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Mayor adds Bicycle Master Plan back into budget

Download PDF (232 KB) Mayor Tom Potter has just sent a letter to all four City Commissioners and the City Auditor detailing six additional expenditures he will be able to fund in the budget. Included among them is $100,000 for the Bicycle Master Plan Update process. Here’s an excerpt from the letter: “OMF (Office of … Read more


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Sam Adams to make Master Plan Ride appearance

Word from City Hall is that Commissioner Sam Adams will make an appearance at the beginning of today’s Bicycle Master Plan Ride. Rumors are that he might make a statement about Mayor Potter’s recent decision to cut funding for the Plan. Cyclists at the April Bike Master Plan Ride. File photo: 4/4/07


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Concerns, questions raised by Mayor’s decision

Portland’s current Bicycle Master Plan was last updated in 1995. It has served us well, but according to city planners and expert consultants, it is woefully inadequate and it no longer serves its purpose. Since it was completed, the number of bicyclists in Portland has skyrocketed and we have become a national model for livability. … Read more


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Mayor’s statement on Bicycle Master Plan

Portland Mayor Tom PotterFile photo: 7/26/06 As promised, Mayor Tom Potter has released a statement about his decision to not provide funding for the Bicycle Master Plan Update process: Office of Mayor Tom Potter City of Portland Thank you for emailing me about the proposed budget and the Platinum Bicycle Master Plan. For this budget, … Read more


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Update on City Hall’s response to funding cut

File photo: 4/7/06 Responses from City Commissioners on the Mayor’s decision to not fund the Bicycle Master Plan Update process are trickling in. Commissioner Randy Leonard says, “I will do what I can to get the Bike Master Plan funding back in the budget…thanks for writing me.” Matthew Grumm from Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s office says,


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Did the Mayor make an innocent mistake?

To Portland’s bike insiders, savvy advocates, BTA members, and regular readers of this site, the Bicycle Master Plan Update process is nothing new. We’ve been getting excited about it for months. There have been brown bag discussions, monthly rides, steering committee meetings, a lot of coverage on this site, and so on. But the same … Read more


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Mayor says no to the Bicycle Master Plan

Mayor Tom Potter has proposed a not-so-bike-friendly budget.File photo: 10/19/06 Last year, Transportation Commissioner Sam Adams received $50,000 to fund the first stages of Portland’s Bicycle Master Plan Update process. But this year, Adams’ office was surprised to see that the Mayor has decided to not continue funding this project. In his latest proposed budget … Read more