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Adams has dedicated $500,000 for bikes in his budget.(Photos © J. Maus) In his forthcoming budget proposal (due out tomorrow), Mayor Sam Adams will include a dedicated funding source devoted to bicycle programs and projects that he calls the “Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Fund”. In a phone call this afternoon, Mayor Adams told me the money … Read more
More trains, more bikes, fewer cars.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s transportation future is set to change drastically in the coming years. The stars are aligning for a city — and especially the downtown core — where public transit, feet, and bicycles are the vehicles of choice for most people. Don’t believe me? Just look around … Read more
PBOT’s drawing for proposed cycletrack on SW Broadway.(Photos © J. Maus)
The 2009 Oregon Manifest (10/2 – 11/8) can hardly be called a bike show. After the success of their first show last year, organizers have signed a presenting sponsorship deal with Chris King Precision Components and transformed the event into five “concentrated weeks” of art, workshops, and unique events designed to showcase the nation’s best … Read more
Will he deliver a Platinum budget?(Photos © J. Maus) Right now in City Hall, Mayor Adams and his staff are getting set to release their transportation budget. When the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) released their budget back in February, it was embarrassingly bad for bikes. There was no dedicated revenue for bike projects, one-time funding … Read more
The Tualitin Hills Parks and Recreation District has announced the completion of a new, 2-mile segment of their Westside Trail. Here’s more from their website: The new trail marks an important link in THPRD’s efforts to establish a continuous north-south trail backbone through its district. Combined with other existing segments and additional trail projects to … Read more
Filmmaker Clarence Eckerson on the Hawthorne Bridge last week.-Watch video below- Streetfilms‘ Clarence Eckerson was in Portland recently for Filmed by Bike. While he was here, he teamed up with Dan Kaufman from Crank My Chain CycleTV to put together a new, 3-plus minute film that takes a look at “Bike Rush Hour” on Portland’s … Read more
Reed College students photographed for the BikeSexy project.(Photos by Norah Hoover)
“It’s the latest fake viral film from our car-centric Danish Road Safety Council. Slowing chipping away at Danish bike culture without worrying about facts and science.”— Mikael Colville-Andersen, publisher of Copenhagenize.com Mikael Colville-Andersen, proprietor of the globally renown blog Copenhagenize, says a video of Danish cops handing out hugs and helmets to bike riders is … Read more
Stolen. My friend Felix got his bike stolen last night and his experience might be a lesson for others. Felix posted a listing to sell his bike on Craigslist. A man responded with interest (Felix says the phone number displayed as “unknown”) and then showed up at Felix’s house at about 9:00 pm last night … Read more
This video (below) from Denmark is all over the web today. It shows two cops standing on the side of a bike lane, offering hugs and helmets to passing bicycle riders.
The vacant lot at E Burnside and 2nd that is slated for an “interim site use” by the PDC.(Photo © J. Maus) Advocates for a pump track and bike riding facility on a vacant lot adjacent to the Burnside Bridge are a bit miffed now that their idea has been scuttled by the Portland Development … Read more