Sunday Parkways kicks off this weekend in outer southeast Portland

I’m going to camp out on the Springwater the night before so I can be the first one on the route!

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/sunday-parkways-headed-for-springwater-corridor-following-homeless-sweep/178129306

This is bad politically for the City. To the homeless and the non-gentrified old-school residents this is just further proof the City doesn’t care about poor people. This will not promote cycling among the disenfranchised, it will harbor resentment. It will perpetuate the idea the bicycle are toys for the rich.

My first Sundays Parkways! Looking forward to it and bringing my two riding buddies of very mixed riding abilities. All three of us have overcome homelessness, and other lively experiences and now use bikes as tools to help balance ourselves.

This ride looks like it will have a mix of everything, plus an easy ride to downtown after (meandering on the streets not the spring water)

I don’t know how I’ll feel seeing a functioning Biketown station in Lents Park but knowing the real thing won’t exist east of Cesar Chavez Blvd.

I rode thru the area where SundayParkways is going to run today. They had one CoP guy filling a pickup with garbage. it was piled pretty high.
I guess cleaning it up 1 day out of 365 is better than zero of 365 ? He was only picking up exactly where the event runs.

the tents near 205 overpass are multiplying quickly. curiously, many of the tents look brand new and not cheap. many 9×12 and bigger. Is some agency donating tents ?

down lower, just west of Bell, the grass along the path is cut and looks good. I’d always applauded the authorities for doing this, until last week, when I stopped and talked to a citizen who does it on his own. Said he couldn’t stand the overgrowth and needs the exercise and so mows it on his time/gas/machine.

Still piles of bike parts outside some of the tents. 🙁

>>Now some campers are showing up near Foster Road, on the section of trail that will be used by thousand of cyclists and walkers during this weekend’s Parkways event.

>>The Portland Bureau of Transportation organizes the event, and the people in charge say they are well aware of the surprise that may be in store for Parkway participants and homeless campers.

http://katu.com/news/local/sunday-parkways-ready-for-homeless-trail

>>KATU found around a half-dozen campers on each side of Foster Road.

KATU needs a remedial math class 🙁 (or new glasses) 🙁

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>>KATU found around a half-dozen campers on each side of Foster Road.
KATU needs a remedial math class 🙁 (or new glasses) 🙁
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I rode thru there today and counted 43 tents just East of Foster . West is harder to count as they’ve seemed to have learned from Br’er Rabbit and have tents in or behind the blackberry thickets.

At 83rd & Springwater there was a group of 6 just standing there blocking the path with just a small hole for me and 2 women to get thru. As I approached, one guy (who didn’t look) started to walk and block off that hole.
I loudly broadcast “BIKES COMING” and he stopped. After passing them, of course to my back I hear “JERKS” (+worse)
They sure know how to drum up support for themselves. That area is getting re-colonized now.

Should be interesting to see Sundays Parkways mix with the Mountain bikes pulling trailers.

think Charlie has the guts to show up ?