Screen shot from KVAL-TV video.(Watch video here) My story about Senator Floyd Prozanski’s intention to expand Oregon’s mandatory helmet law has gained steam. It was sent out on the AP newswire this morning and outlets across the state have picked it up. I’ve done several media interviews about it today, and while doing some background … Read more
Atkinson testifying in support of the Fixed Gear Brake bill during a hearing in Salem in March 2007. His shirt reads, “Ride a fixed gear, go to jail.”(Photo © J. Maus) Oregon state Senator Jason Atkinson (R-Central Point) — an avid cyclist and a regular supporter of bike-related legislation in Salem — was accidently shot … Read more
All sales of this poster will be donated to the Brett Jarolimek Memorial Fund.(Stencil design by Roll Hardy) Locally owned and operated Stumptown Printers has decided to donate all proceeds of their series of limited edition bike posters to local non-profit groups and a fund that raises money for bike safety programs. One of the … Read more
Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski gave the keynote address at a sustainable transportation conference in Portland this morning.(Photo © J. Maus) An invite-only conference at the Portland Art Museum today and tomorrow is looking at the future of sustainable transportation and urban design in American cities. Dubbed Meeting of the Minds, the event is, “designed to … Read more
Karl Hugo and his daughter Lula. Two weeks ago, Southeast Portland resident Karl Hugo was gravely injured when he rode through the intersection of SE 50th and Lincoln Street and collided with a truck. After the crash, Hugo was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit at the OHSU where he arrived in a coma, with … Read more
Today’s edition of Roll Call, a newspaper that has covered Capitol Hill for over half a century, makes it official; bikes are now on the radar of our nation’s lawmakers like never before. In the “Heard on the Hill” column, the paper writes that,
The National Bike Bill is headed to a vote in the Senate Committee on Commerce Science, and Transportation this Thursday (7/31) and the League of American Bicyclists is asking its members to take action. The bill (House Congressional Resolution 305) was introduced by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) back in February and passed a House vote … Read more
The City of Portland has just announced their plans to celebrate the recent designation of Portland as a Platinum-level bicycle friendly community. The event will be held at City Hall this next Thursday (8/7).
Short Track series organizer Kris Schamp.(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Race Series, which wrapped up its six-race series at Portland International Raceway (PIR) last night, has tallied a record number of participants. Event founder and organizer Kris Schamp reports that for the first time ever, there were over 400 entries … Read more
Suli Yu, a reporter for Voice of America, working in SE Portland this morning.(Photo © J. Maus) Even though recent local and national headlines have portrayed an image of uneasiness and tension between bikes and cars on Portland’s roadways, our bike scene is also getting plenty of positive attention. I just spent a few hours … Read more
“The city is allowing us to discourage cars from using Alberta with signs and posters asking them not to drive on the street during Last Thursday.”–Magnus Johannesson, Alberta Street neighborhood activist and business owner. The City of Portland, TriMet, and a neighborhood activist are moving forward on an effort to discourage cars from driving on … Read more
The BTA’s Angela Koch showed up at the Mountain Bike Short Track races at Portland International Raceway last night wearing these beauties…