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- Beaverton PD: Walk your bike advice meant only for kids (May 8, 2008)
The Beaverton Police Department’s Public Information Officer Sgt. Paul Wandell says a statement about bike safety printed in a city newsletter has been “blown out of proportion.”
The advice — that bicyclists should, “walk your bike across busy intersections and streets” — was printed as a bike safety tip and it has touched a nerve among […] - Hold on to those ballots! (May 8, 2008)
Devoted bike advocate and transportation guru Chris Smith will take part in a City Club debate tomorrow.(Photo © J. Maus)
You’ve got some important choices to make in this election, so why not wait a few days before making up your mind?
Tomorrow is the big City Club debate featuring the six candidates vying for City Commissioner […] - Seen in Portland: “Dutch” on a tall-bike and lucky kids (May 8, 2008)
As many of you who already know, all sorts of interesting things can be seen while riding around a city.
I’ve been trying to snap photos of random sights on the bikeways around Portland more often. Here are three things that caught my eye in the past few days…I spotted this woman and her child […]
- Updated: City of Beaverton recommends walking your bike across busy streets (May 8, 2008)
Cover of the newsletter.
“Public Safety” is the theme of a special edition of the City of Beaverton’s Your City newsletter (Beaverton is about 7 miles southwest of Portland).
When BikePortland reader Alan Bennett read through it he was shocked to see that under the heading of, Riding Safe: Bicycle Tips, it was recommended that when biking, […] - Adams: Final thoughts on Sauvie and the “massive new transportation challenge facing our City” (May 8, 2008)
Commissioner Adams during an interview in October 2007.(Photo © J. Maus)
In a letter sent out this morning to subscribers of his email newsletter, City Commissioner Sam Adams summed up PDOT’s budget woes and made some final statements on the defunct Sauvie Island Bridge re-use plan (I think the statement will also be published as […]
- Commissioner Adams on the Sauvie span and PDOT’s budget crisis (May 8, 2008)
Here is the complete text of a letter sent from City Commissioner Sam Adams about the budget crisis at PDOT (read the full story on the Front Page):
Friends,
I want you to be aware of impacts of massive new transportation challenge facing our City.
Gas prices are up 17%.
Bio-diesel is up 20%.
Yesterday, crude oil went for a […] - Dozono says he’s the reason Adams scrapped Sauvie span plan (May 7, 2008)
“If I was not running for Mayor and challenging City Hall’s spending, my opponent would have continued to ram-rod this pet project through”–Sho Dozono
Not surprisingly, Commissioners Adams’ opponent in the race for mayor, Sho Dozono, has issued a statement in response to Adams’ decision to pull the plug on the plan to re-use the Sauvie […]
- Vancouver: Burnt Bridge Creek Trail closed for improvements (May 7, 2008)
This just in from City of Vancouver:
Improvement work to begin on west end of Burnt Bridge Creek Trail
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Contact: Terry Snyder, (360) 619-1118
E-mail: terry.snyder@ci.vancouver.wa.us
Vancouver City Council awarded a bid Monday, May 5, to Integrity Excavation & Construction of Battle Ground, for improvements to the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail between Fruit Valley Road […] - Bike boxes not the only green on Portland’s bikeways (May 7, 2008)
Green thermoplastic material has just been re-applied (it used to be blue) on this bike lane at SE 7th just before Morrison.(Photos © J. Maus)
Portland’s bike boxes have gotten a lot of attention, but selected bike lanes around town have also been getting the green makeover.
The green material — made from the mineral corundum […]
- Portland ponders PSAs and some inspiration from Hungary (May 7, 2008)
I’ve got a thing for Hungary. My wife Juli was born there and we’ve visited her family several times (they live in Budapest). The old-world romanticism, the food, the history — I just love being there.
I also like catchy, bike-related PSAs that use creative hooks to get the message across. I’ve highlighted […] - Obama spoke cards — get them before he gets here (May 7, 2008)
An Obama spoke card in Portland, via Los Angeles and New Orleans.(Photos © J. Maus)
Local news outlets are reporting that Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, is headed to Portland.
No specific details about his visit have been announced but he’s expected to be in Portland later this week.
Sen. Obama delivered a rousing […] - “With a heavy heart” Adams explains Sauvie decision (May 7, 2008)
Adams addressed the media in his office this morning.(Photos © J. Maus)
In a cramped meeting room in his office a few minutes ago, Commissioner Adams explained how rising gas prices have impacted PDOT’s transportation budget and that the Sauvie Island Bridge span reuse project is the first casualty.
Standing next to PDOT Director Sue Keil, Adams […] - Exclusive: Adams will scrap Sauvie span project (May 6, 2008)
“I don’t feel comfortable moving forward at this point.”–Commissioner Sam Adams
City of Portland Commissioner Sam Adams will announce tomorrow (5/7) that he will pull the plug on a plan to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span as a bicycle and pedestrian crossing over I-405 in Northwest Portland.
The decision comes on the eve of a City […] - New PSU President “loves to ride bicycles” (May 6, 2008)
PSU’s new President Wim Wiewel.(Photo: PSU)
Portland State University’s new President Wim Wiewel (pronounced “vim veeval”) should fit right in at the downtown campus.
Wiewel professed his love of bikes in recent stories published by the Oregonian and the Associated Press.
The Oregonian reported that Wiewel is from Amsterdam and that,
“he says Portland feels like […] - IBPI announces workshop on bike and pedestrian design (May 6, 2008)
This just in from the The Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI) at Portland State University.
The Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI) is excited to announce an upcoming professional development workshop, titled Comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Design and Planning. The workshop is a week-long intensive, and will take place August 3-8, 2008. It […] - Election update: Tough decisions and speed dating (May 5, 2008)
Reader David Seifert sent in this photo.
Ballots are out and some Portlanders are already casting their votes in a landmark election that will remake Portland City Hall.
I’ve been lacking a bit in political coverage but I hope to rectify that in the next few days (hold on to those ballots!).
In the past days/weeks/months […] - ODOT has $5 million for worthy bike projects (May 5, 2008)
This bike/ped activated signal at E Burnside and 41st was funded by an ODOT grant.(Photo © J. Maus)
The Oregon Department of Transportation has announced that they are now accepting applications for their Pedestrian and Bicycle Program grant program. Projects from all over Oregon are eligible to compete for $5 million.
Since 1986, the program has […]
