Mel Rader of Upstream Public Health speaks at PSU today.(Photo © J. Maus) A quick note about a few events on the horizon that explore how transportation policy impacts the environment, public health and social equity. Today at noon (sorry for late notice), Mel Rader of Portland-based health advocacy organization Upstream Public Health will speak … Read more
Gordon Patterson(Photo: Vancouver Public Schools) The man who hit and killed Vancouver high school teacher Gordon Patterson as he rode his bicycle in a bike lane along St. Johns Boulevard will face sentencing tomorrow (1/22) at the Clark County Courthouse. Antonio Cellestine, 18, has entered a plea bargain in the case. The City of Vancouver … Read more
A fund to help pay for more bike boulevards will be doubled in the coming year.(Photo © J. Maus) With budget season heating up it’s time to delve into what the Bureau of Transportation has in mind for bikes in the coming fiscal year. Last year the budget was created in what Mayor Adams referred … Read more
BTA Advocacy DirectorMichelle Poyouorow at thecampaign launch.(Photo © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has launched a new campaign to hasten progress on the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030. The campaign is called “Build It,” and with an emphasis on social media and a new blog at PortlandBikeNetwork.org, the BTA hopes it will put … Read more
[Publisher’s note: This op-ed was written the staff and board of directors of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance to kick off their new “Build It” campaign that was launched this morning in downtown Portland (stay tuned for more coverage).] Official campaign logo For years the momentum has been growing. There have been more bikes on the … Read more
“The biking community is so strong that motorists sometimes feel discriminated against in Portland.” — Finding from a report authored by White Horse Consulting “Bikers are the single most active online group discussing Portland city government” — That’s one of the findings by White Horse Consulting, a company the City of Portland hired to analyze … Read more
Ginny Sullivan at Pro Walk/Pro Bike last year. (Photo © J. Maus) We’re excited to announce the latest event in our “An Evening With…” series of live interviews. On Wednesday, February 3rd, I’ll sit down for an in-depth conversation with Ginny Sullivan from the Adventure Cycling Association. Ms. Sullivan is the coordinator of Adventure Cycling’s … Read more
SE 52nd Avenue — soon to be bike boulevard-ized.(Photo: PBOT) This morning, Portland City Council formally accepted a $1.3 million grant for the 50s Bikeway, a project that was first identified as a priority in Portland’s 1996 Bike Master Plan. Today’s acceptance of the grant is a procedural formality (technically, it’s the signing of an … Read more
Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Metro President David Bragdon have been joined by two leaders from Vancouver in their disdain for the current state of the Columbia River Crossing project. Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart (Photos © J. Maus)
Great poster! At an event later this month, the slew of candidates looking to unseat City Commissioner Dan Saltzman (and maybe even Saltzman himself) will face off in a “meet the candidates” forum hosted by The Portland Mercury and The Bus Project. “Candidate Olympiad” organizers have decided on three lines of questioning they’ll use to … Read more
Michelle Obama could help bring Safe Routes to Schools to the table.(Photo: White House on Flickr) America has a long legacy of First Ladies who have used their diplomatic profile to further specific causes, so I was very pleased to learn that Michelle Obama’s focus would be obesity. Anyone who has spent time in the … Read more
Bike Patrol in action on SE Hawthorne.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) could save $585,000 per year if they were to make good on a proposal to dismantle their Mounted Patrol Unit and transfer four officers to downtown bike detail. The savings would come from reducing the number of employees from seven … Read more