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Detail from map showing bike parking locations around Convention Center. As we mentioned yesterday, the Oregon Convention Center is not likely to be able to provide enough bike parking for the Barack Obama visit today (latest news is that he’ll speak at 6:45). That being said, we forgot to mention an awesome resource for finding … Read more
Citizen uber-activist and professional animator Spencer Boomhower has released a thoughtful new video on the Columbia River Crossing Project. You might remember Boomhower as the guy who created the Idaho Stop Law animation that spread nationwide and has since been viewed over 44,000 times. Boomhower says he put out his latest video on the CRC … Read more
This morning the U.S. Department of Transportation released a full list of award announcements for their TIGER II grants. More than 70 projects — split between 42 capital construction projects and 33 planning projects — worth $600 million were funded. Oregon received three grant awards, two for construction projects and one for planning. Washington County … Read more
Metro has unveiled the list of “regional experts” that will sit on a task force to make recommendations on how the agency should dole out about $24 million in federal transportation dollars. Back in July, there was a heated debate at Metro’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation over how best to divide up those … Read more
Concept drawing of a proposed two-cycletrack on Valencia Street in San Francisco.(Image: RG Architecture)
“We wish this were not the case, however, it will give the City an additional year to hopefully implement bike detour safety treatments in anticipation of the Springwater Corridor trail closure.”— Anne Nelson, Bureau of Environmental Services A project by the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services on the 170-acre Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge … Read more
A bike fit for a 7-ft NBA center.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) 7-foot 1-inch backup center Joel Przybilla of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers is the proud new owner of a fully-custom, 29-inch wheeled steel mountain bike made by Signal Cycles (a small, two-man shop based in a residential neighborhood in North Portland). I got … Read more
Temporary bike parking like this will be used at the Convention Center tomorrow.(Photos © J. Maus) President Obama arrives in Portland tomorrow to stump for gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber at the Oregon Convention Center. The event starts at 5:00 p.m., at the peak of evening rush hour and in a part of town that is … Read more
Lots of development has followed a boring, cheap and narrow bike lane on Williams Ave in North Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) The Railvolution conference kicked off this morning in Portland. About 1,000 transportation professionals, politicians, and other bigwigs are expected to take part in a dizzying array of workshops, networking sessions, and panel discussions. The … Read more
MEDIA ADVISORY: Film festival is Tues. night at Bagdad, part of Rail~Volution conference WHAT REEL.LIVE.CITIES. is an evening of films, entertainment, food and drink that is open to the public and organized by the New Rail~Volutionaries, a group of new Rail~Volution conference attendees from the Portland area. More than 300 tickets have already been purchased … Read more
A large crowd turned to the Share the Park Ride and Rally at Forest Park on Saturday Morning. – Video/Slideshow below- (Photos © J. Maus)
Streets like N. Concord Avenue would have 20 mph maximum speed limit.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland has released their draft 2011 Legislative Agenda. As we hinted might happen back in July, that agenda includes an initiative to reduce neighborhood speed limits to a maximum of 20 mph on certain streets. Mayor Adams … Read more