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Year: 2008

Police Bureau Captain assembles new bike law working group

Traffic Division Captain, Larry O’Dea
at the bike box press event in March.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division Captain Larry O’Dea wants to learn more about bicycle laws.

In fact, he also wants his officers, local judges, bike advocates, lawyers, and others to learn more too.

Next month, he’ll assemble all of them to discuss their perspectives and expectations about how bike laws are enforced.

I heard Captain O’Dea mention this at a meeting of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) on Tuesday night and he told me more in a conversation we had afterwards.

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Sauvie update: Saltzman not playing politics; Mercury says Potter is “flat out wrong”

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“It’s nice spin… but it’s flat out wrong.”
–Portland Mercury News Editor Amy Ruiz, on Mayor Potter’s comments about the funding for the Sauvie Island Bridge re-use plan

The situation with the effort to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span in Northwest Portland is changing by the hour.

The two late developments of the day are an article by the Portland Mercury that delves into the funding picture and an update from Commissioner Saltzman’s office.

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Widow of fallen cyclist seeks help for bereaved family fund

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Cycle Oregon Day 4-Sumpter to Union

Mike Wilberding’s son Dayn,
holding a jersey he wore during
a memorial ride for his dad
during Cycle Oregon in 2006.
(Photo © J. Maus)

A post to the Portland Bike Forums caught my eye the other day. It was a message from Mrs. BJ Wilberding, wife of the late Mike Wilberding.

Mike was killed on August 1, 2006 when someone turned their car into his path as he rode home from work in Beaverton.

Now, Mrs. Wilberding wants to set up a foundation to give immediate financial aid to families of fallen cyclists.

Here’s the message she posted to the forums.

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Mayor tries to ‘Lift the fog’ around his Sauvie span decision

Mayor Potter listening to testimony in
support of the Sauvie span at City
Hall last week.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Mayor Potter has issued a statement to help further clarify his decision to vote against a proposal that would have allowed PDOT to turn the old Sauvie Island Bridge span into a new crossing of I-405 in Northwest Portland.

Potter made his decision at a key Council vote on the project last Wednesday. Prior to that vote, expecting he would be unable to attend the Council meeting, he issued a memo outlining why he did not support the project.

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BTA, activists work to save Sauvie span

“We intend to demonstrate to elected officials that there’s huge support for re-using the Sauvie span.”
–the BTA’s Karl Rohde

While City Hall tries to work out its differences on the effort to move the old Sauvie Island Bridge span to NW Flanders street, bike advocates and citizen activists are moving forward in a push to raise awareness and support for the project.

So far, the effort is being led in part by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. The BTA is reaching out to a myriad of local organizations and to neighborhood and business associations in Northwest Portland for support.

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Salem velodrome falls through; Track backer sets sights on Portland

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Steve Brown wants a new velodrome in Portland

Steve Brown of the Portland
Velodrome Project hoped to build
a temporary rack at the Oregon
State Fairgrounds in Salem.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Supporters of a new velodrome on the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem suffered a setback last week when State Parks officials said they would not provide funds for the track.

The original proposal was to spend $130,000 to construct a temporary, wood-frame and plywood track to be housed in the Pavillion Building.

Steve Brown — a Portland-based businessman velodrome advocate who has been working on this project since last September — was already deep into the planning stages for events he hoped would begin at the Fair this summer.

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