Climate Strike brings activists together to push for change
By Taylor Griggs (Staff Writer) on May 20th, 2022 at 6:41 pm
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‘Sundays on 7th’ were a hit in 2019. Bike Loud PDX will bring the party up to NE Going Street this summer. (Photo: Kiel Johnson)
By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on May 20th, 2022 at 9:12 am
Looking for a new place to spread you cycling wings? We’ve got seven fresh job opportunities worth considering.
Learn more about each one via the links below…
– Digital Marketing Specialist – Velotech, Inc.
– Frontend Software Engineer – Ride with GPS
– Summer Bike Valet Ambassadors – Go By Bike
– Service Manager – Community Cycling Center
By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on May 19th, 2022 at 12:59 pm
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By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on May 18th, 2022 at 11:34 am
Aerial view of NE Sacramento and Brazee via Google Maps. Before the project went in, the east-west crossing from Brazee to 64th was 112-feet. Now it’s just 32-feet.
By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on May 18th, 2022 at 10:02 am
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By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on May 17th, 2022 at 11:11 am
We love when clever ideas help get more people on bikes. The latest collab between a bike nonprofit and a porchside recycling company might be one of the best yet.
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By Taylor Griggs (Staff Writer) on May 17th, 2022 at 10:12 am
As of Sunday May 15th, TriMet’s Line 10 has been moved off Clinton Street between SE 21st and SE 26th — much to the pleasure of advocates who have wanted to clear bus traffic from the popular neighborhood greenway route for many years.
The Clinton Street Neighborhood Greenway is the only greenway between Division and Powell Blvd. Without it, people biking would have to go out of their way and cross busy corridors in order to move east-west through the Hosford-Abernethy and Richmond neighborhoods.
This greenway is one of Portland’s most beloved, and many people have pushed for more car traffic diverters to keep driving volumes low so that it can live up to the city’s “low-stress, family friendly” promise.
It’s nearly impossible to meet that expectation when people are sharing the street with large, loud, and toxic vehicles.
Line 10 will now go eastbound from SE Ladd and Division to SE 26th Ave (and vice-versa westbound) and avoid Clinton St entirely.
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Nearby resident and veteran bike advocacy volunteer Betsy Reese notified us of the change. She said she’s been “working to get the number 10 off our greenway for many, many years.” “Thanks to Covid,” she continued, “it has finally happened.”
At the beginning of the pandemic, the 10 bus was rerouted from Clinton St as part of the Portland Bureau of Transportation shutting off car traffic on Clinton between 25th and 26th Avenues as part of their Safe Streets Initiative. As you can see in the photo above taken Monday, the busy intersection has become a carfree plaza with several restaurants teaming up on a Healthy Business permits that has allowed them to make the block carfree.
The plaza is very popular with business owners and many nearby residents. Moving the bus off Clinton not only improves the cycling environment, it makes it much more likely the block at 26th remains carfree forever.
By Taylor Griggs (Staff Writer) on May 17th, 2022 at 8:23 am
By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on May 16th, 2022 at 3:13 pm
Now is not the time to detach from democracy. In fact, it’s time to engage.
I know there’s a lot of news that feels overwhelming in its heaviness and heartache right now — on a local, regional, statewide, national, and global scale. But if we don’t vote, we lose touch completely and we let other people — often those with more power and money and privilege — decide the direction of our city, region, state, country, and world.
If you haven’t already, please crack that voter’s guide that’s on your kitchen table and take the time to vote. There are a lot of voting guides out there from other news sources (Google is your friend), so there’s really no excuse to not have a basic sense of who the candidates are and what positions are open.
Remember: Election day is tomorrow, Tuesday May 17th. [Read more…]
By Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on May 16th, 2022 at 12:13 pm
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“At the end of the day, the public needs to vigorously evaluate and remove its underperforming leaders.”
— John L