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As I mentioned last week, Portland General Electric (PGE) has created a new sticker to promote bike/truck safety.
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Oregon's largest utility, Portland General Electric (PGE) has launched an effort to improve bike/truck safety. Their sticker campaign follows on the heels of two City of Portland bureaus (maintenance and water) that have also stepped up safety efforts.

Late last month, PGE began installing these bright green and yellow stickers on their trucks that say, [...]

Cyclists got a new view of the road at a bike/truck safety event yesterday.-Audio slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus)

The Portland Water Bureau gave cyclists plenty to think about at their bike/truck safety event yesterday.
The event gave the community a chance to experience what it's like to sit in the cab of a 12-foot high dump [...]

This Google Street View is looking north from Broadway at N. Flint and N Wheeler is off to the left. This intersection is slated for three short-term improvements.

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A workshop at last year's safety summit held in June.(Photos © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Office of Transportation has just announced the agenda and details for their 2008 Transportation Safety Summit. The event is slated for October 6th in the Portland Building Auditorium (1120 SW 5th Ave).
The Summit is being organized by PDOT's [...]

The view from a truck mirror.(Photo: Aaron Tarfman)

The Portland Water Bureau plans to host an event next week that will educate the community about the unique safety concerns of large trucks.
According to a press release from the Bureau, the event will take place in a parking lot near the Rose Quarter (adjacent to [...]

"One of the key themes of the campaign is looking for other road users and being aware."-- BTA education coordinator Stephanie Noll

"We need to see Eye to Eye—a lot is riding on it."
That's the theme of a new, statewide safety campaign being organized by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA). Last week, the BTA and [...]

A City of Portland tanker truck with new side underrun guard.More images(Photos © J. Maus)

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According to the Centers for Disease Control, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teenagers -- accounting for over 6,000 fatalities per year and 36% of all deaths in that age group.
As someone who relies on the care and skill of all drivers I share the road with, those [...]

(Image: Autoliv Inc.)

According to an article published on Tuesday by Reuters' Amsterdam news bureau, the Dutch Cycling Federation is calling on political leaders to urge the automobile industry to begin installing airbags on the hoods of cars.
The story reports that,
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This sticker will be placed on the back and side of all trucks in the City of Portland's Maintenance Operations fleet.(Photo: PDOT)

The City of Portland is making good on a promise to lead the way in an effort to improve bike and truck safety. Today, they announced an event that will give people [...]

Bikes navigate streetcar tracks near South Waterfront.(Photos © J. Maus)

With Portland's streetcar plans heating up, and a recent TriMet bus/bike collision that claimed the life of a Beaverton boy, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) wants to know more about your experiences and comfort level when biking around transit.
The BTA, in partnership with the Lloyd District [...]

The City of Portland's Bureau of Maintenance is pushing forward to improve bike/truck safety.

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At tonight's meeting of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee, PDOT Project Manager Rich Newlands unveiled the marketing materials intended to educate Portlanders about the new bike boxes coming this spring.
Here is the centerpiece design of their "Get Behind It. The Bike Box: Portland's new green space" campaign:
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A flyer for the PDX Bike Militia

A new group known as the PDX Bike Militia has launched a service that will look to improve safety for bike riders in the city by pairing them up with "bike escorts".
In a message to the Shift email list announcing the new service, they described several examples of when [...]

First, vandals hit the I-205 bike path, making off with metal and copper from light fixtures. Now, someone has set off an improvised explosive device (IED).
From Oregon City News:
Authorities are searching for the person or people responsible for setting off an improvised explosive device (IED) on a bicycle path that runs parallel [...]

Daniel Johnson hopes his pothole art gets noticed.(Photos: Heather Andrews)

Over the weekend, Portland's roads got a little safer thanks to a bit of effort and a bag (or two) of chalk.
Daniel Johnson (in photo) and Heather Andrews took to the streets over the weekend to literally draw attention to potholes and other road hazards. [...]

Freshly installed bike lanes and bike boxes in New York City.(Photo by Clarence Eckerson)

For years, several U.S. cities have dabbled in an intersection treatment that is ubiquitous in many European cities: the bike box. Unfortunately, most of these boxes, including the one in Southeast Portland, have been more of a forgotten experiment than a [...]

(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

A month ago, I shared the Portland Water Bureau's proactive plan to reduce the risk of collisions between their vehicles and bikes around their Interstate Avenue facility.
The policy was made official on Tuesday when Water Bureau administrator David Shaff sent the following email to all employees:
As a result of several [...]

Late Sunday night a man was assaulted while riding his bike along the bike/ped path on the west side of the river, just north of the Morrison Bridge. The rider, who goes by the name of Felix, reports that he was returning to his home in Southeast Portland after a Zoobomb run when he [...]