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Reporter's notebook: Recap of Oregon Bike Summit

Monday, June 7th, 2010
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Oregon's best and brightest bike
advocates all came together for
the 2010 Oregon Bike Summit.
- Photo Gallery -
(Photos © J. Maus)

The Oregon Bike Summit happened on Friday. It was a lot of excellent information packed into one day, without a lot of breaks. That meant it was difficult for me to simultaneously attend, listen, talk with people, photograph, and create coherent stories on the day of the Summit (especially since I left before it was over to see my 7 year-old daughter in a school performance). I did a few stories, but there's much more to report. (more...)

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Oregon Bike Summit: Who's here? (Part Two)

Friday, June 4th, 2010

As promised, here's the second installment of portraits and a bit of information on the advocates here at the Oregon Bike Summit...

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Kirsten Kaufman, the Bike Realtor.

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Oregon Bike Summit: Who's here? (Part One)

Friday, June 4th, 2010

In case you're wondering who's here at the Oregon Bike Summit, I took my camera around for a few minutes during a recent break in the action to find out...

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Zach Ham (L) and Cullen King, founders of RideWithGPS.com.

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At Oregon Bike Summit, a view of the national landscape

Friday, June 4th, 2010
Tim Blumenthal addresses the crowd
at the Oregon Bike Summit.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Nearly 200 bike advocates filed into the World Trade Center in downtown Portland this morning for the kickoff of the fifth annual Oregon Bike Summit. Held each year since 2006, the purpose is to knit together all the advocates, politicians, insiders, and citizen activists working on biking issues, programs and projects throughout the state.

The opening keynote this year was given by Tim Blumenthal, executive director of national non-profit, Bikes Belong. Blumenthal is the most prominent and active figure for bicycling in America. In his speech, he recapped the National Bike Summit and gave attendees a view of the national political landscape for biking. (more...)

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