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A show of momentum in and of itself, the invite-only group that showed up to the Gateway Green “Kick the Dirt” event included a wide range of stakeholders — from agencies like ODOT and PBOT to citizen activists and trail planning experts.(Photos © J. Maus)
Chris Smith [This article was written by Chris Smith. Chris is a multi-modal transportation advocate who writes regularly on PortlandTransport.com. In the late 1990s he helped win neighborhood approval of the NW Bikeways plan that established the bicycle network in NW Portland and the Pearl District. He currently serves as chair of the Streetcar Citizens … Read more
BikePortland managing editor Elly Blue is in the courtroom today for day one of the Phil Sano Trial. Sano and his lawyer John Gutbezahl are at the Multnomah County Courthouse to fight charges of criminal resisting arrest brought against Sano by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office. The judge assigned to the case is Youlee … Read more
At the shop’s opening night back in December.(Photos © J. Maus) Custom Bicycles of Portland, a high-end, custom bike retail shop and fitting studio that opened in Northwest Portland back in December, is closing its doors. Owner Adam Reiser says the “perfect storm” of a bleak local and national economic picture hit his business hard. … Read more
Have no fear, bike hero is here! Is there someone in a mask, riding around Portland offering help to bikers in need? According to a message on the Shift email list last night, there just might be: “Hey, does anyone know who this “bike phantom” character is? I was riding on NE 33rd last night … Read more
Outside Ira’s shop.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) On Saturday, Portland bike builder Ira Ryan hosted an “Open Shop” event. Ryan, a former bike messenger who grew up in Iowa, billed the event as a chance to, “visit and see where I work, see some new bikes I have been working on, or just talk about … Read more
Lots of news this past week. Here we go… Memorial for Kevin Black in Ballard, WA(Photo by Hugger Industries) – Transportation for America reports that attempts to strip the transit funding from the federal stimulus package have been unsuccessful — for now. Transit funding still makes up only about 1% of the package, despite increasing … Read more
Senator Jim DeMint Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) introduced an amendment last night that would prohibit funding of “bicycle routes” and paths from the economic stimulus package that’s working its way through Capitol Hill right now. According to staffers in Representative Earl Blumenauer’s office who are following the bill closely, Sen. DeMint’s amendment was supported in … Read more
Veer movie poster. Veer, a feature length documentary film that focuses on Portland bike culture, made it’s world premiere at the Victoria Film Festival last week. The screening was the first time the film had been seen outside of Portland. Victoria resident Lauren Warbeck was at the premiere. She wrote via email that so many … Read more
[This is the second (and final) part of our In-Depth report by Libby Tucker on how bikes fit into Portland’s streetcar plans. Read the first installment here.] Yesterday, we left off with a discussion about bikeway and streetcar track design in the Pearl District. Mia Birk, a former bike coordinator for the City of Portland … Read more
If you’re looking to work at a bike shop in Portland, a great opportunity was just listed on the BikePortland Job Listings. Learn more about it here: Salesperson/Mechanic — Veloce Bicycles
Cross-section detail of new bike/ped improvements on Morrison Bridge.(Currently, there is only a 5-foot sidewalk.) An estimated $3.2 million project to improve the bike and pedestrian facilities on the Morrison Bridge — that was first identified in 1994 (yes, 1994) — is finally set for construction. Today I confirmed with Multnomah County (they own the … Read more