25 June 2007 Archives

MAX train hits bicyclist in Gresham

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Just got this from a reliable source:

“A MAX train hits a bicyclist in front of Gresham’s City Hall this evening. TriMet officials say two bicyclists admit they were trying to “beat the train”. The first cyclist made it — the second was struck by the front of the train. The victim, who was female, was alert and talking before she was taken to the hospital.”

Geez. What is it with cyclists running into MAX trains? Remember this incident back in May?

Watch your local news at 11 for more on the story (I’m going to bed).

Mountain bike race series begins tonight

And they’re off! Short track racing at PIR.
(File photo)

Tonight at Portland International Raceway, mountain bikers will race shoulder-to-shoulder on a mix of singletrack, whoop-de-doos, and banked corners usually reserved for motorcycles.

The Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Series is a popular weekly event that is promoted by Portland Racing and runs each Monday evening from tonight until the end of July.

The Office of Transportation has published the first bit of their Bicycle Master Plan online. It’s a draft of an introduction to the Existing Conditions Report and it sheds light on how the city sees Portland’s cycling future.

The report starts out stating how far we’ve come since the plan was last updated in 1996,

“In the past decade bicycling has truly become an integral part of daily life for thousands of Portlanders.”

With the recent flap over stop sign enforcement, there is growing momentum to consider a change in the law. Idaho’s example is often held up as a model Oregon might seek to emulate.

Since 1982 Idaho has had a law in the books that allows cyclists to treat stop-signs as yields. In 2005 lawmakers went one step further and passed legislation that said stop-lights can be treated like stop-signs.

Is this type of law necessary in Oregon? The jury is still out but it already seems to have some momentum.

Visiting from Canada, the all-male Brakes thrilled a huge and appreciative crowd.
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MAX train hits bicyclist in Gresham

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