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As part of their monthly Debate Club series, the Bus Project and the Portland Mercury will host a bikes versus cars debate next Tuesday.
The debate will include interim BTA director Scott Bricker, me, Sreya Sarkar of the Cascade Policy Institute’s Wheels to Wealth Program and Mel Zucker of the Oregon Transportation Institute.
The debate will be moderated by City Commissioner of Transportation Sam Adams.
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.
It’s been over a year since I reported on the status of an idea to re-purpose the Sauvie Island Bridge as a super-sized bicycle and pedestrian crossing over the 405 freeway at Flanders Boulevard looking East.
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2006 Specialized Sirrus Sport
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White With Black Lettering. New Michelin Tires
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[Updated: 7/24, 7:34am]
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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Seems like a week can’t go by without Portland making it onto another list.
If you’re keeping track, here’s two more I came across today, and they both specifically mention bike-friendliness as a reason for our inclusion.
The first one I found about via Jack Bog’s Blog. He points out that the AARP has named Portland to its “Top Five Cities to Live in 2007” list.
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Mountain Bike Short Track Racing Series – Event website
All races take place at Portland International Raceway, located at 1940 N Victory Blvd in Portland.
Directions from Portland:
Cars: take I-5 North – take exit 306B West – the PIR race track is located immediately West of the freeway.
Tip: Carpool with friends. The carpool lane on I-5 will save you valuable time driving in.
Bike on MAX: take Yellow Line North – get off at Expo Center – the PIR entrance is right across from the MAX station.
Start Times & Race Duration:
5:45pm – Kiddie race – racing for 5′ (this race is FREE but registration is required)
6:00pm – Beginner & Junior: racing for 20′
6:30pm – Sport Women & Singlespeed: racing for 30′
7:00pm – Sport Men: racing for 30′
7:30pm – Expert & Pro/Semi-Pro: racing for 30-40′
A drop-in open house at the Sellwood Middle School gymnasium, 8300 SE 15th Avenue. The entrance is on SE Umatilla Street. The location is served by TriMet bus lines #41-Tacoma and #70-12th Avenue.
More than 100 possible bridge alternatives are being considered, based on combinations of bridge alignments, widths and interchanges. Many of the alternatives feature concepts suggested by the public. The meeting will share information on how well the alternatives perform against measures chosen by the project’s Community Task Force. The measures include characteristics such as numbers of residences or businesses relocated, travel time, cost, and noise.
The public can provide feedback on which alternatives should advance. Public input will be considered by the Community Task Force and a committee of elected officials. In October, the task force will recommend and the committee will select four alternatives for more detailed analysis.
Open house participants will have an opportunity to build their own bridge alternative, combining their preferred alignment, bridge width, and interchange, and learn about its impacts and cost. The “build a bridge” tool also will be available on the project website (www.sellwoodbridge.org) beginning July 30. The public is encouraged to use the tool to learn about the various options before taking an online survey where they can recommend alternatives that should be advanced. The online survey will be available on the project website from July 30 through September 9.
A preferred alternative is scheduled to be selected in spring 2008 after the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is completed.
The current project will identify a long-term solution for the Sellwood Bridge, which may include rehabilitating or replacing the 81-year-old structure. Multnomah County maintains the Sellwood Bridge and more than 300 miles of roads and bridges.
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