Getting There Nicholas Deshais
THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016
![Soaring architectural style of nine-story Parkade with its sweeping columns, flaring cornices, spiral ramp and lofty elevator tower catches and holds the eye, even from afar. This picture was taken from the roof of the Chronicle Building. 1967 photo. (Photo Archive/The Spokesman-Review. )](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
There's plenty of parking in downtown Spokane
Spokane Rising did the math: A quarter of downtown is dedicated to parking.
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016
Dedicated lane? How about a straddling bus? 3
Just imagine being overtaken by one of these on the highway.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016
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New type of bike lane on Havana
The city began paving new bike lanes on the South Hill. If it goes as city planners hope it does, the porous pavement may be used in future projects to help stop pollutants from going into the Spokane River.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016
![This 2013 photo looks south on North Monroe St. towards the intersection of Indiana and Northwest Blvd. (Jesse Tinsley)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
North Monroe wants YOU! 3
More bike amenities? Traffic calming? Easier commuting for vehicles? Light rail?! Hyperloop?!?! What about a trolley?
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016
![Signs mark the bike lane along 29th Avenue in Spokane. (Christopher Anderson)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
When will the city sweep the gravel from bike lanes? 8
Riding in a dirty, rock-filled bike lane is no fun.
![An e-car is connected with a public charge base in Berlin, Germany, April 27, 2016. Germany plans to subsidize electric cars in a bid to help the country's auto industry compete in the global market for the growingly-popular and environmentally friendly vehicles. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
Charge your EV very quickly at Dave Smith Nissan 1
This weekend, the Inland Northwest is getting its first fast-charging electric vehicle station.
MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016
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Is this the electric bike for Spokane winters? 4
Mikael Kjellman, a Swedish design engineer, built a little car/bike/electric vehicle. It's called the PodRide.
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016
![The beginning of a new multiuse paved trail along Pettet Drive in Spokane. The entire section of the road, otherwise known as Doomsday Hill, is being renovated, and the trail will be part of the Centennial Trail. (Courtesy Spokane Bicycle Advisory Board)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
Doomsday Hill will be open for Bloomsday, not Spokefest
A major renovation of Pettet Drive, otherwise known as Doomsday Hill, won't change the Bloomsday course this weekend, but it will prevent cyclists from pedaling up the dreaded hill this September.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016
![Bing Crosby as a young man.](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
VIDEO: "Bing Crosby, the Sunset Highway and the Channeled Scablands" 2
CWU professor Nick Zentner ties it all together in one rocky knot.
FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 2016
![A still from the short film Driving On Air, which was produced by The Adaptors and Aeon Magazine.](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
A jet-powered bike and a Lego car that runs on air? Yep.
The vehicle is made from about 500,000 Lego pieces. Its engine has 256 cylinders and 100,000 parts.
TUESDAY, FEB. 23, 2016
![A 27-year old Egyptian artist stops with her bicycle in front of the Kasr Al Nile bridge that leads to Tahrir Square, after making her way back from the square, during the fifth anniversary anniversary of the 2011 uprising, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
NYT: In Gaza, Bicycles Are a Battleground for Women Who Dare to Ride 2
I just stumbled upon this article in the New York Times about women riding bikes in Gaza and wow.
MONDAY, FEB. 22, 2016
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Elephant bikes reviewed in Adventure Cyclist 1
Spokane's handmade steel bikes got a nice write-up in the latest issue of Adventure Cyclist. And Spokane's South Perry district also got a little plug.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, 2016
![This image released by Tesla Motors is a sketch of the “Hyperloop” system, which would use a tube with capsules inside that would float on air, traveling at more than 700 mph. (Associated Press)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
Atlantic's "Inside the Effort to Build Hyperloop"
"I'm excited about not improving the transportation experience, but I'm excited about eliminating it."
MONDAY, FEB. 15, 2016
![In this 2014 photo, a worker cleans a Tesla Model S sedan before a event to deliver the first set of cars to customers in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
What do you think of Avista's plan to electrify Spokane transportation? 18
Do you support Avista's plan to lay the groundwork and infrastructure for electric cars? Would you buy an electric car if there were more charging stations around town?
THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 2016
![A man, seen through a bicycle rack, shovels snow in the borough of Brooklyn in New York on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
Pump up those studded tires, tomorrow's International Winter Bike to Work Day 4
So what is it? Are you going to ride?!
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 2016
MONDAY, FEB. 8, 2016
![Washington Gov. Jay Inslee with former Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson, left, and construction workers behind speaks from the construction site of a new floating bridge on Lake Washington in Medina, Wash., in 2014. The state Senate has rejected the gubernatorial appointment of Peterson, ousting her from the job she has held since shortly after Inslee took office in 2012. The rare move was taken by the Senate Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, with majority Republicans and a Democrat who caucuses with them voting 25-21 to remove Peterson. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
Why did state Senate Republicans fire Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson? 13
On Friday heads rolled, to borrow a phrase from our own Republican state Sen. Michael Baumgartner. Actually, just one head rolled: Lynn Peterson, the state's transportation secretary. But why?
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 2016
![This photo shows Google's new self-driving car during a demonstration at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
Google cars come to Washington state (specifically, Kirkland) 3
Now how about coming to Spokane. I'm tired of steering, pushing the gas pedal, etc.
FRIDAY, JAN. 29, 2016
FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 2016
Friday Video: Blasting a road-blocking boulder 1
It's a conundrum when a 20-ton rock blocks the road. What's a transportation department to do?