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Concept of Monroe/Linwood intersection.(Graphic: BTA) Yesterday, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced the winners of their 2013 Transportation and Growth Management grants. Among them is a $103,000 award that will fund the planning and design of the Monroe Street Bike Boulevard/Neighborhood Greenway project. While the dollar amount is relatively small, this grant represents a major … Read more
Three excellent job opportunities were posted to our Job Listings this week. Check them out via the links below… Account Service Representative – Chris King Precision Components Bike Builder/Mechanic – Sellwood Cycle Repair Pacific Northwest Regional Policy Manager – Safe Routes to School National Partnership
From Sandy Ridge to Forest Park, Trailfest has something for everyone.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) If you prefer riding off-road and have been curious about Portland’s mountain bike scene, this weekend was made for you. The 2013 Trailfest, an event organized by the Northwest Trail Alliance, begins tomorrow night (9/20) and continues with an entire weekend … Read more
Source: Census American Community Survey. Image by BikePortland. Portland’s hard-won status as “America’s bike capital” hasn’t looked less secure since it claimed the title in 2005. The number of Portlanders who get to work primarily by bike was statistically unchanged in 2012, ticking from 6.3 percent to 6.1 percent of the city’s working population. Across … Read more
Portland Police Chief Reese snapped this self-portrait at the Hagg Lake Triathlon back in July. Portland Police Chief Mike Reese will be hitting the streets this weekend; but he won’t be in a patrol car. He’ll be in spandex. Chief Reese will be one of over 1,000 competitors at the seventh annual Portland Triathlon, which … Read more
Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten tries out the bike locker.(Photos courtesy Janna Allgood) This is a guest article submitted by Washington County Sustainability Program Educator Janna Allgood. When it comes to amenities for people who ride bikes, Washington County learned that it pays to think strategically about who’s on your bike commuter list.
Like the project itself, anti-CRC activism is back.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) As you might have heard thanks to reporting by the Willamette Week, the Columbia River Crossing project is very much alive. Oregon legislators who once said cooperation from Washington was imperative, have conveniently scuttled that narrative and are preparing to push the project through … Read more
School’s back in session and for some folks the reminder came in the form of a traffic citation.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) During a two-week period that coincided with the start of the school year, the Portland Police Bureau issued well over 1,100 citations to people who violated traffic laws in school zones. According to PPB … Read more
New PBOT Director Leah Treat said in an interview last week that upon joining the department, she personally rewrote the hiring description to fit her goal of finding “an unconventional person” for the role.
The ways people talk about active transportation seems to be changing in Portland, both inside and outside of government.
TriMet released this image of the man who was hit and the operator who came to his aid. A man posted on Reddit this morning about his harrowing experience of being struck by a MAX train. He said it happened at a station somewhere near the northeast Portland/Gresham border and that his use of headphones … Read more
“When it comes to cycle planning and policy, all parties involved (politicians, policy-makers, practitioners, advocates, etc) should remember that they are providing for “cycling”, not “cyclists””.— Glen Koorey, University of Canterbury Reader John Lieswyn (an associate at Alta Planning + Design) emailed me a link to an amazing bit of research this morning. A 2007 … Read more