Graphic of potential new bike skills park at a defunct school on SE Stark and 14th.
(Graphic taken from forum post by Will Heiber)
(Graphic taken from forum post by Will Heiber)
Day: November 24, 2008
“Bike In” planned for Black Friday
A group of Portlanders plan to honor Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving that is the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season) by taking over several parking spaces downtown.
According to a post on Portland Indymedia, the plan is to lock bikes together in prime parking spaces and have a picnic on the sidewalk adjacent to Pioneer Place Mall.
Here are more details from the Indymedia posting:
Join us at 6 am on Friday, November 28th outside Voodoo Doughnuts (the downtown location). Or 6:30 at Pioneer Place.
We will be locking our bikes together and to the meters to take over the parking places around the Pioneer Place Blocks.
Following the daisy chaining of bikes will be a sidewalk picnic and walking loops around the blocks.
Costumes, old bikes and extra locks are encouraged, as well as any picnic provisions you would like such as blankets, tea, turkey etc. We are arranging some food and drinks for participates, but bring what you can.
To honor buy nothing day and for the love of bikes be there!
Man gets prison for STP hit-and-run
Northeast Portland resident Daniel Whittlinger, who was arrested back in July 2007 after striking three riders in the Seattle-to-Portland ride has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.
National attention for Blumenauer’s “Greener Commute”
Blumenauer on his “green commute”
down Pennsylvania Ave.
(Photo © J. Maus)
down Pennsylvania Ave.
(Photo © J. Maus)
Portland’s favorite pedaling politico got his views on biking into the hands of 72.6 million Americans on Sunday.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) was featured in a Parade Magazine column titled “Greener Commute”.
In the article, he was asked three questions, including one that featured Portland:
PDOT releases details on Sunday Parkways 2009
People of all ages enjoyed
Sunday Parkways last June.
(Photos © J. Maus)
Sunday Parkways last June.
(Photos © J. Maus)
Details of Sunday Parkways 2009 are slowly leaking out of the Transportation Options division at PDOT.
Last year’s event — which opened up a six-mile loop of North Portland streets to people and prohibited cars — was a ground-breaking success. In 2009, PDOT says they’ll expand the event to three separate days in three different parts of the city.
According to Janis McDonald, one of the lead staffers on the project, the upcoming Sunday Parkways will consist of a North Portland route in June, a Northeast route in July and a Southeast route in August.
New markings meant to tame bike traffic
These new yield markings have been installed to warn bike riders of potential cross traffic.
(Photos © J. Maus)
(Photos © J. Maus)
The Monday Roundup
Here’s the news, folks!
Governor Kulongoski
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(Photo © J. Maus)
- Governor Kulongoski has a vision for green transportation. Unfortunately, it’s all about cars. On a trip to Asia last week, he made a deal with Nissan to add their electric cars to the state’s fleet, and lobbied hard to bring China’s cheap hybrid cars to Oregon. Meanwhile, he is working with PGE to increase the number of electric car charging stations in Portland.
Governor, where’s the love for bikes?!
- Our driving habits changed when gas hit $4 a gallon — and they still haven’t changed back, even though prices are hovering around $2, reports Dylan Rivera in Wednesday’s Oregonian.
Bike Share Series; Part Four: What’s at Stake for Portland?
Tom Miller
(Photo © J. Maus)
(Photo © J. Maus)
Welcome to Part Four of our six-part, guest article series on bike sharing in Portland.
The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. On Friday, Tom shared experiences from the bike share system in Stockholm, Sweden, which is operated by Clear Channel (Clear Channel also had a bid in to manage Portland’s system).
In today’s article, Tom reflects on their trip to Scandinavia and ponders on what’s at stake for Portland.