(Photos © J. Maus)
I’m just home from Sunday Parkways Southeast and would love to hear what you thought of it.
It was another huge turnout! Congrats to PBOT and all their volunteers and partners for yet another success. What struck me today were all the people in the crowds of bike riders who I never see on the bikeways. Where do they all come from?! Seems like our goal should be to fill our bikeways with these folks — young and old and every shape, size, and color you can imagine — every day of the week. When we do that, we’ll know we’re really getting somewhere.
While it was a big turnout, I don’t think today’s crowds were as large as the estimated 31,600 that took park in the North Portland edition back in June.
One of the highlights of my day was chatting with 19-year old Portland mayoral candidate Max Brumm. As we spoke, up rolled his competition, former City Commissioner (and streetcar founding father) Charlie Hales. Both were very cool about the impromptu meeting and Hales’ staffer even encouraged Brumm to mix it up at the upcoming debates.
Check out a few photos below (I didn’t shoot nearly as many as usual) and please chime in with your impressions of the event.
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It was hot today, but thankfully there was mist and water being sprayed all along the course…
Like I said, a pretty good crowd… But a record? I don’t think so…
Who says Xtracycles are the only way to carry kids?…
I ran into Ms. Elly Blue (of Grist, zine, and local bike and carfree advocacy fame) pulling her friend Joe Biel on a locally made, bamboo trailer. Biel is a filmmaker and he was lying down on the job…
This amazing, custom-made, dual drive tandem was made by Adam George (he also made the bamboo trailer above). Remember Adam’s name, he is a bike-making savant (also look for one of his creations in the October issue of Bicycling Magazine)…
Imagine bikeways filled with kids…
What did you see?