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I’ve been meaning to post an update about how bicycles are fairing in the the Columbia River Crossing Project. A cyclist on the I-5 Bridge.(File photo) A 25 member Bike/Ped Advisory Committee has been meeting regularly for the past few months. You can learn more about who’s on the committee and read their meeting notes … Read more
As part of their monthly Debate Club series, the Bus Project and the Portland Mercury will host a bikes versus cars debate next Tuesday. The debate will include interim BTA director Scott Bricker, me, Sreya Sarkar of the Cascade Policy Institute’s Wheels to Wealth Program and Mel Zucker of the Oregon Transportation Institute. The debate … Read more
Former Mayors Bud Clark and Vera Katz.(File photo) The meaning of last Friday’s Tour of Tomorrow bike ride can be summed up by one simple fact: a majority of the Metro Council (4 of 7 members) rode the entire 40 mile, bi-state route. The ride — which was created by Oregonian columnist and Cycle Oregon … Read more
It’s been over a year since I reported on the status of an idea to re-purpose the Sauvie Island Bridge as a super-sized bicycle and pedestrian crossing over the 405 freeway at Flanders Boulevard looking East.
[Updated: 7/24, 7:34am] A bike-sharing system in Vienna.Photo: Ethan Jewett By now, everyone’s heard of the “Velib” bike-sharing program launched by Paris earlier this month. That program — whose name so poetically is formed from the French words for “bike” and “liberty” — placed 10,600 bikes at 750 stations for use by Parisians and tourists … Read more
Seems like a week can’t go by without Portland making it onto another list. If you’re keeping track, here’s two more I came across today, and they both specifically mention bike-friendliness as a reason for our inclusion. The first one I found about via Jack Bog’s Blog. He points out that the AARP has named … Read more
[Editor’s note: This story comes from first-time BikePortland correspondent Brad Upton.] The theme of daVinci Days this year was Motion and Commotion, and bikes were featured prominently in the celebration. The festival is famous for it’s Kinetic Sculpture competition every year, and this year there were lots of cool pedal powered artistic creations from all … Read more
Agent Crush never got a chanceto flex her muscles in Ashland.(File photo) The Sprockettes tour is off to a memorable start. The ladies rolled into the southern Oregon city of Ashland last Thursday hoping to liven up the town with an impromptu performance in Lithia Park. Unfortunately, a few of Ashland’s men in blue didn’t … Read more
This morning on the Burnside Bridge.(File photo) As the photo at right (which I snapped this morning) can attest, bike fun on the Burnside Bridge will have to wait a few weeks. The bridge was expected to be closed to all motorized vehicle traffic for the next three weeks but now plans have changed. Here’s … Read more
[Updated at 12:39pm] Women compete at PIR series.(File photo) The local road racing community is worried about the decline in the number of women racers. To reverse the trend, they’ve stepped up their outreach efforts and launched an online survey find out the cause. The number of women racers has dwindled so much in recent … Read more
(File photo) I’m curious what everyone’s experience was with Pizza A Go Go‘s Free Slice for Cyclists promotion. I stopped twice over the weekend with my family (I only ordered two slices) and both times I could tell the employees had given away lots of free slices. The first time, the employee jokingly said he, … Read more
[Updated: 7/23, 9:01am] Scott Bricker(File photo) Earlier today, the BTA announced that Executive Director Evan Manvel had left the organization. Now the BTA Board of Directors has named Scott Bricker as their interim leader. According to the BTA Blog, “Bricker has committed to leading the organization through the end of the year, when he and … Read more