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Cash prizes will be awarded for Most Artistic and Most Sustainably Innovative entries.
The Greener Homes and Gardens Expo, put on by the publishers of The ReDirect Guide, will give creative bike builders a chance to shine (and win some cash) with their “Creative and Custom” bike competition.
Bikes that pass an initial screening by a jury (made up of the event organizers) will be displayed in the front lobby of the Portland Expo Center during the show.
[NOTE: *I have updated this post at 12:30pm on 3/12 to correct my errors in the funding numbers and sources for the project.]
The effort to re-use the old Sauvie Island bridge span for a bike and pedestrian-only bridge over the 405 freeway at NW Flanders has been renewed and backers of the project say they’ve got the green light to raise the remaining $500,000 it will take to make their dream a reality.
Come join fellow readers for drinks and conversation on Friday night (3/14) from 6-7pm.
Location: Roots Brewing just south of Hawthorne on SE 7th. I will post on the Front Page on Thursday with confirmed location.
This month we’ll have a special guest: City Council candidate, long-time daily bike commuter and environmental advocate Jim Middaugh.
Everyone is welcome!
Registration and Event Website
Join Oregon’s entire cycling community as we work to make Oregon the nation’s premier cycling state. You’ll have the chance to connect with industry peers, learn from inspiring case studies, and engage with public policy issues over a broad spectrum of cycling-related topics including: TRANSPORTATION, RECREATION, TOURISM, INDUSTRY, EVENTS
Keynote speakers include Congressman Earl Blumenauer; Tim Blumenthal, executive director of Bikes Belong; and Hill Abell, board president of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA). We’ll have a number of breakout sessions geared at specific topics ranging from event planning and creating successful partnerships to sustainable tourism, bike-friendly communities and how to affect policy at the local, state and national level.
Dates: Friday and Saturday, April 4-5, 2008
Site: Red Lion Hotel on the River – Jantzen Beach
Lodging Rates: $99 plus tax per night (ask for the Oregon Bike Summit room block)
Conference Fee: $100 includes Friday dinner and Saturday breakfast, lunch and reception
Exhibitors: Opportunities are available at the Summit for $150. Exhibit fee includes event registration and a skirted table
Event Questions: Please call Tara Corbin at Cycle Oregon – 503.287.0405 ext. 100
If you aren’t on our mailing list, please email Industry@TravelOregon.com and put “Add to Bike Summit mailing list” in the subject line.
We look forward to seeing you in April!
A smiling group of cyclists that included several kids and families showed up at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver last night for the “Freedom Ride” to protest the recently passed all-ages helmet law.
The ride was organized by 13 year-old Vancouver resident Stuart Jackson. Jackson — who prefers to go by Dread Pirate Roberts, a name he got from a character in the movie The Princess Bride — organized the ride because he believes the new law eliminates choice and that government should instead focus on laws that make the roads safer in general.
“I think that instead of limiting our freedom as cyclists,” he said, “they should first make it more enjoyable to ride on the street.”
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As a follow up to the Portland Bike Summit, Transportation Options offers a monthly Bicycle Brown Bag Series. The sessions are held on the third Thursday of every month from noon to 1PM at the Portland Building, 1120 SW 5th Ave, second floor. Bring your lunch!
March 20th:
The Bike Box: Portland’s new green space.
Roger Geller, City of Portland Bicycle Coordinator, will discuss how advanced stop bars and colored pavement treatments will help prevent crashes and increase safety for cyclists.
Plus special guest Raymond Gawthorne, veteran driver with the Bureau of Maintenance, offering a perspective on road safety from the cab of a truck.