Year: 2007

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.

Jantzen Beach SuperCenter
1405 Jantzen Beach Center, Portland
(Interstate 5 exit #308 Jantzen Beach)
(Outside the mall entrance near carousel and Target)

We also will be at many other events this summer. Visit www.ColumbiaRiverCrossing.org for a complete schedule.

Location: 233 NW Fifth Avenue (between Davis and Everett)

We are now located at 233 NW Fifth Avenue (between Davis and Everett) in Portland. We’ll celebrate our new and bigger digs with an Open House on August 12th. Yup, that’s right: August 12th, the same day as the Providence Bridge Pedal. So after you’ve experienced the thrill of car-free bridges, please swing by our new office. We’ll have goodies on hand to refresh you after your ride.

BTA staff (and there’s a lot of new folks poking around the office!) will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer your questions. This includes our fearless new leader, Interim Executive Director Scott Bricker. It may or may not include our beloved Events & Outreach Director, Michelle Poyourow, who will by that time have been up around the clock for 7 days straight to make sure you experience the best Bridge Pedal ever.

So please join us! Come talk to us about your favorite rides, favorite bikes, or favorite gear. Bring your questions and comments about construction along the transit mall, the I-205 bike route, transit and trail alternatives along Highway 43 in Lake Oswego, the Portland Bicycle Master Plan Update, the gap between the East Bank Esplanade and the Springwater Trail, the Columbia River Crossing, Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor, NP Greenway, and bike boulevards. Let us know what’s on your mind and what’s important to you!

If you can’t make it on the 12th, please drop by the next time you’re in the neighborhood.

Event Website

The beauty of Portland, the variety of the Willamette River bridges and the joy of riding a bike – all will come together on Sunday, Aug. 12, at the 12th annual Providence Bridge Pedal. This is the one opportunity each year to join your family, friends and neighbors in bicycling across all 10 bridges, including the top decks of the Marquam and Fremont bridges.

Presented by The Oregonian, Providence Bridge Pedal has earned the newspaper’s description as “perfectly Portland!”

Bikers and walkers alike are welcome to join in the fun. Bicyclists can choose from three different routes: 10 bridges (36 miles), eight bridges (24 miles) and six bridges (14 miles). Meanwhile, walkers can participate in Providence Bridge Stride, a five-mile walk that crosses the Fremont and Steel bridges.

Registration has become even more convenient this year. Given last summer’s enthusiastic response to having registration and materials available at New Seasons Markets, we have added REI stores, River City Bicycles and Weir’s Cyclery to the options.

Again this year The Bite of Oregon will host our finish line festivities with plenty of good food and entertainment. And, once again, we will offer a drawing with great prizes. The grand prize is a Bike Friday tikit bicycle, built in Oregon and considered the world’s best folding bike. Four other lucky winners will receive $250 Starbucks gift cards.