this tallbike was made reusing a discarded cop car door.
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Year: 2008
Highway porn: CRC project unveils draft concepts
For all you highway lovers out there…here are some draft concepts of what the future I-5 crossing at the Columbia River might look like according to the folks with the Columbia River Crossing project:
Meet Jim Middaugh; Council hopeful and a great hope for bikes?
City Council hopeful Jim Middaugh sporting a bit of helmet hair.
You can meet Jim this Sunday night at an event being hosted by Congressman Peter Defazio at the Lucky Lab Brewpub in SE from 5:30 – 7:00 (bring $5!).
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
You can meet Jim this Sunday night at an event being hosted by Congressman Peter Defazio at the Lucky Lab Brewpub in SE from 5:30 – 7:00 (bring $5!).
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Blumenauer looks to suspend tariffs on foreign-made bike parts
Earl Blumenauer
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(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) introduced a series of ten bills this week that look to temporarily suspend the import duties on bicycle parts needed by American manufacturers that are not produced in the United States.
According to a press statement just released by his office in Washington DC, these bills will be referred to the Ways and Means Committee, on which Blumenauer serves, for consideration in the broader Miscellaneous Tariff Bill.
Carfree conference plans take shape
“Rethinking Mobility, Rediscovering Proximity”
This summer, Portland will host the eighth annual, international Towards Carfree Cities Conference.
For the past several months, conference organizer Elly Blue and a dedicated volunteer crew have been working to solidify the program schedule, find sponsorships, and take care of the myriad tasks and tedium involved with hosting an event of this magnitude.
Major stage race could start in Portland
Professional road racing is coming to Portland.
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
Event organizers with the Mount Hood Cycling Classic stage race, one of the premier professional road races on the West Coast, say the first two stages could be coming to Portland.
Race director Brad Ross, the man behind the Cross Crusade and the Twilight Criterium, told me today that he’s “95% sure” that the first two days of the six-day race will start in Portland.
Portland schools win Safe Routes grant from ODOT
Mini-vans are sooo last year.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
Eleven Portland-area elementary schools have received grants from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to improve and sustain their Safe Routes to Schools programs.
The schools (see list below) have received a total of nearly $600,000 from the federally funded program that works to make it easier and safer for kids to walk and bike to school.
The grant consists of two separate awards; a $100,000 non-infrastructure grant that will go toward hiring “site organizers”, and $500,000 for capital improvements (these might include improved sidewalks, pedestrian refuge islands, bike parking, etc…).
Oregon Scenic Bikeways Public Hearing
Location: Multnomah County Library; 801 SW 10th Ave.; Portland, OR
Hearing Officer: Iris Riggs
Summary: This rule will establish criteria and a procedure for the establishment of Oregon Scenic Bikeways. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will coordinate the process, hold public hearings and facilitate signing of the Scenic Bikeways.
Nissan exec. says people are “increasingly not interested in cars”
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(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
I didn’t expect to read an uplifting story from the big auto show going on in Detroit this month.
Fortune Magazine editor Alex Taylor spoke with an executive from Nissan who says that worldwide, people are losing interest in cars.
Here’s a snip from the story:
Stolen Atala 1967 Gran Prix
Very old 1960ish Atala Gran Prix road bike. White with chrome lugs. Bullhorn style handlebars and a newly replaced shimano 515 derailer, other parts are campiliagno (dowtube shifters). Brakes are very old (Weinmann 999).
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Stolen Miyata Unknown
Sweet commuter stolen from my doorstep. Ugly paint job covered up by electrical tape, sawed off/flipped handlebars with gray tape, Shimano component group, with black grey tires and new wheels.
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Portland’s $125 million dollar wish list
City of Portland bike coordinator Roger Geller and Alta Planning’s Mia Birk (the dynamic duo working on our city’s Platinum Bicycle Master Plan) recently gave a presentation at a Women’s Transportation Seminar luncheon titled, The Leading Edge of Bicycle Transportation Policy and Practice.
I missed the luncheon, but in perusing the PDF of the presentation (it’s available at the bottom of this page), I found an interesting slide.
It’s a list of what Geller and Birk would do with $125 million…