One thing that makes the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project such a headache for policy makers, and for anyone trying to make sense of the debate, is that it involves two places with very different ideas about planning for transportation and population growth.
Governor Ted Kulongoski addressed Oregon residents with his ‘State of the State’ speech on Friday. (Photo © J. Maus) In it, he talked about how transportation is one of his top five policy priorities. He mentions the importance of funding roads and bridges, seaports, airports, and railroads. All good places to invest for sure. But … Read more
Strong, chilly winds and nearly horizontal rain did little to dampen spirits at Sunday’s fifth annual Bunny on a Bike Ride.
Monsieur Timo Forsberg at the Alice Awards.View Gallery(Photos © J. Maus) Neary 800 bike advocates from all over Oregon spent Saturday night toasting each other’s accomplishments at the 13th annual Alice Awards and Auction held at the Oregon Convention Center. The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) hosts the event and they made sure there was enough … Read more
Juli and Danica Maus at the Bunny on a Bike Ride last year.(Photos © J. Maus) Easter weekend means different things to different people. Some folks go to church and some folks ride their bikes through the city dressed up like bunnies (and I’m sure some folks do both). But before the bunnies on bikes … Read more
This article is by contributor Carl Larson. Carl previously wrote about the Zoobomb art rack project.
The City of Portland’s Bureau of Maintenance is pushing forward to improve bike/truck safety.
Bike parking at the Memorial Coliseum this morning.(Photo © J. Maus) Regrettably I won’t be inside the Barack Obama rally this morning. However, I did stop by the Coliseum on my way into the office to check out the bike parking situation. While there are definitely a lot of bikes parked illegally (a technicality, since … Read more
Cyclists in front of the Memorial Coliseum during a ride in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Volunteers working on Barack Obama’s event in Portland tomorrow at the Memorial Coliseum are scrambling to make sure they’ve got enough bike parking capacity. They’re well aware of what happened back in February when cyclists didn’t find enough parking at … Read more
The Transportation Options division of PDOT has just printed up 30,000 new city bike maps (not to be confused with Metro’s “Bike There” map). I got a look at them first-hand today thanks to long-time Options staffer and mapping guru Jeff Smith. Jeff pointed out that for the first time ever, they’ve devoted a full … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) Billing it as an, “event to celebrate Portland’s new ‘Green Space’,” the City of Portland’s Office of Transportation has just announced details of a press event next week that will draw attention to their first installation of a series of bike safety improvements around the city. The event will be held … Read more
Former PDOT bicycle coordinator and now head of a local bike planning firm, Mia Birk, wants to study the economic impact of bicycles in Oregon.(Photo © J. Maus) In the past two years, Portland’s bicycle industry and the economic impact of our bike culture has gotten plenty of attention — from the New York Times … Read more