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Time for the Monday news roundup! Critical Mass vindicated; freeway and budget sinkholes; carfree cities go mainstream; James Dean – NY Times columnist David Brooks’ rant in favor of sprawling suburbs sparked a large number of interesting letters to the editor. – Obama has named Adolfo Carrión Jr. to head the newly created White House … Read more
The Burnside Bridgehead site. An article published Friday in the Portland Business Journal makes short reference to some very interesting news about the Burnside Bridgehead project site. The four acre site (at the northwest corner of the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and E. Burnside) was initially planned to be a gateway to … Read more
Portland’s Safer Routes to Schools program encourages kids to ride to school — but budget cuts loom.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland’s Safer Routes to Schools program is facing a steep drop in its funding for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. In the past two years (Portland’s fiscal year goes from July 1 to … Read more
Friday (2/20) Portland’s 1st Kidical Mass in June, 2008(Photos © J. Maus) Kidical Mass Kids are traffic, too! Kidical Mass is a celebration of family bicycling. Training wheels, tagalongs, and trailers are all welcome on this easy-going, short, legal family ride. Be sure to bring lights and warm clothes. All families are encouraged to attend. … Read more
State Rep. Jules Bailey Newly elected Oregon State Representative from Southeast Portland, Jules Bailey, has introduced a bill into the legislature that would create a new vehicle weight class for non-motorized vehicles weighing under 50 pounds — such as bicycles (we think that weight might be too low with some of today’s new cargo bikes, … Read more
“[The OTC showed a] cautious willingness to consider the possibility that local bike, pedestrian and transit projects might just be as “shovel ready” as ODOT’s existing list.” — Bob Stacey, 1000 Friends of Oregon The Governor-appointed Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) was set to make a decision on how Oregon would spend it’s federal economic stimulus … Read more
The City wants to know more aboutbiking in the Storm of 2008.–Take the survey–(Photo © J. Maus) Mayor Adams’ office has just released a survey titled, Bicycle Transportation During the Storm of December 2008. The survey (take it online here) comes after their initial Winter Storm Response Survey, released back in January, failed to mention … Read more
Logo for 2009 Oregon Bike Summit Since its humble beginnings back in 2006, the Oregon Bike Summit has steadily grown into an important event for anyone working to make Oregon, “The Land Bicycles Dream About”. This year, the event will continue that growth and take a big step in its evolution. Following in the footsteps … Read more
We had another great opportunity listed on the BikePortland Job Listings this week. Learn more about it here: Territory Sales Rep — EPGroup Inc.
Frank Selker(Photo © J. Maus) Frank Selker, the man with the mountain bike plan for Forest Park, is just 20 people shy of his goal to get 100 new, mountain-bike loving Portlanders to join the Forest Park Conservancy (FPC). When we checked in with Frank last month, he was halfway to his goal. Today, he … Read more
(Photo still from Streetfilms/Clarence Eckerson) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation for their work in encouraging seniors to adopt a healthy lifestyle. A key component of that effort is the PBOT’s Senior Cyclist Program. The Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Achievement Award was given at the … Read more
The WES has newly designed hooks, but fewer of them.(Photo: Jim Parsons) TriMet’s new Westside Express (WES) commuter service officially opened at the end of January to big celebrations, but people that showed up to ride the train with their bikes in tow, quickly found that the WES has less — as in, less hooks … Read more