Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
[New on-street bike parking!]
On my way up Mississippi Street today I passed by a brand new, on-street bike parking facility at N. Beech Street, right in front of Amnesia Brewing. It's very exciting to see this because it's been in the works for over two years!
Ever since a similar bike-parking facility was put up [...]
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
PDOT and the Community Cycling Center have unveiled an ad they hope will ratchet up the visibility of their new "See and Be Seen" campaign.
Below is the ad they plan to unveil tonight at the Bike Light Parade, which is the official kickoff to the campaign:
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Well, what do you expect? We asked for it.
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Just caught this interesting announcement in the BTA Digest:
The Waypost, a European-style bar/cafe at 3120 N Williams (a few blocks south of Fremont), has declared December "Bicycle Love Month." There will be endless happy hour for customers who arrive by bike, and a showing of the film "A Sunday in Hell" on December 14th. [...]
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Today at City Council, Commissioner Sam Adams proposed an amendment to the city budget that would allocate $100,000 in seed money for a "Tour de Portland" style stage race.
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
I just received the bicycle citation numbers from the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division (the Traffic Division writes 80% of all tickets in the Portland metro area). I took the numbers and made a few charts.
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
[The crux of the problem.]
The current Oregon statutes governing the operation of a motor vehicle in a bike lane are confusing and unclear. The Portland Police Bureau found this out the hard way and they want to find a solution and have the laws fixed for good at the upcoming legislative session in Salem. [...]
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Today and tomorrow are the final days to enter November's BikePortland Benefit Raffle. Thanks to the awesome guys at Cyclepath Bike Shop, up for grabs this month is a Redline 9-2-5 urban-assault, commuter bike. This is a great bike that comes with full fenders (with mud-flaps), a flip-flop singlespeed hub, mustache bars, and [...]
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
[Volunteers work hard to get used 600 bikes ready for the the CCC's annual Holiday Bike Drive]
This time of year, the headquarters of the Community Cycling Center on NE Alberta street is like Santa's workshop; complete with elves, toys for the kids, and a magical sense of anticipation for the Big Day.
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
A group of Portland transportation activists are putting together a bid to try and persuade the World Carfree Network -- the "hub of the global carfree movement" -- that Portland would be an ideal place for their yearly conference, Towards Carfree Cities.
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
[Ira Ryan at the 2006 Made in Portland Bike Show]
A UK-based website called thewashingmachinepost has published a nice interview with Ira Ryan.
Ira is an up-and-coming local bike builder and former messenger who recently launched Ira Ryan Cycles, located in the basement of Weir's Cyclery in North Portland.
Check out the interview.
If you can't get [...]
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Who will ever forget this guy? Not me. After my post a few weeks ago, I was amazed at how many people remembered seeing him. Readers chimed in from all over the country to say how impressed they were with the moxie and ingenuity behind this man and machine.
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
[The Aerorider]Photo: Ready to Ride
Flexcars are everywhere in Portland. So are bikes. So why not have Flexbikes?
I'm not talking about a snazzy, European style bike-rental program (like the one being discussed by Commissioner Sam's office), I'm talking about pedal-powered vehicles that you'd rent when your regular, everyday bike just won't cut it.
Portland cyclist [...]
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
[Greg Cowan, president of Castelli USA in their warehouse in downtownPortland.]
The Castelli name may not be as well-known as legendary bike racing heroes like Fausto Coppi or Gino Bartali, but their histories are forever intertwined. Back in the 1940s, Armando Castelli stitched clothing for both men.
When Coppi demanded something different -- something that would [...]
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
My Perceptions of enforcement post last week spurred some interesting discussion. Curious about how the perception of my readers differed from the reality of statistics, I asked for people to guess how many tickets were written to bicyclists last month.
Of the 74 comments the average guess was around 60.
As promised, here are the official [...]
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