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Month: July 2007

CRC Open House

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Location:
Hayden Island Yacht Club
12050 N. Jantzen Drive
Portland, OR 97217

Help Decide Your Future Ride!

Do you drive, walk, bike, or ride the bus across the I-5 bridge? Talk with us. Join us for a casual conversation about proposals to improve Interstate 5 and public transit between Vancouver and Portland. We’ll bring lemonade, maps, and the latest information about alternatives under analysis. Drop in anytime during these informal sessions. We also will be at many other events this summer. Visit www.ColumbiaRiverCrossing.org for a complete schedule. Columbia River Crossing is a bridge, transit, and highway improvement project for I-5 between Portland and Vancouver.

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CRC project announces more open houses

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I’ve been meaning to post an update about how bicycles are fairing in the the Columbia River Crossing Project.

Tour of Tomorrow

A cyclist on the I-5 Bridge.
(File photo)

A 25 member Bike/Ped Advisory Committee has been meeting regularly for the past few months. You can learn more about who’s on the committee and read their meeting notes on the CRC website.

I’ve got more thoughts on all this, and I hope to share them soon. In the meantime, here are the details on the latest series of open houses.

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Meet the Team Ride – Emerald Velo

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Distance (time): 2 hours
Ride leader/contact: Ivan Meadors
Starting location: Fred Meyer/Starbucks @ Cornelius Pass Road
(near Highway 26 west on Imbrie Road)
route: Washington county farmlands
terrain: flat to rolling
directions to the starting point from Portland:
Highway 26 west
Cornelius Pass Road (south)
Right on Imbrie Road
Starbuck’s near Fred Meyer

This is a regroup “MEET THE TEAM RIDE”. Pace will not be too difficult,
as there is a criterium on Sunday for which many people should be
attending!

Bike Boulevard Vision Tour (BTA)

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Hosted by the BTA.

The ride will start and end at Alberta Park on NE 22nd and NE Killingsworth.

Bicycle Boulevards are low-traffic, neighborhood streets that are optimized for bicycle traffic. In addition to providing safe, low-cost, direct and attractive routes for cyclists, they also enhance neighborhood livability and traffic safety.

Join us tomorrow night to tour some of the cities best streets for cycling and find out how we can get more of them in Portland!

Vintage Velo Ride

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We will meet @ the CCC.

Vintage road bikes encouraged but everyone is welcome!

Planned route is to visit Blue Lake , via Vancouver & Marine Drive, then back to the CCC.

All skill levels welcome, we will regroup frequently. We will do this on the last Sunday of every month, thru September at least. Thanks!

Policymakers connect on bi-state ride

Tour of Tomorrow

Former Mayors Bud Clark
and Vera Katz.
(File photo)

The meaning of last Friday’s Tour of Tomorrow bike ride can be summed up by one simple fact: a majority of the Metro Council (4 of 7 members) rode the entire 40 mile, bi-state route.

The ride — which was created by Oregonian columnist and Cycle Oregon founder Jonathan Nicholas and Mike Houck from the Urban Greenspaces Institute — is meant to foster connections between decision makers and create a, “shared vision for a regional bicycle route network.”

With over 100 hand-picked politicos, planners, and advocates, and deluxe support from the Cycle Oregon crew, the ride has become an annual outdoor networking and educational opportunity like no other.

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PDOT, Paris and the potential for bike-sharing in Portland

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[Updated: 7/24, 7:34am]

A bike-sharing system in Vienna.
Photo: Ethan Jewett

By now, everyone’s heard of the “Velib” bike-sharing program launched by Paris earlier this month.

That program — whose name so poetically is formed from the French words for “bike” and “liberty” — placed 10,600 bikes at 750 stations for use by Parisians and tourists alike who want a cheap (first half-hour is free, day pass is $1.36), healthy, fun and earth-friendly way to see the city.

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