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Posted on March 9th, 2011 at 11:49 am.
Inside the WashCo BTC's Frans Pauwels Memorial Bicycle Center.From left to right: Volunteer Al Martinez, Hal Ballard, and founding staff-member Mark Norbert.
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Posted on February 25th, 2011 at 7:45 am.
Plan drawing of Bethany expansion.
On Tuesday night, Washington County Commissioners voted 3-2 to widen Bethany Boulevard north of Highway 26 (map). The current roadway is two lanes and Tuesday's vote was for a four-lane design that will bulge out to five lanes where left turns are permitted.
We haven't been following this project closely, but The [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2011 at 8:49 am.
Join us for a ride beyond Beaverton.(Photos © J. Maus)
Last week I met up with Jim Parsons for a ride on the West Side. We wove our way through the bowels of Beaverton, (confronting mega-arterials at every turn) and eventually made our way into beautiful unincorporated Washington County. I always learn a lot when I [...]
Posted on February 15th, 2011 at 11:33 am.
"Given the circumstances, it seems like issuing a citation would probably not stand up in court. Any person could go in and say, 'It's dark, rainy, there's this little red light in the road'. I think any judge would toss that citation out'."— Det. Sgt. Jim Shumway, Beaverton Police Department
The community is trying to [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2011 at 10:26 pm.
View map of approximate location.
47-year old Michael Bret Lewis died in the hospital this evening at after he was struck from behind by a motor vehicle while riding his bicycle on SW Tualatin Valley Highway in Beaverton at around 6:30pm.
Police say Lewis was hit by a 48-year old man driving a Toyota Prius who was [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2011 at 2:00 pm.
Biking in downtown Hillsboro.(Photo © J. Maus
Metro has been awarded a $75,000 grant from health care company Kaiser Permanente for a biking and walking map project in Cornelius, Forest Grove and Hillsboro.
The goal of the project, which Metro staffer Katie Edlin says is currently called, "Vámanos! Let’s explore Cornelius, Forest Grove and Hillsboro by [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2010 at 1:44 pm.
This image shows the existing gap in the Rock Creek Trail (green) where it intersects with Evergreen Parkway.
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Posted on November 5th, 2010 at 9:58 am.
Waiting to cross near Beaverton City Hall.(Photo © J. Maus)
What would happen if police officers in a suburban city went out and did a crosswalk law enforcement action (a.k.a. sting) at a busy intersection? Well, the Beaverton Police Department found out last Wednesday. Beaverton PD officers spent five hours, from 10:00 am to [...]
Posted on October 27th, 2010 at 11:50 am.
Notables line up to cut the ribbon. L to R: Karl Dinger (City of Hillsboro Intermodal Transit Facility Project Manager), Toni Plunkett (City of Hillsboro Controller), Bob Reitmeir (City of Hillsboro Fleet and Facilities Director), Colin Cooper (City of Hillsboro Planning Manger), Steve Krautscheid (Director of Facilities for Tuality Hospital), Aron Carlson (City [...]
Posted on October 22nd, 2010 at 11:43 am.
Intersection of Farmington Road and Kinnaman in Aloha.
Portland might be 0-2 in getting a major bike project funded through the Obama Administration's TIGER grant program, but there's reason to be excited on a regional level. Like I mentioned yesterday, the Aloha-Reedville area in Washington County won a $2 million grant to help them embark [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2010 at 12:54 pm.
New bike lanes on SW Lombard. (Photos: Jim Parsons)
It was a bit of a saga, but bike lanes have finally been installed on a stretch of SW Lombard Avenue in Beaverton (the project also came with some on-street parking removal). After the Beaverton Traffic Commission said no to the project back in April, advocates [...]
Posted on September 10th, 2010 at 11:44 am.
Photo of the scene.(Photo: KPTV screen grab)
A 7th grade girl and a school bus operator collided yesterday as the bus left the parking lot of Beaverton Arts & Communications Magnet High School, which is about seven miles west of Portland. The wheel of the bus ran over the girl's leg. She suffered a [...]
Posted on July 6th, 2010 at 11:13 am.
New racks have been installed in downtown Tigard.(Photo: WTA)
Remember Tigard? It's a great little town about 10 miles southwest of Portland. Back in January we held a great Get Together event at a pub right alongside the Fanno Creek Trail. The room was packed with advocates, city staffers, and even a [...]
Posted on March 12th, 2010 at 7:52 am.
A new Bikestation is coming to Hillsboro. (Photo is of Bikestation DC).(Photo © J. Maus)
If all goes according to plan, Hillsboro (about 20 miles west of Portland) will be the first city in the Portland region to have a one-stop bike storage, shower, and locker facility -- also known as a Bikestation.
While at [...]
Posted on March 8th, 2010 at 10:07 am.
A stretch of SW Lombard in Beaverton where there is no designated bikway.(Photo: Jim Parsons/BikePortland)
Bikes advocates in Beaverton were shocked when a meeting of that city's Transportation Commission on Thursday night ended in a 5-1 vote against putting bike lanes on SW Lombard Avenue.
On the agenda was a proposal to stripe bike lanes [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2010 at 1:57 pm.
Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten addresses the crowd in Tigard last night.(Photos © J. Maus)
If the energy and turnout at our Get Together in Tigard last night is any indication, the West Side is poised for big leaps in biking in the coming years -- but it won't come easy.
About 60 people filled the back [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2010 at 2:03 pm.
Trails and how they (don't) cross bigroads is likely to be one of many topics we'll discuss.(Photos © J. Maus)
Our Get Together in Tigard this Wednesday (1/27) is shaping up quite nicely. We've got a slew of interesting folks joining us and there will be no shortage of important issues, projects, and big ideas [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2010 at 1:50 pm.
Washington County CommissionerDick Schouten.(Photo © J. Maus)
Washington County Commissioner, former Alice B. Toeclips Award winner, and active bike advocate Dick Schouten is running (or should I say riding) for what the Beaverton Valley Times refers to as "Washington County's top job."
Schouten announced his intentions to run for the position of chairman of the Washington County [...]
Posted on January 4th, 2010 at 3:43 pm.
The Fanno Creek Trail in Tigard.(Photos © J. Maus)
On January 27th, we're heading to Tigard (about 10 miles southwest of Portland in Washington County) for our next Get Together event. Why Tigard? Why not?!
Tigard is a sweet little town of about 46,000 people with a lot going for it bike-wise (hear me [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 pm.
Farmer Juvencio Arqueta chats with Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten during a tour of the area on Monday. Arqueta's farm is on land that the County wants to designate for future development. - Slideshow below - (Photos © J. Maus)
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