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The CCC’s Neal Armstrong featured on WWeek.com. The Willamette Week’s annual Give!Guide issue has hit the streets, and this year you’ll find three bikey non-profits have been included. The Community Cycling Center, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, and Bikes to Rwanda are among the 50 local non-profits chosen to participate in this special fundraising program.
The “Enforcement” slide from a presentation by PDOT at last night’s bike safety forum.View entire presentation here Last night in the Portland Building, Commissioner Adams and his Bike Safety Committee heard public testimony on bike safety issues and gave a presentation titled “Bike Safety in Portland” (view presentation). From all reports (I was not able … Read more
This is why I love Portland’s ‘cross scene.(Photos: Kenji Sugahara) Regrettably, I wasn’t able to attend last weekend’s cyclocross debauchery out at Estacada Timber Park (30 miles southeast of downtown Portland). Not only was it the sixth stop in the Cross Crusade series, but the event also crowned the King and Queen of single speed … Read more
Here’s a sneak peek at a new public service announcement made to go along with PDOT’s “See & Be Seen” campaign. The short and sweet film (a love story about visibility) was created (and donated to PDOT) by filmmaker Savannah Teller Brown of Teller Films. It will debut tomorrow at PDOT’s monthly Bicycle Brown Bag … Read more
Matthew Machado of PDOT traffic operations.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) At last night’s meeting of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee, PDOT unveiled their initial concepts for adding new bike boxes and blue bike lanes to fourteen Portland intersections. Commissioner Adams dropped in on the meeting and said he wants to move “quickly but prudently” and hopes … Read more
According to media reports, late last night a bicyclist was involved in a head-on collision with a car in Milwaukie, a city that borders Portland to the south. Here’s a snip from the Oregonian: “Gabriel Lee King, 20, of Arcadia, Calif., was riding north on the southbound shoulder of Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard about 5:15 p.m. … Read more
Press conference Friday, 12:30 at City Hall. Rally Saturday, 12 noon at Salmon Street Fountain. More info here. In the wake of a tragic October that revealed chinks in Portland’s bike-friendly armor, community members have come together and planned a press conference and rally under the banner of “We are all traffic”. On Friday there … Read more
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA), which has “exclusive jurisdiction to review all governmental land use decisions”, has issued an opinion on the SK Northwest case. Their decision (dated November 8th) to “remand” the case means it will now be sent back to the City of Portland for further review. (You can view … Read more
Stay warm in style with S’mittens.See them and lots more at BikeCraft! I hope you plan to join us for the third annual BikeCraft this Thursday night (11/15). The assemblage of cycle-inspired artists is something you just won’t get to experience anywhere else. BikeCraft is on the same night as PDOT’s See and Be Seen … Read more
(File photo) I had symbolic experience on my way into work today. Symbolic of a major barrier we (as people who use bicycles as our primary form of transportation) face in bringing the primarily motor-vehicle-driving public under our tent. This barrier is some cyclist’s attitude toward traffic laws, and their response to other cyclists when … Read more
At the intersection of N. Interstate and Greeley.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Nearly a month passed since we lost Brett Jarolimek, but signs of his life and actions spurred by his passing continue. The Bike Gallery (where Brett worked) has established a memorial fund in his honor. The fund will, “support the cause of bicycle safety … Read more
Last Friday at City Hall, Commissioner Sam Adams hosted a meeting to discuss the enforcement issues that have caused frustration and outrage in the bike community and a public relations crisis for the Police Bureau. At the table were representatives from the Police Bureau including both Chief Sizer and Assistant Chief Lynnae Berg, along with … Read more