[Via the Shift email list]
This just in from Ayleen Crotty, host of the KBOO Bike Show.
Day: September 6, 2006
Ready or not, Cycle Oregon here I come
The 19th edition of Cycle Oregon begins this Saturday. I’ll be joining the famous week-long tour and reporting back with photos and stories from the road.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is that I’m woefully unprepared for the journey. Sure, I’m still young(ish) at 31, but I can’t even remember the last time I rode over 30 miles at one sitting. Looking at the route, I’ve got to survive an average of 70 miles over seven days; not to mention scaling numerous mountain passes.
Accomplished advocate takes on new role
[Jessica Roberts,
photographed last
week.]
photographed last
week.]
Jessica Roberts started her bike advocacy career as a volunteer stuffing envelopes for the BTA. Her dedication and smarts quickly landed her a permanent position and she was most recently the BTA’s metro area advocate.
Last week Jessica announced that she has accepted a new position with Alta Planning+Design, a local consulting firm that specializes in bicycle and pedestrian planning.
In her five years with the BTA, Jessica became not only a savvy advocate whose hands have touched numerous bits of bike-related legislation, but also a well-known face and voice of the BTA to the broader cycling community.
Update: Sneak peak at potential Sellwood Bridge design
[Graphic from cover of winning
proposal to renovate the Sellwood Bridge.]
proposal to renovate the Sellwood Bridge.]
An employee for the civil engineering firm that won the bid to renovate the Sellwood Bridge* is working on the Sellwood Bridge project has forwarded me a graphic from the cover of their winning proposal that shows a generous 14 foot wide path for bikes and pedestrians.
In contrast, the motor vehicle lanes are 12 feet wide.
I have not yet confirmed these plans with anyone from the engineering firm and this is obviously a very preliminary design, but given the current condition of the bike and ped lane, it’s an encouraging and hopeful sign nonetheless.
[*UPDATE: I have been notified by someone closely involved with this project and they have informed me that this graphic is not from a “proposal to renovate” the bridge. I should not have used those words and I apologize for any confusion. Whether the bridge is renovated or rebuilt is still undecided. More updates and developments on the project coming soon.]