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PBOT and ODOT want to widen I-5 through the Rose Quarter. Think they should? Attend a meeting about it Thursday.(Photo © J. Maus) [Note from Publisher: Welcome to The Advocacy Roundup, a list of transportation planning and policy events in the Portland area this week. It was put together by uber-activist and Active Right of … Read more
A new plan by PBOT would convert the auto parking on this stretch of Holladay into a 10-foot wide shared auto/bike lane.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has released a new plan for how to turn NE Holladay Street into a major, two-way bikeway from the Rose Quarter Transit Center to … Read more
Volunteers gather at theBike Train Meet Up last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s grassroots movement to get kids and families to hop aboard school “bike trains” continues to grow. Last night 15 schools were represented at the second annual Bike Train Meet Up. That’s quite a jump from the four schools that were a part … Read more
Following an injury collision involving a Multnomah County Judge last month, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has re-striped the intersection of SW Terwilliger and SW Condor. Here’s how the intersection looked prior to the new treatment: (Photo: PPB) And here’s how it looks now (photo sent in by reader):
The Bosworth family at a news conference yesterday.(Photo: FindMark.org) It’s been a while since I shared any news about Mark Bosworth, the 54-year-old man who went missing from a Cycle Oregon campsite in Riddle on September 16th. While there are no solid leads or major developments to share at this time; there are several updates … Read more
“This project is very risky. We shouldn’t gamble by skipping the steps provided by Oregon’s land use process.”— Mara Gross, Coalition for a Livable Future This morning the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN) and the Coalition for a Livable Future (CLF) announced an appeal of Metro’s decision last month to pass the project’s Land Use … Read more
This tire and many others were flatted last week due to two separate tack incidents on the popular Vancouver/Williams bikeways.(Photo: @seniortrio/Twitter) A Portland resident concerned about the recent incidents of tacks being thrown into bikeways on N Williams and Vancouver Avenues, has announced a $500 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction … Read more
The Waterfront path is the busiest in the entire region.(Photo © J. Maus) Metro has released its “2011 Trail Use Snapshot” report. The report (PDF here) is an analysis of local trail usage data complied by the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project from 2008 to 2010. Among the 25 multi-use paths (I prefer that … Read more
Screen grab of trailer for new documentary about cargo bikes. Welcome to Monday. Here are the stories that caught my eye this past week… — Big news in Richmond Virginia. That city has been selected to host the 2015 UCI World Championships Road Race. That’s a very big deal. Organizers estimate the event will generate … Read more
Sheets of rain didn’t stop big crowds from showing up to Sunday Parkways Northeast.(Photos © J. Maus)
The Cielo by Chris King entry and the Tsunehiro/Silas Beebe entry (R) roll on Skyline Blvd during the 50-mile Field Test. The bikes took 3rd and 2nd places respectively.(Photos © J. Maus) Tony Pereira of Portland-based Pereira Cycles took home top honors for the 2011 Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge. The event, which was a … Read more
View looking westbound on Hawthorne Bridge. The Portland Police Bureau are reporting that a collision occurred last night on the Hawthorne Bridge. 32-year-old Mark Landers was operating a motorcycle (with passenger Jocelyn Shirley) and was headed westbound when he lost control and struck the curb just before the start of the bridge. His motorcycle then … Read more