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These people are awesome!
I just found byCycle's portland bike route planner. It's built with open source tools. :) I wish they would integrate the planner into Google maps, or put their bike path layer into Google custom maps. It would be awesome to have that bike routes layer and the Trimet layer when I'm looking up addresses of houses for sale.
I'm "window shopping" for houses right now. Jamey and I probably won't have enough money for a down payment for about 2 years, butwe've I've been looking anyway. I've been using Google housing to search for houses around the east side MAX blue line. When the weather is not too rainy, Jamey and I have been riding our bicycles around SE to get a feel for the neighborhoods.
Bikes have become very important to us lately. Jamey bikes to work most days, and I ride into work when the weather's nice or I need to leave work before the Intel MAX shuttle starts in the evening. We don't own a car, and have resisted hints from both our families that we need/should want one. That might change when we buy a house, but I'd like to try sticking with Flexcar, Trimet, and bikes.
I'm "window shopping" for houses right now. Jamey and I probably won't have enough money for a down payment for about 2 years, but
Bikes have become very important to us lately. Jamey bikes to work most days, and I ride into work when the weather's nice or I need to leave work before the Intel MAX shuttle starts in the evening. We don't own a car, and have resisted hints from both our families that we need/should want one. That might change when we buy a house, but I'd like to try sticking with Flexcar, Trimet, and bikes.