Commissioner Sam Adams continues his march toward finding a way to fund fixes to our transportation system with a series of Town Hall Meetings to discuss his “Safe and Sound Streets” campaign. As he alluded to in my interview with him last week, Adams is facing a potential ballot measure next Spring to fund the … Read more
Like we are doing with our Bicycle Master Plan, the City is working on a Streetcar System Plan. Since we all share the same roads, we have to make sure bikes and streetcars coexist nicely. The City of Portland just announced a series of public open houses where you can learn more and offer your … Read more
You can help decide the future design of light rail stations.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) As part of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project, Metro is looking for your input to design “vibrant, attractive and safe” light rail stations. Here’s more from Metro: “Light rail stations have the ability to transform the communities they are in. Areas … Read more
This is what happens when you throw a bike party during rush-hour on Hawthorne Blvd.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) The BTA hosted an awards party for their Bike Commute Challenge last night: luckily not everyone who participated showed up. Even though attendance at the party was double what organizers expected (over 400 people packed the inner-Southeast … Read more
Peters: “…comments were in no way intended as an indictment of bicycle and pedestrian investments.”(Read full text below orclick to enlarge.) Back in August, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters raised a ruckus for comments she made on a PBS talkshow. When the conversation turned to transportation investments, Peters referred to “bike paths” as … Read more
A few weeks ago, I shared the news that the New York City Dept. of Transportation had decided to install the city’s first-ever physically separated bike lane (a.k.a. cycle track). Well, the bike revolution must have taken hold within the bureaucracy because they’ve already started the project. Video activist extraordinaire Clarence Eckerson happened upon it … Read more
Awards and bragging rights are at stake tonight.(File photo © Jonathan Maus) Tonight in Southeast Portland — just yards from one of the city’s busiest bikeways — the BTA will hold their annual Bike Commute Challenge after party. Thousands of bike commuters from companies throughout Oregon (see the impressive list here) “challenged” each other to … Read more
You know a town is bike-crazy when an FM music radio station broadcasts their bike plan and makes a statement that calls for the city to get “bolder for bicyclists.”
“We are excited to share this victory with more than 2,200 supporters who have made it possible…this isn’t over…this land is still open to development proposals and we are committed to working towards the right fit for the neighborhood.–Save Madison South Remember the story about a group of neighbors in Northeast Portland who were concerned … Read more
(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Next week, the Policy Advisory Group for the Sellwood Bridge Project will meet to choose up to four bridge designs to consider for further study. The four designs will then go through an environmental review and a “preferred alternative” will be chosen by Spring 2008.
[Post updated: 9/27, 11:42am] E. Burnside and 97th: The tracks where Sharon fell.Photo: Jim O’Horo At a meeting last week of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC), TriMet Communications Manager Josh Collins shared details of TriMet’s plans to review 32 locations where bike paths and bike lanes cross MAX tracks. The review makes good on … Read more
Stub Stewart State Park(Photo: Oregon State Parks) Two Portland-area mountain bike advocacy groups hacve been given the green light by Oregon State Parks to begin building a network of freeride and singletrack trails in the newly opened Stub Stewart State Park, a 1,600 acre park located just 31 miles west of Portland in Washington County. … Read more