The CLF wants you to think about a Climate Smart CRC. There’s a lot going on with the Columbia River Crossing project. The much-anticipated Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been released and we are now in a 60-day public comment period (that ends July 1st). Comments on the DEIS will help regional decision makers choose … Read more
With just over one week left before ballots are due, here are my thoughts on the race to fill Seat #2 on Portland’s City Council. Nick Fish(Photos © J. Maus) Jim Middaugh
Over the weekend, Seattle P-I columnist Joel Connelly traveled to Bend (175 miles SE of Portland) to cover Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign visit. In a column he published this morning, Connelly wrote: Sen. Barack Obama talked wistfully about taking a bicycle ride in the high Oregon desert, but plunged back into what is both a … Read more
A friend of Erik Davidson’s — the man who was critically injured in a hit-and-run on Saturday — has left a comment with an update on his condition and details about how the community can help. Here’s what Brina Bolanz writes about Davidson’s condition:
A guy on a bike — not a “self-serving”, “agenda driven”, “bike commuter”.(Photo © J. Maus) A Portland blog that covers “gentrification and other problems” has published an article about “bike commuters” that I found interesting and wanted to share. It also brought up some thoughts of mine on how people tend to lump “bike … Read more
[Updated: 8:31am, 2:13pm, Monday 10:13am) – Please see end of story for updates.] Jeremy Jordan was arrested Saturday afternoon.(PPB booking photo) The Portland Police Bureau’s Major Crash Team was called to the scene of a serious injury hit-and-run that occurred at 2:44 am this morning (Saturday, 5/10) at the 6900 block of NE Fremont St. … Read more
Bike traffic on the Hawthorne Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus) Bicycling Magazine has released their list of the “Best Cities for Cycling” and Portland is once again on top. Here’s what Bicycling’s Brian Fiske writes about Portland in their June issue:
After a downtown time-trial on Tuesday, racers will tackle Mt. Tabor.(Photos © J. Maus) The sixth annual Mt. Hood Cycling Classic will kick-off in Portland early next week. The event be the most prestigious professional cycling race ever held in the city. Race director Chad Sperry says the race will be a qualifier for the … Read more
Green bike lanes, like this one on SE 7th in Portland, are also being installed in Seattle.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland isn’t the only city in the region to go green for bikes. The Seattle Department of Transportation installed that city’s first green bike lanes earlier this week. According to a press release from SDOT, … Read more
One Million Bicycles, the ambitious event that plans to hold 100 bike rallies in 50 states and recycle and donate 1 million bikes by August 2009, is rolling full steam ahead. Organizer and author/activist Joe “Metal Cowboy” Kurmaskie is assembling his staff, registration is now open at OneMillionBicycles.org and a kick-off video has just been … Read more
Exchange Cycle Tours — who led a ride to Kelly Point last month — will lead the Butte Buster Challenge on Saturday.(Photo: Matt Picio) Here’s a listing of some of the bike events and rides happening in and around Portland this weekend. Major thanks are due to the all-powerful Shift Calendar. If you know of … Read more
Event flyer.Click to enlarge (390k, jpg). I get a lot of emails here at BikePortland.org headquarters — but yesterday was the first time I ever got one from a Deacon. It was a personal invitation from Deacon Thomas Gornick, Director of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Portland, to attend “the Blessing of the Bikes to … Read more