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“We intend to demonstrate to elected officials that there’s huge support for re-using the Sauvie span.”–the BTA’s Karl Rohde While City Hall tries to work out its differences on the effort to move the old Sauvie Island Bridge span to NW Flanders street, bike advocates and citizen activists are moving forward in a push to … Read more
This is a monthly feature to remind you that when you buy a used bike from the Community Cycling Center’s retail shop (1700 NE Alberta) you are not just getting a cool bike, you’re also helping fund their amazing education programs for low-income youth and adults.
Steve Brown of the Portland Velodrome Project hoped to build a temporary rack at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem.(Photos © J. Maus) Supporters of a new velodrome on the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem suffered a setback last week when State Parks officials said they would not provide funds for the track. The original … Read more
The former McCalls Restaurant building.(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Parks Bureau wants to re-imagine and renovate the old McCall’s Restaurant site in Waterfront Park (just south of Salmon Street Fountain). As part of their ongoing process to select someone to redevelop and manage the building, Parks officials recently concluded a series of interviews with … Read more
Job Title: Mechanic Company/Organization: Athletes Lounge Job Description We’re looking for a professional road and TT mechanic. Do you have an uncanny ability to make bikes shift smoothly and produce faster times? Are you comfortable with high end bike builds? Are you thinking about working in a better atmosphere? We would like to hear from … Read more
Paul Adkins and family (notice the kids in the trailer!) in Eugene.(Photo courtesy Paul Adkins)
State Epidemiologist Mel Kohn at a Walk and Bike to School event in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Two of the state’s top health officials are calling for Oregonians to get out of their cars — not just to save the planet, but to save themselves. Oregon’s top doc, State Epidemiologist Mel Kohn, and Lillian Shirley, … Read more
Going by bike; it’d be a sin not to.(Photo © J. Maus) In yet another sign of biking’s ascent into the mainstream, not biking was on a list of “distinctly Oregon sins” published by the Oregonian on Saturday. In an article that appeared on the front page of the O’s Living section, reporter Nancy Haught … Read more
Kids line up for a bike safety class at Prescott Elementary in Northeast Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) Acting U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Steven K. Galson will be in North Portland on Wednesday (April 9) to promote the Department of Health and Human Services’ Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative and to recognize the work of … Read more
Bikes navigate streetcar tracks near South Waterfront.(Photos © J. Maus) With Portland’s streetcar plans heating up, and a recent TriMet bus/bike collision that claimed the life of a Beaverton boy, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) wants to know more about your experiences and comfort level when biking around transit. The BTA, in partnership with the … Read more
This video from a Slate V reporter in Los Angeles takes you on a ride through the “stupidest bike lane”. It’s been circulating around the bike blogosphere for a week or so now. Check it out below:
In the past few days, several readers have contacted me about some interesting graffiti near the Hollywood Transit Center in Northeast Portland (image below). Somehow, a determined and bike-loving artist/vandal managed to scrawl three bicycles and the words “Public Transport” on the barricade that separates traffic on Interstate 84.