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Author Archives: Jay Graves
Guest blogger Mia Birk’s thoughts on Amsterdam’s Cycling Class for Immigrant Women.
October 9, 2008 – 12:53 pm
Immigrant women on a group ride in 2007.
(photo copyright Gemeente Amsterdam Zeeburg)
Yesterday, we got to learn more about a cycling class for immigrant women in Amsterdam, which has been highly successful. Here are some reflections by Mia Birk, one of my fellow visitors, who is the former Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Portland [...]
Amsterdam & cycling: how they did it, why they did it.
October 7, 2008 – 1:43 pm
For many years – since my first visit to Amsterdam – I’ve had a personal goal of helping Portland to become the “Amsterdam of America.” Today I had some revelations. I now really understand the policies behind the Dutch dominance in cycling as transportation and how Portland can continue be a [...]
Warming up to cycling-friendly Amsterdam.
October 7, 2008 – 1:10 pm
This post is the first of a series of travel journal entries, sent to us by Bike Gallery owner and CEO Jay Graves, who visited Amsterdam and Copenhagen as part of a study tour in partnership with the Portland Metro Council’s Connecting Green Alliance (Jay is a member of Metro’s Blue Ribbon Committee for Trails). [...]