13 December 2007 Archives

Adams tells Willamette Week he wants to triple bike funding

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Adams at his mayoral
announcement last October.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

The Willamette Week’s “Wheels of Fortune” story in this week’s paper outlines City Commissioner (and mayoral front-runner) Sam Adams’ intention to significantly increase PDOT’s bike spending in the coming years.

Adams told the paper he thinks 4.5 percent of PDOT’s capital budget should go to bicycle-related infrastructure and programs. That’s nearly three times the current bike spending rate of 1.6 percent; a number that has remained flat in recent years even as the number of bike trips has skyrocketed.

[Updated: 12/13, 3:05pm, 5:17pm, 10:35pm – see below]

Several readers have emailed me a report on KGW.com about a bicycle-involved fatality in Gresham.

According to KGW it happened late this morning on SE Powell Blvd. at W Powell Loop, east of Powell Butte Nature Park (Google Map link of location).

The damage
(Photo: CCC)

Last Saturday, a truck smashed into the wall of the Northeast Portland-based Community Cycling Center (CCC). The impact caused major damage to a mural and to the interior of their office.

Since the collision, that office has been closed and half of the non-profit’s employees are now displaced.

According to the CCC’s Alison Hill Graves, they’re sharing desks and working from the coffee shop next door:

The Policy Advisory Group of the Sellwood Bridge Project has made their final decisions as to which bridge designs will move forward for further study and consideration.

Below is the official press release from Multnomah County. You can also see engineering renditions of the designs on this post from a few weeks ago and for more background, see my complete coverage of the Sellwood Bridge Project.

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A crowd gathers around Saint Lucy
while sipping free coffee and munching on
free baked goods.
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
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This morning on the Hawthorne Bridge, the Breakfast on the Bridges crew surprised bike commuters with a special edition of their monthly tradition.

It was the annual Santa Lucia Day Breakfast on the Bridge and, like years past, Saint Lucy herself graced us with her presence.

Adams tells Willamette Week he wants to triple bike funding

Fatal bike/car collision on Powell Blvd. in Gresham

CCC in need of help after recent collision

Decisions made on Sellwood Bridge design options

Saint Lucy seen passing out pastries on the Hawthorne Bridge

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