“It’s nice spin… but it’s flat out wrong.” –Portland Mercury News Editor Amy Ruiz, on Mayor Potter’s comments about the funding for the Sauvie Island Bridge re-use plan The situation with the effort to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span in Northwest Portland is changing by the hour. The two late developments of the day … Read more
Mike Wilberding’s son Dayn, holding a jersey he wore during a memorial ride for his dadduring Cycle Oregon in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) A post to the Portland Bike Forums caught my eye the other day. It was a message from Mrs. BJ Wilberding, wife of the late Mike Wilberding. Mike was killed on August … Read more
A major bike traffic jam! Bikes as far as the eye can see. They got backed up during a lift of the Hawthorne Bridge leading into downtown Portland on Tuesday morning.(Photo: Ian Stude)
Mayor Potter listening to testimony in support of the Sauvie span at City Hall last week.(Photos © J. Maus) Mayor Potter has issued a statement to help further clarify his decision to vote against a proposal that would have allowed PDOT to turn the old Sauvie Island Bridge span into a new crossing of I-405 … Read more
“We intend to demonstrate to elected officials that there’s huge support for re-using the Sauvie span.”–the BTA’s Karl Rohde While City Hall tries to work out its differences on the effort to move the old Sauvie Island Bridge span to NW Flanders street, bike advocates and citizen activists are moving forward in a push to … Read more
This is a monthly feature to remind you that when you buy a used bike from the Community Cycling Center’s retail shop (1700 NE Alberta) you are not just getting a cool bike, you’re also helping fund their amazing education programs for low-income youth and adults.
Steve Brown of the Portland Velodrome Project hoped to build a temporary rack at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem.(Photos © J. Maus) Supporters of a new velodrome on the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem suffered a setback last week when State Parks officials said they would not provide funds for the track. The original … Read more
The former McCalls Restaurant building.(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Parks Bureau wants to re-imagine and renovate the old McCall’s Restaurant site in Waterfront Park (just south of Salmon Street Fountain). As part of their ongoing process to select someone to redevelop and manage the building, Parks officials recently concluded a series of interviews with … Read more
Paul Adkins and family (notice the kids in the trailer!) in Eugene.(Photo courtesy Paul Adkins)
State Epidemiologist Mel Kohn at a Walk and Bike to School event in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Two of the state’s top health officials are calling for Oregonians to get out of their cars — not just to save the planet, but to save themselves. Oregon’s top doc, State Epidemiologist Mel Kohn, and Lillian Shirley, … Read more
Going by bike; it’d be a sin not to.(Photo © J. Maus) In yet another sign of biking’s ascent into the mainstream, not biking was on a list of “distinctly Oregon sins” published by the Oregonian on Saturday. In an article that appeared on the front page of the O’s Living section, reporter Nancy Haught … Read more
Kids line up for a bike safety class at Prescott Elementary in Northeast Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) Acting U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Steven K. Galson will be in North Portland on Wednesday (April 9) to promote the Department of Health and Human Services’ Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative and to recognize the work of … Read more