See the video yet? Please be safe around the streetcar tracks! 🙂
Kind of sappy and silly, but seriously everyone needs to bear in mind the streetcar is there. The tracks aren’t coming up and they’re getting more popular again. So be safe and careful to approach the tracks safely.
So technically, I don’t really have a commute. I wake up, walk across the hall and I’m in the office. Sometimes, if I sit down at a coffee shop I’m in the office or simply while on the bus, train or in a park. There’s a big plus to this type of work style; the freedom, higher productivity and related things for the ephemeral “creative class”, but there are negatives too. Namely that I’m always “at work”. However, even though I do love what I do and don’t technically have a commute, I sometimes give myself one to get started in the morning.
The Faux Commute
The commute that I sometimes give myself consists of a 2+ mile hustle down the bike corridors, lanes and roads of Portland to one of my favorite coffee shops. Going from the west side of the river to the east, here’s a video of my commute to the coffee shop office. Also note, I’m a metal head true and true, so I put some material from my favorite band into rotation for this video (hope it’s alright by them, if they contact me I’ll take it down, sadly).
I grabbed my bike and rode down the street to the bus mall. I picked  a random bus, the #44 it happened to be, to board. I rode the bus out to the Willamette Boulevard overlook area.
Waiting with bike at bus mall stop for the #44.
While waiting a few buses and the MAX Yellow Line passed by on their way…
MAX Yellow Line Passing while I wait. (Click for full size image)
After a pleasant ride up to Mock’s crest, a view from the stop…
Mock’s Crest (Click for full size image)
Off to more riding about…
Hello all, I’m putting together a project that will kick off a set of blog entries across various Portlander’s (or anybody’s blogs for that matter) blogs. I’d like to do the following:
#1
Setup a transit ride on any of the lines that points out some of the best new amenities in the city’s system.
#2
Setup a bike ride on any major route that shows great street improvements, bicycle safety changes or features, and other characteristics.
Combine the results of either of the above into a set of blog entries from each person’s perspective of the trip.
So who is in?
Transit Sleuth 