On the waterfront I got home from DC late Saturday night. I had an invigorating ride home from the airport and woke up to warm, bright sunshine. I spent Sunday with my family and managed to get a few minutes on a bike. I took a quick spin around the block with Danica (my one … Read more
I was included in an email forward today that linked to an interesting device called a “bicycle barometer” recently installed in Italy. The story and photos were posted to a website that covers urban transport and mobility in Europe.
With 20 representatives, Oregon boasted the second largest contingent of attendees at the National Bike Summit (California led the way with 50). Below is a group portrait, followed by the names and affiliations of each person:
Shannon Bryant ofShimano Marketing At the closing ceremony of the National Bike Summit, the Shimano marketing duo of Shannon Bryant and David Lawrence hit the stage to tell the story of Coasting. Shimano embarked on this initiative five years ago when they teamed up with premier product design group IDEO. That was the start of … Read more
Wednesday was the inaugural session of the new Share the Road Safety Class. This new class can be completed in lieu of paying fines for certain bicycle, pedestrian and motor vehicle infractions. BikePortland reader Lev Tsypin, who runs Level Online Strategy, was in that first class and wrote up an account of his experiences (edited … Read more
The following jobs were posted in the last week.
Brad Upton from Corvallis. Here at the Summit we do a fair amount of introductions. Every meeting, every new person we meet. Usually we say our names and what organizations we represent. It all quickly becomes a blur, until the refreshing introduction of first-time attendee Brad Upton, “Hi, I’m Brad from Corvallis Oregon. I’m just … Read more
I like cobbles. I’m sitting in a Barnes & Noble in downtown DC (just off Pennsylvania Ave.). It’s 10:30pm. My day started 17 hours ago. I got up at sunrise to finish some stories and be early to our rally that began at 8:00am up on Capitol Hill. Now my shoes and socks are damp … Read more
On Capitol Hill, the House offices and the Senate offices are on separate sides of the Capitol building. The distance between the two is about 1/2 a mile. That’s not much, but when you’ve got a full day of meetings, tired feet, and not much time to spare, it’s nice to get a lift.
Jerry Norquist makes his case. House Congressional Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and John Duncan (R-TN) held a special roundtable hearing on Capitol Hill today. The topic was bicycle tourism. DeFazio is the Chair and Duncan is the Ranking Member of the House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jim Oberstar at the mic, withEarl Blumenauer in the background. Congressman Jim Oberstar, the Grand Man of bicycles in Washington, made his annual speech to a packed room of Bike Summit attendees at an early morning rally today. Oberstar shared his perspective on the bicycle movement in America by saying, “When we first got here, … Read more
Congressman Earl Blumenauer introducing his Bike Commuter Act at the House Office Building. Members of the Oregon contingent in the background.