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Metro announced $533,000 in Regional Travel Options grants today. According to Metro, the federally-funded grants are given to projects that “reduce the number of people driving alone to improve air quality and address community health issues.” Grant winners this cycle include a wide range of projects — from bike parking to “transportation mobility counseling.” One … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Despite a long embargo on building more bike infrastructure, ridership in San Francisco is up 58% since 2006. – New York City’s request for proposals for a bike sharing system has sparked considerable interest in the burgeoning bike share industry. – A British doctor conducted … Read more
A Metro task force wants to emulate success of light rail corridors in making decisions about active transportation funding.(Photo © J. Maus) A Metro task force put together to decide how the agency’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) should spend $23 million in federal “flexible” funds, has agreed that the money set aside … Read more
The op-ed in AAA World that started it all. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has spent over three months gathering signatures on a petition to persuade the automobile advocacy group AAA to support the continued federal funding of bicycling and walking programs. On Monday, their campaign will culminate when they bike over 50,000 signatures right to the … Read more
A design mock-up of SW Barbur with a dedicated and separated bikeway. Illustration is by Owen Walz, a planning student and co-founder of “Friends of Barbur.”
Crank, a new shop on SE Ash, will have a grand opening tonight.(Photos: Crank Bicycles) Southeast Portland will welcome a new bike shop to the Laurelhurst Neighborhood tonight when Crank Bicycles throws open its doors for a grand opening party. Crank is the new shop opened by business partners Chris Harbert and Justin Tutor, the … Read more
Portland resident and River City Bicycles employee Wendy Williams celebrated a hard-fought victory at the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Bend yesterday. BikePortland contributing photographer David Haines was there and snapped this podium shot… Wendy Williams, Masters women 40-44 National Cyclocross Champion.(Photos: David Haines)
A cool and rainy Friday like this is the perfect opportunity to showcase two local job opportunities which are all about keeping you warm. First up is Showers Pass, the Portland based technical clothing specialists (and discerning BikePortland ad partners). Showers Pass is seeking an Inside Regional Sales Manager to assist with World domination plans. … Read more
Flooded bike lane and shoulder on N. Williams tonight.(Photo © J. Maus)
Bike activist Jim Parsons.(Photo © J. Maus) Whether it’s his amazingly well-lit bike, his tireless activism, or the fact that he rides around with pruning sheers in his panniers, Beaverton resident Jim “K’Tesh” Parsons tends to attract a lot of attention. On one recent night he attracted the wrong kind of attention and was egged … Read more
Bike trails could begin construction in 2012.(Photo © J. Maus) Tomorrow the Gateway Green project will pass its most important milestone since citizen activist Linda Robinson and East Portland developer Ted Gilbert first unveiled their vision back in May 2008. A host of major electeds, supporters, and other bigwigs will come together for a ceremony … Read more
One step closer to getting it fixed.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Tribune and The Oregonian are both reporting that the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously today to approve a $5 vehicle registration fee that will go toward $22 million in funding to pay for reconstruction of the ailing Sellwood Bridge.