Bike Move!
These days it seems nearly every month somebody, somewhere in Portland, Oregon is moving from one house to another using only bike power.
In this re-edited archive from my bikeTV work, you'll meet members of Portland's warm and innovative bike community where dozens of folks regularly donate a few weekend hours with their bike trailers to help fellow cyclists move their belongings to a new abode.
As you'll see, sometimes it requires a little moxie, but the result is fun and environmentally-friendly. Just seeing it will make you want to move. Well, maybe...
Portland's SHIFT website even provides a place to post your move. And as one participant points out as a bonus: they have to help move you in too!
DAve:
when you need an external stimulus, view the video named "intersection repair at the upper right hand corner. It might be a possible Lock 3 Summer Arts Experience Project. Comes from Portland, Ore. It does raise the issue of integrating public art into planning and transportation projects.
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I love this one!!1
[...] carrying heavy and cumbersome loads. In Portland, Oregon, Xtracycles are regular fixtures at moving day parties at which residential relocations are achieved using bicycles instead of pickups, vans or station [...]
[...] by a previous Streetfilm from Portland, Oregon, filmmaker Nicholas Whitaker decided to answer the challenge and bring you, [...]
Brilliant! A few visual minutes that speak volumes. Great idea, great incentive to "try this at home".
a small one in Lyon, France :
http://velorutionlyon.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=122
[...] in part because fixies are hard work. Another case in point: the flourishing Portland bike-only house-moving scene (portrayed in the video below from StreetFilms), which may be the pinnacle of bike culture: it [...]
carrying heavy and cumbersome loads. In Portland, Oregon, Xtracycles are regular fixtures at moving day parties at which residential relocation are achieved using bicycles.which may be the pinnacle of bike culture