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After six months on the job, an anonymous TriMet bus driver gives us a look behind the scenes.

The term 'vulnerable roadway user' draws attention to the symptom when more focus is needed on the source of danger.

Cam Crowell on how bikes can cure bodies, and cities.

Portland has been a bike city since the 1890s, just after the invention of the modern bicycle. By 1896, the city’s bike culture was strong enough to warrant distribution of a map of cycling routes, which contained advertisements for bike-friendly business establishments, including places to shop for men and women’s cycling apparel. When I first saw the 1896 Cyclist’s Road Map to Portland, I felt a sense of reverence and awe. Here I was, a...