The Center for Appropriate Transport (CAT) was a non-profit community center dedicated to bicycles and alternative transport located in Eugene, Oregon, United States.[1]
The Center operated from 1992 to 2020. One of CAT's primary activities was holding publicly funded educational workshops for youth ages 12 to 21. Within the 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) facility there was a public bicycle repair workspace and a bike machine-shop for the design and manufacture of special-purpose bikes, particularly cargo bikes and recumbents. There was also a bike museum on site, a bike rack-building workshop, and a sewing facility. CAT formerly held the offices of Oregon Cycling magazine, which ceased publishing in 2009.[2] Pedaler's Express, a pioneering workbike-based delivery service initiated at CAT; the former CAT building re-christened "NEST" is still home to Pedaler's Express.[3]
In 2021, the facility and programs were bought by the non-profit Better Eugene-Springfield Transportation (BEST). As of May 17, 2021: The Center for Appropriate Transport in Eugene, Oregon is closed. Their website is now shut down.[4]
- ^ Clynes, Tom (September 7, 2011). "Why Cargo Bikes Are Cycling's Coolest Inventions". Bicycling. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ Maus, Jonathan (August 7, 2009). "Oregon Cycling Magazine Shuts Down; New Owners Look to Bring it Back". Bike Portland.
- ^ Nagata, Yoshiyuki (2006). Center for Appropriate Transport. Springer Verlag. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-4020-4985-9.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "BEST". 2020. As of May 17, 2021, the Center for Appropriate Transport in Eugene, Oregon is closed. Their website is now shut down.
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