4/25: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. See this post for the latest update. I'll work as I can and I'm improving every day! Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
(Photo © Jonathan Maus) According to an article in the Oregonian over the weekend, Portland City Council will delay their vote on the Safe, Sound, and Green Streets funding proposal one week. The vote was supposed to happen this Wednesday (1/16), but, Commissioner Sam Adams wants to put the vote on hold to work on … Read more
Congressman Earl Blumenauer addressed a crowd of supporters at the downtown Bike Gallery store Wednesday night.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Congressman Earl Blumenauer was in Portland this week to kickstart a fundraising campaign for his re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Wednesday night, Bike Gallery owner Jay Graves and bike infrastructure planning consultant Mia Birk … Read more
Portland City Council hears from a packed house.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
More bike parking might beneeded at City Hall in 2008.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Signs of a bike-friendly future in Portland can be found all over City Hall these days. For example… Commissioner Sam Adams is going to bat for bike infrastructure improvements and he’s making a serious run for mayor. Adams’ vacated Council seat could … Read more
Sho Dozono(Photo: ShoForMayor.com) By now, you’ve probably heard that City Commissioner Sam Adams’ previously smooth road to the mayor’s office has taken a major turn. Sho Dozono, a well-known and successful businessman, former head of the Portland Business Alliance, and community leader, officially filed his candidacy yesterday. Many say he poses the first real threat … Read more
Metro Councilor Robert Liberty.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) From a Press Release: Metro Councilor Robert Liberty Announces Run for Re-Election to Metro Robert Liberty, who represents people in the southern half of Portland on the Metro Council (the area’s regional government), announced his decision to run for reelection to his Metro seat. While he seriously considered … Read more
Blumenauer (shown here with Sam Adams’ chief of staff Tom Miller) visited Portland for a bike issue roundtable in July.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Former Portland City Commissioner and now U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer has garnered major media exposure in recent weeks. In early December the Oregonian profiled his rising clout on Capitol Hill. The paper … Read more
Last Friday, City Commissioner Sam Adams told the Portland Tribune that he has decided to not refer his Safe Sound and Green Streets transportation funding initiative to voters. Instead of including the proposal in the May primary elections, Adams will seek approval directly from City Council in January.
[*Updated 12/19, 9:42 am] Wednesday night at 6:00pm, (*NOTE: This Council session has been rescheduled) City Commissioner Sam Adams will present a resolution and report about bike safety to City Council that outlines “initial City policy improvements and engineering enhancements undertaken to increase bicycle safety in response to recent bicyclist fatalities.”
Congressman Earl Blumenauer introducing the Bike Commuter Act on Capitol Hill last March.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) The bike commuter tax benefit — which was introduced to Congress by Earl Blumenauer last March and passed a House vote last week — has been stripped out of the Energy Bill by the Senate. The U.S. Senate passed … Read more
Draft engineering drawing of the intersection where Tracey Sparling was killed. Last night, as part of a nearly $6 million surplus budget allocation process, Portland’s City Council approved $200,000 to fund bike safety improvements at 14 intersections. These improvements include new, colored bike boxes and bike lanes at intersections found to be dangerous and in … Read more
Rep. Krummel at a press event for the bill last summer.(Photos courtesy Krummel’s office.) Wilsonville Republican Jerry Krummel wants to give “Eric’s Law” another try. The measure (House Bill 3020, named after cyclist Eric Kautzky who was killed by a sleepy driver in 2005) would allow relatives of cyclists or pedestrians killed on Oregon’s roadways … Read more