Racers young and old help OBRA toast 2009
The future of bicycle racing in Oregon.From L to R: Liz Cartwright, Brian Fawcett, Fiona Graham, Keith Fawcett, Hannah McDade, Grant McElroy, Naiqwan Pelman.(Photos © J. Maus)
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Morrison Bridge bikeway project delayed until late February
Not quite done.(Photo: Adams Carroll) It was supposed to already be open, but Multnomah County spokesperson Mike Pullen tells us that the long-awaited bikeway improvements on the Morrison Bridge won’t be ready until late February. The project was originally slated for completion in mid-December of last year, but Pullen says the County’s contractor has submitted … Read more
PBOT preps projects for potential federal stimulus
A project to install more sharrows in downtown Portland could benefit from potential stimulus funds.(Photo © J. Maus) As lawmakers in Washington D.C. contemplate a second major federal stimulus bill, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is working on a list of projects that would be ready to go if and when funding becomes available. PBOT … Read more
Police Bureau budget cuts could lead to more officers on bikes
Portland’s Mounted Patrol Unit.(Photo: Police Bureau) The Portland Police Police Bureau, like all City bureaus, is facing another year of budget cuts. The PPB must reduce their budget for the coming year by 2% (other, non public safety bureaus have to cut 4%). One idea that has been proposed is to dissolve their Mounted Patrol … Read more
Photo of the Week: The landscaping trike
(Photo © Elly Blue) Walking past the Concordia University campus in Northeast Portland recently, I spotted this cargo trike converted to a landscaping truck.
Greenway Trail in the mix of Centennial Mills redevelopment
Centennial Mills as it sits today on the west bank of Willamette.(Photo: PDC) Next Tuesday (1/19), the Portland Development Commission will hold a public open house for their Centennial Mills redevelopment project. This project is important to anyone who cares about Portland’s bike network because running smack dab through the parcel to be redeveloped is … Read more
Ballot measure in Damascus would prohibit public mass transit
“To insure that the City of Damascus is open as much as possible to the free flow of vehicular traffic and citizen travel within the city…” — Text from a ballot measure that would prohibit public mass transit in Damascus A ballot measure to be voted on in March in the city of Damascus, Oregon … Read more
Editorial: My year as a woman in a city of bikes
But even here in Portland, particularly in parts of the bike scene with a strong connection with sports and business, assumptions about gender often remain unquestioned. February: I am asked to volunteer on a committee for a bicycle organization “because we need more women.” The person who invites me says that he had been frantically … Read more
Velodrome part of leading Memorial Coliseum proposal
Cross section of the MARC (there’s a velodrome in there somewhere. The City of Portland recently ended its call for concepts to redevelop the Memorial Coliseum. There were 80 different concepts received — ranging from a world class bowling arena to “a museum that celebrates the bygone era of the automobile.” Among the concepts, there … Read more
Brussels, benchmarks, and Portland’s 2030 Bicycle Plan
Who knew the Charter of Brussels would figure so prominently in Portland’s Bicycle Plan?(Photo: Greg Raisman) Benchmarks are important in order to know whether or not a plan is successful, especially when a plan — like the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 — has a 20-year horizon. That plan has a highly-publicized goal of 25% … Read more
The Monday Roundup
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: China, car capital of the world; Tweeting and driving; immobilizing the poor; Potestio speaks; Jacquie Phelan speaks; garbage bikes; burning cars; motorized wheelchairs on the loose. – The high-profile “road rage doctor” case has concluded; ER doctor Christopher Thompson, who was found guilty of intentionally slamming … Read more
Guest article: The 12-year struggle to tame the Morrison Bridge
If Phil Goff had his way, his “Greenway Esplanade” concept would have transformed the Morrison Bridge into a biking and walking oasis. It didn’t quite turn out that way.(Concept drawing by Phil Goff)