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Next week, the Policy Advisory Group for the Sellwood Bridge Project will meet to choose up to four bridge designs to consider for further study.
The four designs will then go through an environmental review and a "preferred alternative" will be chosen by Spring 2008.
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Chris Smith at his campaign launch yesterday.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

As I reported earlier this week, transportation and neighborhood activist Chris Smith has officially announced his candidacy for Portland City Council.
In case you hadn't noticed, I plan to cover the upcoming political maneuvering as closely as possible. Not only do I think city [...]

University of Rutgers Professor John Pucher will be giving a brown bag presentation at Portland State University this Friday on the topic of Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health: Lessons from Europe.
Dr. Pucher has researched and written extensively about bicycling around the world including:
* Comparative analysis of urban [...]

Imagine working for a company that has bike parking like this.
Online cycling apparel retailer Team Estrogen, Inc. listed the following jobs this week on the BikePortland Job Listings:

Job: Order Processing
Job: Customer Service Rep - Returns Processing

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recumbent trike, webbing seat, purple bar bag on left, full suspension, rear rack, disc brakes, wing mirrors
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There is nothing extremely unique about my bike that makes it easily identifiable. It has a smart bar which is a straight bar that extends between the curves of the natural handlebar. It has front suspension, a light on both the front and the rear and that's about all I can tell you! [...]

There is nothing extremely unique about my bike that makes it easily identifiable. It has a smart bar which a straight bar that extends between the curves of the natural handlebar. It has front suspension, a light on both the front and the rear and that's about all I can tell you! [...]

"The steady growth in bicycle use presents an opportunity for the City to capitalize on the increased ridership by investing in safety and access improvements to attract a broader range of cyclists."--From PDOT bicycle count report. Download PDF here.

The City of Portland Office of Transportation has just released their 21-page report detailing results of [...]

Tackling the hill on a freaky mini.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Coming up in November is the first-ever Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show. Among the 25 vendors are some of Oregon's most talented bicycle craftsmen.
Several well-known custom bike makers from Portland will be exhibiting. But in addition to the usual suspects, and in a nod to [...]

purple cannondale road bike with faded light grayish/white bar tape, frame has lots of black duck tap look to it. with a gray peice of duck tape too on top and drop tubes. a nice cushiony saddle.
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Blue mid 70s fastback with sparkly blue handgrips, handlebars slightly bent.
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Well, not exactly.
But reports are coming in that the Willamette Week (a free weekly newspaper in Portland) is running radio ads touting their new re-design and that one of them features a Zoobomber as the voiceover.
I haven't heard it myself, but here's how one tipster remembers it:
"I heard it on 95.5 (I stopped [...]

Girls just wanna have fun (racing bikes).(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Tonight at the Portland Building a panel discussion is being held to encourage women to participate in bike racing.
Women for Bikes, a loose-knit volunteer group of advocates, hope to show that anyone can dive into racing and that it's a whole lot of fun.
The [...]

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E. Burnside and 97th: The tracks where Sharon fell.Photo: Jim O'Horo

At a meeting last week of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC), TriMet Communications Manager Josh Collins shared details of TriMet's plans to review 32 locations where bike paths and bike lanes cross MAX tracks.
The review makes good on a promise made [...]

Stub Stewart State Park(Photo: Oregon State Parks)

Two Portland-area mountain bike advocacy groups hacve been given the green light by Oregon State Parks to begin building a network of freeride and singletrack trails in the newly opened Stub Stewart State Park, a 1,600 acre park located just 31 miles west of Portland in Washington County.
According to [...]

Mayor Potter at last year's event.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

Next week over 30 elementary and middle schools in the Portland Metro area (and more than 80 statewide) will kick off the Safe Routes to School season by participating in Walk and Bike to School Day.
The event -- which is celebrated worldwide -- is organized by the [...]

a smallish commuter bike, black novara buzz, kind of worn, the only word distinguishable is buzz. It has disc brakes and a rack on the back.
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Silver and black LeMond Big Sky road bike with one water bottle holder, two sets of breaks and a suspension seat. The pedals are regular non-clip on pedals with some of the reflectors missing.
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2003 Black and Silver 18-speed K2 Bayside Comfort bike with: springs on front fork, adjustable rise handlebar stem (reflective caps on ends are torn), multi-terrain tires (smooth center with tractioned sides), generic seat (replaced when original stolen last year) and pedals replaced with metal ones & plastic toe straps. Circle sticker on bottom bar said [...]

Fairly small (fit me and I'm 5'4); red, new tires.
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