Report reignites talk of bike excise tax – but advocates aren’t howling
The city’s bicycle advocates aren’t exactly thrilled by a 4% excise tax proposal. But perhaps surprisingly, they aren’t gasping in horror, either.
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Former NFL quarterback inspires fifth-graders to ride safely
Former NFL quarterback Joey Harrington with fifth-graders at Roseway Heights School this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
BTA joins with Joey Harrington to mark 50,000th bike safety graduate
Prescott Elementary students at a BTA bike safety class in 2005.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) will mark a big milestone this week: the 50,000th student to graduate from their bike safety education program since they began teaching in Portland schools in 1998. To celebrate the occasion, they’ve teamed up with the … Read more
Activists suspect ride participant is an undercover Portland Police Bureau captain – UPDATED
Krisapon Chaisawat(Facebook profile) Note from the publisher, 6:14 pm: This story was originally posted described a situation wherein attendees at a ride on Sunday believed they were accompanied by a Portland Police officer named Chris Uehara. After seeing photos of the officer and learning other similarities, I posted a story describing the situation and included … Read more
Vancouver residents fight to keep bike lanes on MacArthur Blvd
MacArthur Blvd south of Mill Plain Blvd with MacMcLoughlin Middle School in the background.
‘Veloprovo’ group to launch with ride this weekend
“We need streets for people, not more roads for cars. Portland needs to retake the lead as a America’s most sustainable city.”— from the group’s Facebook page The latest sign that bicycle activism in Portland continues to take new forms is a new group called Veloprovo, which is planning its inaugural ride this Sunday. Here’s … Read more
East Portland fatality puts heat on City’s paving priority – UPDATED
Streetview of where a girl was struck and killed last night by someone driving a car as she tried to cross the street. Mayor Hales and his interim PBOT Director Toby Widmer are on the hot seat this morning for their decision to make paving a higher priority than safety. The City’s budget plan to … Read more
As CRC rumbles forward, major advocacy groups sit on the sidelines
“I heard from a number of people who have expressed concerns about their [legislative] priorities if they were to speak against the bill.”— Mara Gross, interim director of Coalition for a Livable Future The Columbia River Crossing project took a big step forward when HB 2800 easily passed the Oregon House this week. But while … Read more
BTA-led coalition seeks to restore active transportation cuts in City budget
BTA’s Gerik Kransky (L) and freight advocate Corky Collier after the PBOT Budget BAC meeting yesterday.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) In the face of severe cuts to active transportation in the PBOT budget that came to light last month, a coalition led by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) presented a proposal yesterday to restore nearly half … Read more
Bike shop donates $15,000 to help build MTB trails in Portland area
The donation will help make more of this possible.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland-based Universal Cycles has donated $15,000 to the Northwest Trail Alliance to help in their ongoing mission to build more mountain bike trails in the Portland metro area. The donation will go towards the local matching funds required for a a $55,248 grant … Read more
Persistent activism gets ODOT and police focused on Sylvan overpass problems
Google street view of Sylvan overpass.
What projects matter to you? The BTA wants to know
Time to roll out the maps!(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) In case you haven’t heard, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance is working on an update to their Blueprint for Better Bicycling. The last one was published in 2005, and the map of potential projects they can put on the list has changed considerably since then. The problem … Read more