September 2006 Archives

New program gets seniors cycling (and smiling)

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

[Riders at a recent session at
Willamette Park]
Photo credit: Kirsty Hall

In their ongoing effort to reach out to new cyclists, PDOT has started a program aimed at getting seniors aged 60 and over riding again.

Officially named the Older Adult Three-Wheeled Bicycle Program, the program is already proving to be a big success.

According to PDOT literature, in Holland and Germany people over seventy-five years of age make around half of all their trips by bike or foot, compared with only six percent of Americans sixty-five and older.

[Southwest Trails logo]

Don Baack of SW Trails is spear-heading an effort to bring a more connected, safe and accessible bike route network to the hills of SW Portland.

He’ll lead a bike ride through SE Portland on Saturday (9/30) to take a closer look at that area’s successful network of low-traffic, bike-friendly streets known as bicycle boulevards (like Ankeny and Lincoln/Harrison).

[Editor’s note: I did a “How was your weekend?” post a few weeks ago and had a good response so I thought I’d try it again. Since I can’t make it to all the great events and I don’t yet have a staff of reporters, I’m hoping all of you can share your weekend bike experiences. If the response is good I’ll do this every Monday.]

[A scene from
Car Free Days]

There was a bunch of fun bike stuff happening this weekend. I made it out to Car Free Days on Friday (report) and Saturday (photos) but that’s about it.

Did anyone do the family ride with the Portland Wheelmen out at Sauvie Island? Or how about Ben’s “Avoid the Lloyd” bike move?

I regrettably missed a cool volunteer opportunity with the Community Cycling Center and the Village Bicycle Project. They were loading up hundreds of bikes to ship to Africa (which I reported about back in August).

And how about you eager ‘cross racers…how did the season’s opening race out in Hood River go?

Thanks for sharing your weekend bike adventures, feel free to link to your photos, websites or blog posts.

There was a lot to check out; Carfree Day t-shirts, free maps and resources from PDOT, Carye Bye’s awesome, limited-edition Shift birthday postcards, the amazingly good food of master chef John that benefitted the Get Lit program, and of course friends old and new.

tan with greyish purple lettering, no shocks, light and rear view mirror on front handle bars…

More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/168

Stolen gary fisher unknown

tan with greyish purple lettering, no shocks, light and rear view mirror on front handle bars…

More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/167

New program gets seniors cycling (and smiling)

SW Trails steps up bike planning efforts

How was your weekend (9-25-06)?

Stolen Raleigh M400

Stolen Specialized hard rock pro disc

Stolen BMX Dagger Jacked 8599 82

Stolen Cannondale Silk Path 300

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Stolen Trek 76FX

Portland Carfree Days – Day 1

Stolen gary fisher unknown

Stolen gary fisher unknown

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