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Brother, can you spare $4 billion?(Photos © J. Maus) If you had $4 billion to spend on transportation, what would you do? Come join our very own Jonathan Maus at tomorrow night (Thursday, May 7) at 7:00pm at Roots Organic Brewery at 1520 SE 7th Ave for a game show-style debate over what kinds of … Read more
“[The Green Fund] is a pool of money that works again and again as PSU takes loans from this pool and saves money by replacing utilities with sustainable ones, to pay back to the loan.” –Brendan Castricano, PSU Student Senate Starting yesterday, Portland State University students are voting on a proposed $5 per term student … Read more
Sam Adams speaking at lastnight’s BMP Open House(Photo © J. Maus) It’s a classic story in Portland by now — you total your car, assess your options, and decide the time is right to go carfree. It looks like the latest person to play out this story will be our mayor. Mayor Adams walked away … Read more
Gather ’round folks.(Photos © J. Maus) Last night at Franklin High School, Portlanders got their first chance to kick the tires and test ride the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s update to the Bicycle Master Plan. This plan, last updated in 1996, is important to Portland’s bike future for many reasons: it will set and inform … Read more
Good spacing, a high visibility location, and cobblestones!(Photos © J. Maus) When students and staff arrive at the campus of Benjamin Franklin High School in Southeast Portland (5405 SE Woodward), they’re greeted with an important message: Bikes are respected, encouraged, and accommodated for. The message isn’t something you read on a poster. It’s implied — … Read more
With plenty of transit and bike options, there won’t be any reason to drive.(Photos © J. Maus) With the impending completion of major streetcar and light rail projects in Portland, sustainable transportation advocates are starting to think big. Chris Smith, well-known for his work as a streetcar and bike advocate and for his run at … Read more
KPTV is reporting a hit-and-run that happened yesterday at the intersection of NE 21st and Columbia (map below) in Northeast Portland. Here’s more from KPTV: “A hit-and-run driver crashed into Dahren at about 10 a.m… Linda Poppino, Dahren’s mother, said her son had been riding his bike through a crosswalk at the intersection when a … Read more
City employees flip pancakes for pedalers in Pioneer Square during Bike to Work Day festivities last year.(Photo © J. Maus) If the rain and wind has got you down…cheer up! It’s Bike to Work Month and there are free breakfasts and other events just around the corner. The City of Portland’s SmartTrips crew, the Bicycle … Read more
That’s a cool logo. I hope someonebrings me back a T-shirt. Portland Mayor Sam Adams, his Chief of Staff Tom Miller, and Bureau of Transportation traffic safety specialist Greg Raisman will visit Brussels, Belgium next week for the 29th annual Velo-city Conference. Widely regarded as the premier bicycle transportation conference in the world (the 2007 … Read more
TriMet bus operatorDan Christensen.(Photo courtesyDan Christensen) [The following guest essay was written by TriMet bus operator Dan Christensen. You might remember Dan as the guy who started a petition among bus drivers in opposition to the new bikeways through the Rose Quarter Transit Center. Shortly thereafter, I shared a letter he wrote explaining his position. … Read more
Rigoletto company members with their bikes (Photos © Elly Blue) We were pleasantly surprised a few weeks ago to receive an invitation to attend and blog about the opening night of Portland Opera’s latest production, Verdi’s Rigoletto, which opens this Friday, May 8th at 7:30pm at Keller Auditorium downtown. Sounds great, we said, but what … Read more
The City Club of Portland hosted inspiring bikes and speakers last Friday.(Photos © J. Maus) There are many signs in Portland that bikes are quickly moving beyond their fringe and “activist” labels of the past (when’s the last time you heard of Critical Mass in this city?). Families pedal our streets in increasing numbers, politicians … Read more