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Sean Smith
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Creative Director & Emissary @ternbicycles.com

L-I-V-I-N peacefully in beautiful #Portland
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bikeloudpdx.bsky.social
It's @thewaroncars.bsky.social Week in PDX!

Mon @opb.org w @anomalily.net
Wed @bikeportland.org HappyHour
Thurs @powells.bsky.social (need $$$ ticket)

plus @shift2bikes.bsky.social Thurs 5:30P bike w @contraireclaire.bsky.social from Colonel Summer's to Powell's www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
calendar listing for ride to Powell's books. It says, "Thu, Nov 13, 2025, 5:30 PM Meet at 5:30, ride at 5:40 End location: Powell's on Burnside Ride length: 0-3 miles Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon of the "War on Cars" podcast will be at Powell's talking about their new book, "Life After Cars," with Lillian Karabaic hosting. Let's ride to the event at Powell's on Burnside together! Doors to the event open at 6, so we'll plan to get to Powell's around then. Note: Anyone can join the ride, but the event is ticketed, see link for registration. https://www.powells.com/events/sarah-goodyear-doug-gordon-in-conversation-with-lillian-karabaic-11-13-25"
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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bikeportland.org
This dynamic duo is on a national media tour talking up their excellent new book that diagnoses, dissects, and debates how car-dominated places have negatively influenced our lives — and what we'd gain by living life without (or a lot fewer of) them.

bikeportland.org/2025/11/06/w...
'War on Cars' podcast hosts at Bike Happy Hour on Wednesday
It's the perfect time to talk about ideas that once felt radical, but now feel inevitable.
bikeportland.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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ternbicycles.com
Another rider joins #TeamTern with the #TernGSD! One less car on the road means less traffic for everyone, and one step closer to a greener planet. 🌿

📷 @lafieldguide
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
two-wheeled-dynamo.bsky.social
Beautiful! Thanks @bikeportland.org for the ride vid!
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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bikeportland.org
Come along for a ride on SW 4th — the new bike lane in downtown Portland that has set a new standard.

bikeportland.org/2025/11/03/v...
Video: Ride the new bike lane on SW 4th Avenue
PBOT just raised the bar for what we can expect from bikeways in Portland.
bikeportland.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Reposted by Sean Smith
bikeloudpdx.bsky.social
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀?
𝘞𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 +🍁𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 & 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘴.

BikeLoud volunteers keep busy with our THREE bike-powered lane-cleaners but we can only do a fraction of what's needed.

@pbotinfo.bsky.social Please prioritize bike lanes!
bradleybondy.com 1 million Portlanders by 2045 🌲🌧️🦫🚲🚇 @bradleybondy.com · 14d
It's the season of bike lanes being unusable, and drivers getting pissed off if you aren't using them.
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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holz-bau.bsky.social
thinking about how we've had numerous bike shops close in seattle over the last few years.

increasing material costs. increasing housing costs. increasing commercial rents.

all lead to increasing labor costs.

we need to reverse this in order to meet our climate goals. bigly.
pressprogress.ca PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 22d
Bike mechanics want the government to recognize the job as a distinct profession and skilled trade.

Right now, they're officially grouped with workers who repair accordions, jukeboxes and the safety valves on pipelines.

pressprogress.ca/bike-mechani...
We Don’t Know How Many Bike Mechanics Are in Canada. That’s a Problem.
Workers who service bicycles want the government to recognize the job as a distinct profession and skilled trade
pressprogress.ca
October 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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ternbicycles.com
Freshly baked, freshly delivered. 🥖
The #ShortHaul cargo bike makes deliveries easy. With a strong 140 kg (308 lb) carrying capacity, it’s perfect for hauling plenty of fresh goods while navigating the city.

🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/short-haul/bs

#Ebike #Tern #TernBicycles #CargoBike
October 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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ternbicycles.com
Discover the hidden beauty of the world with #Orox, an adventure cargo bike built to carry you and your gear across trails, backroads, and places yet to be explored.

