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Awareness of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions is on the rise.(Photos © J. Maus) A new study by NASA and a bill passed by the Oregon Senate yesterday have at least one thing in common. They both sound the alarm that transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions (a.k.a. too many cars and trucks on the road) are harmful … Read more
Jesse Cornett.(Photo © J. Maus) When Jesse Cornett threw his hat into the ring in the race for Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s seat on the Portland City Council, I immediately heard from my sources at Portland State University (where Cornett worked before leaving to run his campaign). They were ecstatic that someone with such a bike-sensitive … Read more
Former PBOT spokesperson Mary Volm is running for Portland City Council.(Photo © J. Maus) Earlier this month I dropped by a meet and greet for City Council Candidate Mary Volm. I expected to have a quick chat and introduce myself, but as luck would have it, I was able to sit down with her for … Read more
Cornett could ride his wayto 1,000 signatures.(Photo © J. Maus) City Council candidate Jesse Cornett is reportedly closing in on the 1,000 signatures and $5 donations he needs to qualify for public campaign financing. According to the Portland Mercury, Cornett is just a few hundred signatures away from the goal, putting him ahead of Jason … Read more
Washington County CommissionerDick Schouten.(Photo © J. Maus) Washington County Commissioner, former Alice B. Toeclips Award winner, and active bike advocate Dick Schouten is running (or should I say riding) for what the Beaverton Valley Times refers to as “Washington County’s top job.” Schouten announced his intentions to run for the position of chairman of the … Read more
Great poster! At an event later this month, the slew of candidates looking to unseat City Commissioner Dan Saltzman (and maybe even Saltzman himself) will face off in a “meet the candidates” forum hosted by The Portland Mercury and The Bus Project. “Candidate Olympiad” organizers have decided on three lines of questioning they’ll use to … Read more
Next week at the Capitol Building in Salem, the Senate and House Interim Judiciary Committees will hold a joint hearing. Part of the informational meeting will include “invited testimony” on the concept of Vehicular Homicide. Invited to be at the hearing are Bicycle Transportation Alliance board member Doug Parrow will be there, as will Portland … Read more
Last week I shared a story about Jesse Cornett, the former PSU staffer who’s making a run to fill Dan Saltzman’s seat on Portland City Council. I met Cornett on an organized bike ride (a common place to meet council candidates these days), but I also heard through the grapevine that he was highly savvy … Read more
Jesse Cornett on New Year’s Day.(Photos © J. Maus) The race to replace Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman continues to get interesting. A week before Christmas, the former Director of Government Relations at Portland State University and a co-founder of the blog BlueOregon, Jesse Cornett, announced his candidacy. Cornett’s decision adds an important element to … Read more
Bike parking at Franklin High School in Southeast Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer announced a new bill yesterday that would expand the existing Safe Routes to Schools program to high schools. The Safe Routes to High Schools Act would enable high schools to vie for federal grants that would help them build … Read more
Earl Blumenauer speaking on the Hawthorne Bridge back in August.(Photo © J. Maus) Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and the House Democratic Caucus have announced the formation of the Livable Communities Task Force (LCTF). Blumenauer has been named Chairman of the Task Force, which has a mission to, “…identify the ways in which the federal government … Read more
Well, it looks like Travel Oregon does have money after all to maintain their recently launched Ride Oregon Ride! website. This just in from PSU’s Institute for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation: Paid internship at Travel Oregon Travel Oregon is seeking an intern to enter route information for roads and trails into a WordPress-based cycling website. … Read more