This just in… Mountain Bicyclists Congratulate Portland on Platinum Award, Seek Better Trails IMBA and Portland United Mountain Pedalers wish to congratulate the city of Portland on achieving the League of American Bicyclists’ Platinum Bicycle Friendly Community award, the first large city in the country to be awarded this status. Portland is a community that … Read more
Check out this cool and short (1:46) YouTube video from City Council candidate Chris Smith. He gives an overview of his strategy to make Portland into America’s sustainability leader:
Bikes parked in front of the Smith Memorial Student Union on the campus of PSU.(Photo © J. Maus) May is shaping up to be quite a month for bike events in Portland. The City of Portland has already begun their festivities, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) will kick off their first-ever Walk and Bike Challenge … Read more
The stretch of SE Clinton where the collision occurred.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in August, I reported on a disturbing road-rage case where Johnny Eschweiler intentionally ran down Ben Ramsdell while he rode his bike on Clinton Street in Southeast Portland (Eschweiler also ended up colliding with a second person on a bike, Timothy Mastne). … Read more
Metro Council President David Bragdon — seen here at the Platinum press conference on Tuesday — has big plans for trails in our region.(Photos © J. Maus) Metro — an elected regional government that manages everything from parks and trails to solid waste and the Oregon Zoo — has launched a new effort to improve … Read more
Rob Widmer finished ahead of his brother Kurt — who drove the silver Acura in the background.(Photos © J. Maus) May is National Bike Month and this morning the City of Portland’s Transportation Options Division kicked off their festivities with a bike/car commute challenge. The event pitted Rob and Kurt Widmer (founders of Portland-based Widmer … Read more
In this photo taken in March,Blumenauer gets ready to ride in front of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington DC.(Photo © J. Maus) In some ways Portland’s Platinum designation is more important for America than it is for our city. What the award does is to provide inspiration and an example to cities around … Read more
[Update: Download the presentation given by Commissioner Adams today at City Council (6MB, PDF)…or watch it on YouTube.] Adams making his case to City Council.(Bad phone photo) City Council is poised to hear an ordinance this morning that will authorize PDOT to “enter into a contract with Max J. Kuney Construction, owner of the old … Read more
Download article here (115 kb PDF)Copyright 2008 by John Schubert and reprinted with permission from Adventure Cyclist magazine In the April issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine, technical editor John Schubert writes that “poorly designed” bike lanes were to blame for the recent deaths of Tracey Sparling and Brett Jarolimek. In, Portland’s Agony: Two cyclists died … Read more
The mix of attendees at today’s press conference illustrated one of the main reasons Portland has catapulted above all other American cities on its way to achieving Platinum. We have stitched together a diverse coalition of activists, agencies, companies, advocates and organizations — all working together to move biking forward.
News Conference from: Portland Office of Transportation LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS NAMES PORTLAND A “PLATINUM” LEVEL BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY News conference is scheduled for today: 10:00 AM – Tuesday, April 29 Downtown Bike Gallery 1001 SW Salmon Street The coveted designation of “Bicycle Friendly Community,” given at levels from Bronze to Platinum, recognizes those communities … Read more
This photo was taken at Bridge Pedal in August of 2005. The “Sam” is City Commissioner Sam Adams, who has made achieving Platinum a priority.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland has gone Platinum. The League of American Bicyclists will officially announce later today that Portland has become the first major city in America to be designated … Read more