio congestion is so bad that it t...

To the DICKHOLE who rear-ended me this morning, admitted he was at fault, and the proceeded to be a JACKASS about my wanting to file a police report... Watch your back, prickless. Even Hot Cop at the station agreed you......

What the hell is this? Neurons firing up inside a brain? An installation with several Tesla coils? A weird electrical storm phenomenon? A color-inverted photo of an spiders orgy? A new nano-technology organic-based processor? Actually, it's Google Maps "mapplet", like Ground Zero, the nuke your fav ...