Now is the time in my recovery where I’m getting real sad about all the events I’m unable to attend and cover. Ladds 500, TNR’s 10 Anniversary ride tonight, the big transportation lobby day that’s happening at the State Capitol in Salem today, and so on and so forth. Ugh! All I can do is focus on getting better so I can get back out there sooner and start creating stories again. I think it will be early May before things are somewhat normal again (because I have a family trip in late April that was planned before my surgery).
Anyways, enough about me, below are suggestions for what to do this weekend while I stare wistfully outside my window at the spring sun and scroll through all the fun photos y’all are sharing…
Friday, April 18th
Summer Night Rides – 5:30 pm at Cyclepath Bike Shop (NE)
Want a fun crew to spend Friday night’s with? Roll to the shop and then tackle iconic Portland climbing loops on this new weekly ride series. It’s like Friday Night Lights, but for bike people! More info here.
Saturday, April 19th
Bike Milwaukie Monthly Ride – 10:00 am at Milwaukie Bay Park (SE)
Explore Oak Grove via the Trolley Trail and then end at the awesome new Pfriem Brewery in downtown Milwaukie. Make it a loop from Portland and this is a classic local route and the perfect distance for almost any fitness level. More info here.
Trek to Two Bridge Loop – 10:00 am at Trek Slabtown (NW)
Join an experienced ride leader for this 40-mile route that will cross the Columbia River and connect bridges and carfree bike paths. Expect a medium pace of 12-14 mph. More info here.
Troutdale Travels – 10:00 am at Glen Otto Park (Troutdale)
Explore the neighborhoods around downtown Troutdale with a wonderful local guide and ride leader named Frank Stevens (you might have met him at Bike Happy Hour or other Portland events). Ends at Mt. Hood Community College Farmers Market. More info here.
Earth Day Community Bike Ride – 11:00 am at Colonel Summers Park (SE)
The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation invites you on this group bike ride to Laurelhurst Park where they’ve organized a big community gathering for Earth Day. More info here.
Sunday, April 20th
Reach the Beach Training Ride – 9:00 am at REI in Hillsboro
Join experienced (but nice and friendly!) riders from Portland Bicycle Club for a beautiful route around Hagg Lake as you tone your thighs and bums for the Reach the Beach event. More info here.
Kidical Mass Easter Bunny Ride – 2:00 pm at Irving Park (NE)
The merry-makers of Kidical Mass want to celebrate the season by decorating bikes and adding bunny ears to helmets for this fine Portland tradition. Ride from park-to-park with your little ones at this family-friendly event. More info here.
Very Merry 4/20 Ride – 3:45 pm at Colonel Summers Park (SE)
Pay homage to Mary J on this ride that will include stops at dispensaries and will have fun music and a 10-mile route at an easy/social pace. More info here.
— Did I miss your event? Please let me know by filling out our contact form, or just email me at maus.jonathan@gmail.com.
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I have 2 stories to present: “On 41725” and follow up story “Carpocalypse Symphony.”
On 41725 expected a public but got private Metro Council meeting. I thought maybe the meeting was called because “political imagery” discussion should be held more? Here follows my roughly prepared statements assessing Peterson competence in this short story “On 41725”
QUOTE “Any normal DOT engineer would have proposed 9 lanes in each direction at this spot to balance out lanes. This tweak gives us other future options to reduce fender-benders, increase safety, ‘mitigate’ congestion, do things with the community they want and the cap is a big part of it. Slowing down at this point would indicate to the state that we are not interested in the cap at all.”
(What’s a Tweak? What Fender Bender didn’t get worse?)
I regret that credible critique of Metro Chair Lynn Peterson has becomes condemning. She oversaw the CRC 9 year collapse in 2013 and latest faulty designs are the same and some worse. She wasted 4 years on MAX to Tigard on STATE Hwy 99W. Terrible pedestrian traffic hazards there and in the I-5 cap lid designs.
FIRST of all the Southbound exit remains. Period. End of story. The new design ‘a loop’ to serve eastbound Weidler and northbound Williams that would work well or best. I-5 Exit Northbound there gets a redo, not bad. These are possible only with the proposed new on-ramp southbound with bridge to Broadway.
These are the salvageable Components of the Rose Quarter I-5 fiasco.
Planners start from there. Plant more vegetation and shrubbery dedicated
to absorb and drop air particulates to roadway ground cover. It limits
but can enhance development.
The heralded Weidler Exit Way Loop needs one new lane.
From there a 3rd southbound can be added because
the new southbound on-ramp will use that entrance ramp spacel.
Downhill up to speed faster, Better visibility, More distance
to negotiate merge left while southbound traffic merges right.
Any additional lanes increase speed, traffic hazards, accidents.
Long story short, Lynn Peterson showed were worst instincts
with her latest missive. May she resign for her health.
The question is WHO to take down with her
for public benefit. WHO else deserves
to be politically taken down?
Thanks for letting me put up words today..