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“We are coming out of a legislative session that really hurt us, so we need to rebuild our core support and rebuild our base in order to be able to pass something… particularly fighting the backlash and hatred that some folks feel about bicycles.” — Rob Sadowsky, BTA Executive Director With the 2011 Oregon legislative … Read more
The Springwater Corridor Trail with McClure Industries in the background.(Photo: Howie Oakes) A fiberglass product manufacturing facility that emits a hazardous air pollutant and is located adjacent to the Springwater Corridor Trail in Southeast Portland will be the subject of a public hearing on Wednesday. At issue is renewal of the Oregon Department of Environmental … Read more
The Sellwood Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus) Members of the Oregon chapter of Americans for Prosperity, an anti-tax and limited government interest group founded by David Koch and Koch Industries, showed up in force on Thursday when the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners shared their plan to raise funds to help pay for the Sellwood Bridge. … Read more
A ‘Rider of Yule’ sets off on a delivery.(Photo: Trees By Bike) Like coffee, beer, food, and fashion, you can now add trees to the list of things with a strong connection to bicycling in Portland. This holiday season, a local non-profit that plants trees and a budding business that delivers them will both put … Read more
Our friends at the Kalkhoff USA retail store in Northwest Portland will celebrate a successful first year in business this Friday. The announcement is below (RSVP is requested, see below for details): 1 Year Anniversary Party at the Kalkhoff Showroom! Please come help us celebrate our showroom’s 1 Year Anniversary on Friday, November 26th from … Read more
This image shows the existing gap in the Rock Creek Trail (green) where it intersects with Evergreen Parkway.
What happens in places that have a mandatory, all-ages helmet law on the books? Do injury rates decline? Does bike ridership go down? That’s the conventional wisdom; but is it true? Nearly three years after passing such an ordinance, the effect of Vancouver’s helmet law is difficult to ascertain. Our Vancouver correspondent Marcus Griffith took … Read more
Portland Parks will test a smoother ramp nose (black piece) as part of routine maintenance on the Esplanade.(Photos © J. Maus) Routine repairs to the guardrails of the ramps that lead to the floating portion of the Eastbank Esplanade are set to begin this monday (11/29). Also, according to Portland Parks and Recreation, the work … Read more
Kent Meyer, 78, of Hazel Dell, testified that “Our transportation system in this country is focused on the automobile, and we’re paying a price for it.”(Photo: Michael Andersen) More and more, the suburbs are making big-city bike values their own. The latest sign: Clark County, Portland’s more auto-oriented neighbor to the north, passed a 20-year, … Read more
The new Delta Ponds Bridge in Eugene in all of its “visually strking” glory.(Photos: OBEC Consulting Engineers)
This just in… our friend Mia Birk is set for a special author event at Powell’s Books: “Joyride, Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet” tells the dramatic and enlightening behind-the-scenes story of how a group of determined visionaries transformed Portland into a cycling mecca and inspired the nation, over the course of 20 years. Featuring local … Read more
Traffic through the Rose Quarter.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation released results of their 2010 bike counts today (PDF here). The counts — taken at 153 locations throughout the city — show that bike use climbed in Portland this year after a small dip in 2009. According to the report, … Read more