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Screenshot from StreetsforAllSeattle.org. A major campaign has been launched in Seattle to raise money for biking, walking and transit projects. Streets for All Seattle is the result of a new and broad coalition of labor, transportation, and environmental advocacy groups that have come together to pressure city leaders to get serious about paying for multi-modal … Read more
Detail from flyer of Bicycles for Humanity event. The collection is this Saturday (4/24) from 10am – 4pm at Washington-Monroe High School on SE 14th and Stark. This Saturday, Portlander Jenny Leonard hopes to collect 400 used bikes and send them to South Africa in a shipping container. The event comes after over a year … Read more
Is driving to a bike race all that bad?(Photo © J. Maus) This week’s question touches on a topic I’ve had many conversations about over the years. It comes from reader Steven Case: “I do most of my commuting by bike and I also do a fair amount of bike races. In some interactions I’ve … Read more
Looking west on NE Couch at 12th. Will “interested but concerned” ride on this?(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland recently polished off rolled out the latest changes on a major project in the Central Eastside. The East Burnside/Couch Couplet project turned Burnside into a one-way street going east and Couch into the main … Read more
Tonight’s open house will look at several options for improved bike access in Forest Park.(Photo © J. Maus) Tonight is the long-awaited open house to view bike trail access options recommended by the Forest Park Single Track Cycling Committee. At the event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about all the options on the table, … Read more
Biking through the cemetery.(Photo: mumblion/Flickr) A fundraising campaign has begun to pay for signage of a popular bike route through River View Cemetery. People on bikes prefer the route through River View because it’s a safe and pleasant alternative from the high-speed auto traffic on Taylor’s Ferry and other major roads nearby. Cemetery staff have … Read more
Flyer from Ed’s show last month. Tomorrow night (Tuesday, 4/20) biking will be the focus of the The Ed Forman Show, a live comedy/talk show held weekly at Dante’s in downtown Portland (1 SW 3rd Ave). I’ll be a guest on the show along with Shift volunteer and general bike fun activist extraordinaire Meghan Sinnott … Read more
Alison Hill Graves at a presentation held in the Portland Building on Thursday.(Photo © J. Maus) It’s been over a year since the Community Cycling Center embarked on an effort to better understand why Portland’s bike riding masses lack racial diversity. In a story published here back in October, CCC executive director Alison Hill Graves … Read more
The article below is a guest post by U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer. Blumenauer (right) and US DOT Sec. LaHood at the National Bike Summit.(Photo © J. Maus) When I first came to Congress in 1996, the concept of cyclists as a powerful advocacy group was, at best, near fetched. Now, almost fifteen years later, I … Read more
A section of the Springwater Trail on the Willamette River near the Sellwood Bridge that has been closed since September officially re-opens today. The Bureau of Environmental Services had been working on a sewer pipeline project that had closed the trail from SE Spokane St. to Umatilla. To celebrate the re-opening of the trail, BES … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Some European airports are beginning to resume flights today, after four days during which no air travel to or from Europe was possible due to clouds of ash from an Icelandic volcano, heavily disrupting global trade, particularly in perishable goods. Some stranded travelers have found … Read more
The following article is by Jennifer Clunie. Formerly the executive director of the New York Bicycle Coalition, Clunie has been a Portland resident for less than two weeks. She came for no other reason than to immerse herself in a city where bicycles are part of the culture. In the article below, she shares her … Read more