Red area is approximate location of collision. The woman was walking southbound (west side of street).
Month: December 2010
Event: English Ivy Bike Basket Class (1/29-30/11)
Event Name: English Ivy Bike Basket Class
Event Start Date: 29-30 January 2011
Web Site: http://www.rewildportland.com
Event Description: Rewild Portland is offering an English Ivy bike basket weaving class this January. Learn to weave a simple bike basket out of the invasive species Hedera helix, otherwise known as English Ivy. Restore and maintain the native habitat of our city parks by removing the ivy and then recycling the cast off vines into a functional work of art. The class is 3 days long and takes place in two parts. Part 1: On January 8th we will harvest the ivy and learn to remove it in a way where it will not grow back. Part 2: On Janaury 29th and 30th we will weave bicycle baskets out of the ivy and attach them to our bicycles. The cost is $95. To register or learn more details call Rewild Portland at 503.863.8462 or visit www.rewildportland.com.
Contact Email: urbanscout(at)gmail(dot)com
Event: English Ivy Bike Basket Class (1/8/11)
Event Name: English Ivy Bike Basket Class
Event Start Date: 8 January 2011
Start Time: 8:00:00 AM
Web Site: http://www.rewildportland.com
Event Description: Rewild Portland is offering an English Ivy bike basket weaving class this January. Learn to weave a simple bike basket out of the invasive species Hedera helix, otherwise known as English Ivy. Restore and maintain the native habitat of our city parks by removing the ivy and then recycling the cast off vines into a functional work of art.
The class is 3 days long and takes place in two parts. Part 1: On January 8th we will harvest the ivy and learn to remove it in a way where it will not grow back. Part 2: On Janaury 29th and 30th we will weave bicycle baskets out of the ivy and attach them to our bicycles. The cost is $95. To register or learn more details call Rewild Portland at 503.863.8462 or visit www.rewildportland.com.
Contact Email: urbanscout(at)gmail(dot)com
Portlanders ask for better bicycling at first N/NE Quadrant open house
Scene from the N/NE Quadrant Project
open house last month.
(Photo: City of Portland)
open house last month.
(Photo: City of Portland)
The City of Portland and the Oregon Department of Transportation have recently embarked on a public outreach process to garner input that will inform their N/NE Quadrant and I-5 Broadway/Weidler Plans. The idea is to integrate land use and urban design planning with freeway planning in the lower Albina and Lloyd Districts.
Opinion: Why we should care about ODOT’s I-5 Broadway/Weidler report
I-5 south where it
goes under NE Broadway.
(Photo © J. Maus)
goes under NE Broadway.
(Photo © J. Maus)
I hope you’ve read my post yesterday about a report from ODOT on how they see the “problem” and potential “solutions” to bottlenecks along I-5 near the Broadway/Weidler interchange. This area is a key hub in Portland’s bikeway network: We must get this right.
With the N/NE Quadrant planning process kicking into high gear, this I-5 bottleneck issue — which has been studied by ODOT since the early 1980s — has found new life. Without a strong community voice about how to — or if we should — move forward, some of the shockingly highway-centric concepts in that report could gain traction.
Photos: Oaks Bottom Trail submerged in water – Updated
View of the Oaks Bottom Connector trail just down the hill from the parking lot at SE McLoughlin and Milwaukie.
(Photos: Dan Kaufman)
(Photos: Dan Kaufman)
Tonight: Free hot cocoa in East Portland and a carfree Peacock Lane
Ahh the lights.
(Photo: PeacockLane.net)
(Photo: PeacockLane.net)
In the depths of winter, you need all the encouragement you can get to keep on riding. Thankfully, Portland is full of fun people and events to help break your winter riding doldrums. Two events tonight (and a group ride to one of them) should help make your riding a bit brighter.
If you ride in East Portland, swing by the E Burnside overcrossing of I-205 (9400 E Burnside) tonight between 4:30 and 6:30 for free hot drinks, bicycling information, and more.
Event: Carfree night at Peacock Lane (12/15/10)
Event Name: Car free night at Peacock Lane
Event Start Date: 15 December 2010
Start Time: 7:00:00 PM
Web Site: http://shift2bikes.org/cal/#15-2
Event Description: Shift’s monthly meetup this week is a visit to two pubs near Peacock Lane‘s festival of lights. Peacock lane will be CAR FREE this wednesday night so go check out the lights. If you want company, shift folks will meet up at Belmont Station at 7pm, and ride to the lights (around the corner) nearer to 8pm. after a walkthrough or two of the street, we’ll repair to the Horse Brass for hot toddies and the like.
Contact Email: gently(at)gmail(dot)com
Silver Unmarked Tomasso Frame custom custom
Year: custom
Brand: Unmarked Tomasso Frame
Model: custom
Color:Silver
Size:58 cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2010-12-14
Stolen From: My carport…SE 33rd and Washington
Neighborhood: Sunnyside
Owner: John Mayer
OwnerEmail: johnemayer@gmail.com
Description: Custom built up unmarked chrome frame…most visible is a mismatched black fork (spraypainted over a yellow that is visible through cracks). Built up with Shimano parts from 2006-2008 runs…mixing Ultegra and Dura-ace. Dura-ace cranks from the first year they were single solid pieces. Shift/brake handle on left side is ajar from previous accident.
Mavic Kyserium front wheel…handbuilt rear wheel (not matching).
Police record with: PPD
Police reference#: T10008518
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
ODOT eyes major changes to I-5 near Broadway/Weidler interchange
Detail from one of four concepts to widen I-5 near the Broadway/Weidler interchange taken from the I-5: I-84 to I-405 Design Workshop Concept Report prepared for ODOT. For context, the buildings in the upper left are the parking garages for the Rose Garden Arena. Yellow lines are newly widened freeways, orange lines show changes to local streets, purple outlines show buildings that might be displaced and x’s show streets that would be removed.
Survey looks at transportation costs to find best, worst commutes in U.S.
Riding in downtown Eugene.
(Photo © J. Maus)
(Photo © J. Maus)
A survey of U.S. cities shows that, when transportation costs are figured into the equation, moving out to the suburbs for a cheaper house isn’t as affordable as most people think. It also shows that our neighbors to the south, Eugene Oregon, have one of the best commutes in America.
While the analysis doesn’t mention how or if bike-ability plays into the equation, it should be noted that Eugene and Boulder, Colorado — two of the most bike-friendly cities in the country — ranked in the top ten on the “best commute” list (first and eighth respectively).
TheStreet and financial advice site Bundle surveyed what people in 90 different metropolitan areas spend on transportation each year and then ranked each city to see who had the best and worst commutes in terms of cost and traffic delay. When looking at data like average length of commute, miles traveled, annual hours delayed, auto expenses, and gas prices, the study found that Eugene was at the top of the “best” list. Dallas, Texas was on the bottom. Portland came in at 42nd.
The Oregonian: Distracted driving by police officer costs city $338,477
The Oregonian reported yesterday the City of Portland will pay $338,477 to settle a distracted driving lawsuit. The suit involved a police officer who glanced at his on-board computer and did not see an 80-year old woman walking across the street in front of his car. The woman suffered serious injuries and spent five days in the hospital.
In light of the settlement, The Oregonian reports that the city’s risk management supervisors have “asked the police bureau to examine its training to ensure other officers aren’t distracted by the in-car computers.”