Please join us for a slow ride up Burnside to the location of today’s tragic collision.
It will start from the west approach of the Burnside Bridge (where the Burnside is closed to motor vehicles).
Meet at 6:00 pm. Ride at 6:30.
Candles, flowers, notes…bring whatever you think is appropriate.
[Updated 5:12 pm, 11:21 pm – updated sections are italicized.]
Lt. Mark Kruger of the Portland Police Bureau says his team has finished their preliminary investigation of the fatal bicycle collision that happened earlier today at W. Burnside St. and SW 14th Ave.
Kruger says they are not issuing any citations at this time and that the driver’s blood and urine tests showed no signs of intoxication.
[Updated 2:33 pm, 2:50 pm, 3:19 pm]
A cyclist was killed around 1:30 pm today in downtown Portland.
According to Portland Police Bureau Lieutenant Mark Kruger, 19 year-old PNCA student Tracey Sparling collided with a cement mixing truck at the corner of W Burnside and 14th (photos below – Google Map of location).
Here is what Lt. Kruger can report after an initial investigation:
The Editorial Board of the Oregonian devoted a column to Mike Houck today.
Houck is a dedicated advocate who founded the Urban Greenspaces Institute and who works to preserve natural areas in our city. From restoring the Columbia Slough to saving Oaks Bottom, Houck is a force to be reckoned with.
I know him primarily through the annual Visionary Voyage rides he helps coordinate. These rides bring together regional leaders for an up-close look at the highs and lows of our bikeways and trails.
Houck plays in invaluable role in creating and maintaining the natural areas many Portlanders take for granted. Learn more and consider donating to his work at UrbanGreenspaces.org.
Fresh off a record-breaking opening weekend, the River City Bicycles Cross Crusade continues the fun this weekend out at Horning’s Hideout.
If you missed last weekend’s action, you have a chance to redeem yourself by making the “short and scenic trip” out to North Plains on Sunday.
I’ll be out there again trying my best to stay upright and finish respectably.
For a glimpse of what to expect, check out my photo gallery from last year, or watch the video below (it’s a MTB race, but it will give you a feel for the venue).
For Immediate Release: October 10, 2007
Portland, Oregon- The Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) announced today that 1,078 cyclocross racers descended onto Alpenrose Dairy on Sunday, October 7, 2007 for the 1st race of the Cross Crusade cyclocross racing series. Breaking last year’s record of over 750 racers, the event again established itself as the largest one-day cyclocross race in North America and solidified its designation as the largest participatory cyclocross bike racing series in the world. In 2006, the first race of the series attracted over 750 riders.
