Obama, during his speech in Portland back in March.(Photo by Ethan Jewett/Stickeen) Local organizers for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and for Commissioner Sam Adams’ mayoral campaign will take to the streets by bike tomorrow. According to Tyler Wardwell, one of Obama’s field organizers in Multnomah County, Obama supporters will meet up at their campaign headquarters … Read more
“…if our only answer is highway expansion and not a multi-modal solution, then we are taking a step backward on global warming.”–Gov. Ted Kulongoski A few weeks ago, I pointed out that Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski’s “State of the State” address forgot to mention bicycles when the topics of of our aging transportation infrastructure, congestion, … Read more
Max J. Kuney at City Hall a few hours ago.(Photo © J. Maus) Max J. Kuney, of Kuney Construction, flew into Portland today to help save the Sauvie Island Bridge span. Sensing that the project was on life-support after yesterday’s setback at City Council, Kuney paid his own way to fly to City Hall from … Read more
[Read updates at bottom of story.] Mayor Potter, who was supposed to be tied up all this week in the labor arbitration hearing of a police lieutenant he fired, has decided to show up at the City Council meeting this morning. Besides perhaps wanting to be present at the last City Council meeting of Commissioner … Read more
Governor Ted Kulongoski addressed Oregon residents with his ‘State of the State’ speech on Friday. (Photo © J. Maus) In it, he talked about how transportation is one of his top five policy priorities. He mentions the importance of funding roads and bridges, seaports, airports, and railroads. All good places to invest for sure. But … Read more
[Via the Portland Mercury Blog] Check out City Council candidate Harold C Williams Two. He’s announced a run and bike ride he hopes will end with a job at City Hall:
Bike parking at the Memorial Coliseum this morning.(Photo © J. Maus) Regrettably I won’t be inside the Barack Obama rally this morning. However, I did stop by the Coliseum on my way into the office to check out the bike parking situation. While there are definitely a lot of bikes parked illegally (a technicality, since … Read more
Cyclists in front of the Memorial Coliseum during a ride in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Volunteers working on Barack Obama’s event in Portland tomorrow at the Memorial Coliseum are scrambling to make sure they’ve got enough bike parking capacity. They’re well aware of what happened back in February when cyclists didn’t find enough parking at … Read more
This just in from Amy Ruiz at the Portland Mercury… Mayoral candidate Sho Dozono has been stripped of public financing. Dozono is the only real challenger to Sam Adams and he has said he would drop out of the race without public funds. A brief snippet of the ruling is below: Presiding State Administrative Law … Read more
Election madness is heating up in Portland. Here’s my attempt to help keep you updated on the latest happenings…
Bike Walk Vote, which bills itself as “the political arm of the Portland area’s bicycling and walking movement”, has announced several more endorsements. This is their second round of choices, back in January they endorsed Chris Smith and Jeff Bissonnette. For Portland City Council, they have chosen to endorse Jim Middaugh and Randy Leonard. In … Read more
The streets of Washington DC, Chicago, and New York City will get better for bikes thanks to new laws. Riding on SW Broadway in downtown Portland.(Photos © J. Maus)