Month: July 2007

I Share the Path event

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Join Transportation Options and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance in celebrating Portland’s great multi-use path, the Eastbank Esplanade.

Popular with walkers, bikers, strollers, and skaters, the Esplanade affords a great opportunity to learn to share.

We’ll be installing bike bells, handing out the new Portland Parks/PDOT brochure “Share the Path,” and roaming the Esplanade to reward trail users who show courtesy to their fellow travelers. You could be tapped by a Courtesy Angel to get free Staccato Gelato!

Bikers and pedestrians can coexist in peace – ask me how!

Sponsored By Portland Office of Transportation
When: Saturday, 7/21/2007, 10:30 AM
Event Location: Eastbank Esplanade
Directions:
Contact: Timo Forsberg
Contact E-Mail: timothy.forsberg@pdxtrans.orgq
Contact Phone: 503-823-7699
Website: http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=34816&a=144945
Event Status: On-Schedule

Women on Bikes Clinic

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

A 2-hour clinic with an hour ride afterward. We will discuss our rights and responsibilities as bicyclists, plus how to be an advocate for biking. Then come with us for a ride to see firsthand what advocates have been able to change!

Sponsored By: Portland Office of Transportation
Event Location: Woodstock Community Center
Directions: 5905 SE 43rd Ave.
Contact: Janis McDonald
Contact E-Mail: janis.mcdonald@pdxtrans.org
Contact Phone: 503-823-5358
Website: www.GettingAroundPortland.org
Event Status: On-Schedule

BikeStation director encouraged by Portland visit

“We think it’s a likely next step en route to making Portland’s transportation infrastructure as accessible as necessary.”
-Tom Miller (Commissioner
Adams’ Chief of Staff)

BikeStation Executive Director Andrea White was in town earlier this week. Accompanied by a BikeStation board member, the pair met with city officials and private developers to discuss the potential of a new bike parking facility (or facilities) in Portland.

In an interview after her trip, White said the possibility for a “bike-transit” facility in Portland is stronger now than it’s ever been,

“… there is incredible interest in and support for bike-transit centers in Portland. I would say since my last trip there two years ago, the people that we met with have moved forward significantly in their commitment to building facilities. I think it’s just a matter of where and when.”

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Ciclovia in Portland? PDOT ponders “Sunday Parkways”

Ciclovia in Bogota, Colombia.
(Photo:Ethan Kent/Streetsblog)

Hoping to emulate the overwhelming success of “ciclovias” in many South American countries, PDOT hopes to bring the concept — which they call “Sunday Parkways” — to Portland by next year.

A ciclovia consists of the temporary or permanent closure of a major street (or streets) to motorized vehicles so that people are free to use the roadway without concern for their safety.

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With six kids and no car, this mom does it all by bike