📷 @reizkultur.bsky.social

Learn more about Orox
🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/orox-bs

#tern #adventure #ebike
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
two-wheeled-dynamo.bsky.social
"When the car line is wrapping around the block, just gliding past in our little flotilla of cargo bikes. There's no way, as a parent, not to be like, 'maybe we should do that.'"
Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
www.npr.org
October 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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ternbicycles.com
Forest trails don’t build themselves, and the #Orox helps pave the way. @reizkultur.bsky.social and the Tayside Trail Association haul rocks, tools, and supplies to build trails in the rugged woods of Perthshire, Scotland.

🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/markus-adven...
🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/orox-bs

#Tern
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reposted by Sean Smith
how-sen.com
Bike sharing — specifically the particular system of bike sharing infrastructure found in Toronto, Montreal, New York, London, and dozens of others, is a real Canadian success story.

A thread 🧵
How Bike Share went from death’s door to one of Toronto’s fastest-growing ways to travel
How self-cleaning toilets, the pandemic and bike lanes made Toronto Bike Share a staple of the city, and how Doug Ford’s battle against bike lanes will shape its future.
www.thestar.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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sflkirk.bsky.social
3 years #CarFree & no regrets. A short 🧵. Still saving $250/m - $9k in 3 years! Still have a car parked on our drive to use when we need via @communauto.bsky.social. It's just shared with neighbours. Still carrying same amount of stuff on my @ternbicycles.com as I did by car #NoBrainer #BikeJoy 1/
A tern utility vehicle (TUV, also known as a cargo bike) parked next to a over-sized SUV in a grocery store parking lot. Both can carry the same amount of groceries. There are buildings in the background and a blue sky. A tern utility vehicle (TUV, als known as a cargo bike) with a large bag of dog food strapped to the back. The red bike is chained to a lollipop bike stand on a concrete sidewalk.
October 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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cathytuttle.bsky.social
A few months ago, a friend visited me in Utrecht. As we biked around to do daily errands, she kept saying, "This is like a dream. This is like a dream."

I do believe all cities the world over to soon come to their senses, limit car movement, and build a dream of safe, abundant streets for people.
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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holz-bau.bsky.social
since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...
Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates
Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...
denvergov.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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volts.wtf
Portland is ... right there. It's a real place. People live in it. People can go look at it. You could call someone there right now.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 8
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
two-wheeled-dynamo.bsky.social
You know you're now living in #Portland when you are woken up to the cheerful sounds of kiddos laughing, music pumping on a #BikeBus riding by the front of your house.❤️

I feel super lucky to have landed in this magical little spot in PDX. I feel like I found my home.
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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dougmcneall.bsky.social
This is the moment we passed 5555 miles on the @ternbicycles.com GSD. It’s been critical infrastructure for us for just over 3 years.
October 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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tigard-stripes.bsky.social
One person moving in a multi-ton metal box gets $9,000, and one person moving on an efficient micromobility device gets $225. Electric cars do not solve for congestion, storage, sedentary lifestyle, injury/death due to crashes. The battery in ONE gaint electric SUV could power hundreds of e-bikes.
October 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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bikeportland.org
It's here!!!

First batch only open to Portland Community College students.

bikeportland.org/2025/09/25/p...
Portland's long-awaited e-bike rebate program to soft launch Monday
An exciting step forward for long-awaited program.
bikeportland.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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momentummag.bsky.social
Make America Drive Again: Trump’s Campaign Against Bike Lanes is Bewildering.
momentummag.com/make-america...
Make America Drive Again: Trump’s Campaign Against Bike Lanes is Bewildering
Trump should know that cars take up 80 percent of public space in cities, generate air pollution, and kill over 40,000 Americans every year.
momentummag.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
two-wheeled-dynamo.bsky.social
Funny thing about cargo bikes… they’re sneaking into the spot where the second car used to live.
September 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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ternbicycles.com
Introducing the Vektron Gen 4: The latest evolution of our ultimate folding eBike.

All the freedom of a full-size ride, made to fit city living.

Learn more about the Vektron Gen 4:
🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/ui9zi

#Vektron #Tern #TernBikes #TernBicycles #EBikes #FoldingBike
September 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
two-wheeled-dynamo.bsky.social
Locked and loaded for the migration to #Portland. Hello Alberta hood peoples. Looking forward to being your neighbor! #Bikeportland
September 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM