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National Train Day is SaturdayThere’s a ride for that!(Photo © Russ Roca) This weekend starts early (as they all should!) with an exhibition of custom bikes and photographs tonight. Casual, informative, kid-friendly and potentially heart pounding rides ensue throughout the weekend from Vancouver to Eugene. Enjoy! Thursday, May 5th 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Het … Read more
River View Forest will soon be owned by the City.(Photo: City of Portland) Calling it the “largest land acquisition in recent decades,” two City bureaus (Parks and Environmental Services) teamed up with Metro to purchase 146 acres of natural area known as the “River View Forest” in Southwest Portland. The $11.25 million deal was announced … Read more
Current conditions on Williams show the need for major changes to the bikeway.(Photos © J. Maus)
This sign greets visitors to the American Red Cross in North Portland. It reads, “If you need a lock, please contact security inside the lobby.”(Photo © J. Maus) You know the feeling… Just as you roll up to your destination, you realize you forgot to bring a lock for your bike. If you’re with friends, … Read more
OBRA volunteer Stewart Campbell helped pressure wash Alpenrose Velodrome.(Photos: David Boerner) The word is in from Alpenrose Velodrome Director Mike Murray: track racing will start this week at the popular track nestled in Portland’s southwest hills (weather permitting, of course). The announcement comes after a week and a half of weeding, scraping, patching, sanding, and … Read more
“The… project has the opportunity to be a cycle-track the whole length if we don’t let the traffic engineers reserve too much space for cars… First, we have to have the guts to try it and then we’ve got to make it succeed.”— Chris Smith At a stakeholder advisory committee meeting later today we’ll learn … Read more
The lot in front of Trillium Charter School (which used to be used for auto parking, but cars are now prohibited) on Interstate, bustled with bikes this morning.(Photos © J. Maus)
SB 130 would make these official.(Photo © J. Maus) Senate Bill 130 (text), which would add bicycle-only signals to Oregon’s list of traffic control devices, passed out of the House Committee on Transportation and Economic Development on Friday. SB 130 passed the full Senate back in February and it’s now poised for a House vote … Read more
This morning, TriMet announced another closure of the Eastbank Esplanade just south of the Hawthorne Bridge. Beginning May 9th, Esplanade users will be detoured onto SE Water Avenue for three weeks while crews prep the area for construction of the new Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge.
(Photo © J. Maus) On Saturday, a two-year old child was separated from her father at a MAX station because the father was trying to load a bike trailer onto the train. Here’s more from The Oregonian: “Transit agency officials said Kevin James, 39, loaded the girl and his bicycle onto the northbound train at … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – California is getting set to pass a law that would require passing someone on a bike with at least 3 feet to spare and no more than a 15mph speed difference. – A Maryland transportation official responds masterfully to a perennial complaint about bicycling on … Read more
According to a 2008 report by Alta Planning, bike crashes on streetcar tracks are a “major and underreported problem for Portland-area bicyclists.” Even so, the issue struggles to gain official attention because the vast majority of crashes do not get reported. Portland-based, grassroots transportation advocacy group Active Right of Way (AROW) hopes to change that … Read more