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Devoted bike advocate and transportation guru Chris Smith will take part in a City Club debate tomorrow.(Photo © J. Maus) You’ve got some important choices to make in this election, so why not wait a few days before making up your mind? Tomorrow is the big City Club debate featuring the six candidates vying for … Read more
As many of you who already know, all sorts of interesting things can be seen while riding around a city. I’ve been trying to snap photos of random sights on the bikeways around Portland more often. Here are three things that caught my eye in the past few days…
Cover of the newsletter. “Public Safety” is the theme of a special edition of the City of Beaverton’s Your City newsletter (Beaverton is about 7 miles southwest of Portland). When BikePortland reader Alan Bennett read through it he was shocked to see that under the heading of, Riding Safe: Bicycle Tips, it was recommended that … Read more
Commissioner Adams during an interview in October 2007.(Photo © J. Maus) In a letter sent out this morning to subscribers of his email newsletter, City Commissioner Sam Adams summed up PDOT’s budget woes and made some final statements on the defunct Sauvie Island Bridge re-use plan (I think the statement will also be published as … Read more
“If I was not running for Mayor and challenging City Hall’s spending, my opponent would have continued to ram-rod this pet project through”–Sho Dozono Not surprisingly, Commissioners Adams’ opponent in the race for mayor, Sho Dozono, has issued a statement in response to Adams’ decision to pull the plug on the plan to re-use the … Read more
Green thermoplastic material has just been re-applied (it used to be blue) on this bike lane at SE 7th just before Morrison.(Photos © J. Maus)
I’ve got a thing for Hungary. My wife Juli was born there and we’ve visited her family several times (they live in Budapest). The old-world romanticism, the food, the history — I just love being there. I also like catchy, bike-related PSAs that use creative hooks to get the message across. I’ve highlighted several in … Read more
An Obama spoke card in Portland, via Los Angeles and New Orleans.(Photos © J. Maus) Local news outlets are reporting that Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, is headed to Portland. No specific details about his visit have been announced but he’s expected to be in Portland later this week. Sen. Obama … Read more
Adams addressed the media in his office this morning.(Photos © J. Maus) In a cramped meeting room in his office a few minutes ago, Commissioner Adams explained how rising gas prices have impacted PDOT’s transportation budget and that the Sauvie Island Bridge span reuse project is the first casualty. Standing next to PDOT Director Sue … Read more
“I don’t feel comfortable moving forward at this point.”–Commissioner Sam Adams City of Portland Commissioner Sam Adams will announce tomorrow (5/7) that he will pull the plug on a plan to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span as a bicycle and pedestrian crossing over I-405 in Northwest Portland.
PSU’s new President Wim Wiewel.(Photo: PSU) Portland State University’s new President Wim Wiewel (pronounced “vim veeval”) should fit right in at the downtown campus. Wiewel professed his love of bikes in recent stories published by the Oregonian and the Associated Press. The Oregonian reported that Wiewel is from Amsterdam and that, “he says Portland feels … Read more
Reader David Seifert sent in this photo. Ballots are out and some Portlanders are already casting their votes in a landmark election that will remake Portland City Hall. I’ve been lacking a bit in political coverage but I hope to rectify that in the next few days (hold on to those ballots!).