Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to Part Three of our six-part, guest article series on bike sharing in Portland. The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. Yesterday, Tom shared his initial impressions on bike sharing systems from a recent trip to Scandinavia. In … Read more
Leaves where bikes like to be.(Photo: Elly Blue) Every fall in Portland, mounds of leaves pile up on neighborhood streets, creating slippery conditions on road shoulders and sidewalks. Yesterday the Oregonian featured a story about a new “leaf tax” being considered by Mayor-elect Sam Adams that would create “leaf districts” in areas of the city … Read more
The CCC, known for their work with kids, will seek to broaden their impact into underserved parts of the city.(Photo © J. Maus) The Community Cycling Center plans to launch a new project in 2009 that will seek to broaden the scope of their mission into ethnically diverse and low-income communities in North and Northeast … Read more
A cross-section detail of proposed design of NE Cully Street shows 8 1/2-foot wide cycle-track. Note: Not shown is a wide pedestrian walkway. See below for fully cross-section.
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) has been re-elected as the House GOP leader. This is the same John Boehner who ridiculed Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s bike commuter tax when it was included as part of an Energy Bill back in December of 2007. After suggesting that Blumenauer recuse himself from voting on the bill (because he rides … Read more
“I will work to provide states and local governments with the resources they need to address sprawl and create more livable communities.”— President-elect Obama, in a letter to T4 America President-elect Barack Obama has responded to an online petition circulated by national advocacy group Transportation For America (remember them?). T4 America reported on their blog … Read more
Now Portlanders can roam (or ride) without worry at the annual Peacock Lane holiday lights show. (Photo © J. Maus) Each year, for the last two weeks of December, residents of the little-traveled Southeast Portland street, Peacock Lane, deck out their houses with elaborate holiday light displays and invite the public to come enjoy the … Read more
“We’re not going to put our blinders on and say ‘no, we refuse to talk about it’.”–BTA lobbyist Karl Rohde One of the many interesting conversations that we’ll follow in the upcoming legislative session is the concept of a bike tax. We shared news of the tax last week and reported that the Bicycle Transportation … Read more
A Queen Bee wallet. BikeCraft IV is right around the corner and we’ve got a fantastic line-up of new and returning vendors you will not want to miss. Since we last profiled several of this year’s confirmed BikeCraft vendors, more creative, bike loving folks have stepped up wanting to share their wares. Here’s a sampling…
Tom Miller riding in the 2006 Bridge Pedal.(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to the first in a six-part series; Bike-share in Portland: A status report. The author of this guest article series is Tom Miller. Miller is the current Chief of Staff for Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams and he’ll follow Adams into the Mayor’s … Read more
A banner for the BTA’s campaign seenat an event this summer.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in August, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) announced that Going Street would be the focus of their first major effort to create a new bike boulevard in Portland. Since then, BTA staffer Emily Gardner has been busy shoring up neighborhood … Read more
The new CETMAcargo bike from Eugene.(Photos courtesy Lane Kagay)