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“I’m a very pro-bicycle candidate.”
–Mayoral candidate Sho Dozono during a televised debate
Mayoral hopefuls Sam Adams and Sho Dozono debated on prime-time local network television on Monday. Part of the format included a series of questions that were submitted online by KGW viewers.
Dozono hasn’t said much about bikes during his campaign. The only time I’ve heard him mention bicycles (before this debate) was in his opposition to the Sauvie Island bridge re-use plan.
Portland Mayor Tom Potter has issued a statement clarifying his opposition to the plan to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span as a human-powered vehicle crossing over I-405 in Northwest Portland.
Perhaps wanting to build some momentum for his position — which will make him the lone dissenter to the plan when it comes up to City Council next week — Potter renewed his previous arguments against the project, and he shared a new one.
Here’s the short statement posted to his website yesterday (emphasis mine):
Meet John at the PSU Farmers Market for a bike ride this Saturday, April 26 at 1:00 p.m. From there, we’ll ride to City Hall, the Portland Boathouse, Lucky Lab Brewery, Lone Fir Cemetery, the Eastbank Esplanade and Steel Bridge, Boise-Eliot Elementary, and then finish at Amnesia Brewing on N. Mississippi Ave.
Please see this map we’ve made with the route highlighted. We’re taking bike paths and lanes for most of the afternoon. Along the ride, we’ll hear from John and some local historians and businesspeople talk about what makes Portland great and how we can ensure it stays that way with the right kind of leadership.
This Saturday, Seasons — a new mountain bike movie from The Collective — will debut at the McMenamins Bagdad Theater in Southeast Portland.
The event is being hosted by Fat Tire Farm. Check out the trailer below…
This Saturday, Seasons — a new mountain bike movie from The Collective — will debut at the McMenamins Bagdad Theater in Southeast Portland.
The event is being hosted by Fat Tire Farm. Check out the trailer below…
This just in from local race promoter Jim Anderson:
CONTACT:
JIM ANDERSON
RACE ORGANIZER
503-975-8229
JIM-ANDERSON@COMCAST.NET
www.racemondaynight.com
Bicycle races at Portland International Raceway start up for the summer – Featuring an introduction to bicycle racing clinics for women!
Bike Farm is a non-profit, member-supported bike shop based in Northeast Portland. The group launched their services back in November and now they’re ready to spread their wings and celebrate a successful first six months.
Since November, Bike Farm has achieved official non-profit status and has served the community through weekly “open shop” hours, maintenance classes, and educational workshops.
Construction is underway on ODOT’s I-5 Delta Park Project, and that means much-needed safety improvements are on their way to N. Rosa Parks Way (formerly Portland Blvd.).
As part of project’s $60 million budget, $1 million was set aside for a “Community Enhancement” fund. Among other things, that fund will pay for ODOT to stripe bike lanes on N. Rosa Parks Way from Vancouver to Montana.
This stretch of Rosa Parks Way is a key connector to Interstate Avenue, which has seen a lot of development in recent years. Residents on the east side of I-5 who visit the new New Seasons Market, the MAX station or any other destination, must grapple with high-speed motorized traffic, narrow shoulders, and two freeway on/off-ramps in each direction.
[Please note that we’ve changed the name of our family biking column from “Carfree Families” to “Car-Less Families”. This is the third article in the ongoing series written by Marion Rice. Read the others here.]
From my perspective, there is nothing better than tooling around town with my toddler on the bike. We have a great time. She sees so many things she can relate to: Choo Choo’s, kitties, doggies. We bump into people we know and often make new friends along the way.
Here are a few important things to make biking with babies and toddlers safe for you and for them…
According to an article published on Tuesday by Reuters’ Amsterdam news bureau, the Dutch Cycling Federation is calling on political leaders to urge the automobile industry to begin installing airbags on the hoods of cars.
The story reports that,
BicyclingHub.com is an online bike apparel retailer based in Portland. Back in November, the company opened a retail store at the corner of Taylor and Water Avenues in Southeast Portland.
Job Description: One Million Bicycles National Coordinators
Title: National Coordinator: Bicycle Giveaway
Reports to: Executive Director: Joe Kurmaskie
Job purpose:
To plan, coordinate, approve, oversee and monitor progress of collection, rehab, safety check and distribution of 1,000,000 bicycles and/or new/returning riders with bikes in 50 states and Washington DC.