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Trek Bicycles President John Burke just gave a presentation about the challenges and opportunities faced by the bicycle industry.
Burke addressed the League of American Bicyclists’ annual meeting which was held here are the Summit.
Burke gave us a preview of a presentation he’ll give at the Taipei Bike Show in Taiwan next month. Like Al Gore in his heralded, Inconvenient Truth movie, Burke laid out a compelling case with slides and facts to make his point.
The City of Portland is holding a media event today (right now actually) for their “innovative” Share the Road Safety Class, the new diversion program you have already heard of.
Today’s event marks the inaugural class session which happens tonight from 7-9 pm at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in north Portland.
Today we met with Congressman Peter DeFazio at the Rayburn House Office Building.
The other folks in our group took a taxi from where the Summit is taking place (which is just a mile or two down Pennsylvania Ave.). I of course hopped on the tikit and made my way over in the increasingly warm and humid DC air.
It’s quite a sensation pedaling down the middle of Pennsylvania Ave. with the Capitol in the distance. I try not to get lost in the view of that regal building because I’ve also got tour buses and DC taxi-drivers to think about. Suffice it to say I use the cool twisty grip bell on the tikit a lot.
As I reported last month, Commissioner Adams is serious about bringing a bike rental program to Portland.
I just got an email from Max Coffman from Adams’ office. He has just published the Request for Proposals (RFP) for a potential bike rental system in Portland.
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You might have heard of the page scandal in Washington DC recently.
Pages are 15-16 year-old high school students who run errands for House members.
