“We have learned how to survive, now we really need to learn how to live.” –Gil Penalosa at the Carfree Conference last Tuesday
I have finally gotten a chance to upload my audio recording of Gil Penalosa’s keynote address to the Towards Carfree Cities Conference at Portland State University last Tuesday.
Penalosa’s speech and presentation garnered a standing ovation from a room full of the best and brightest minds in the international livable cities movement. His words — spoken in the context of a major shift in the transportation mindset of city leaders throughout the world — were the perfect way to kick off the five-day conference.[Read more…]
“I seriously disagree with… taking an entire neighborhood and denying them the use of their cars, which I think is an evil thing to do to people, even if just for one Sunday.” –talk show host Lars Larson
In the interview (mp3 below) Ms. Sinnott provides a textbook example on how to handle someone with a pro-car mentality who is opposed to the ideas and concepts that define the livable streets and carfree movements.[Read more…]
With 840,000 motor vehicles entering into New York City’s central business district each day, New York City has its share of challenges in creating livable, safe and people-friendly streets.
But thanks to a burgeoning collaborative effort between advocates and bureacrats, New York City is in the midst of a streets renaissance.
This morning, Carfree Conference attendees got a look inside this renaissance from several leaders of the “livable streets movement”.[Read more…]
During his inspiring keynote speech at the Carfree Conference yesterday, Gil Penalosa gave Portlanders a lot to think about.
Penalosa is the former Commissioner of Parks, Sport, and Recreation for the city of Bogota, Colombia. During his tenure, he transformed that city (population 7 million) by creating hundreds of acres of new parks, developing a connected network of greenways (linear parks) and bike paths, setting up an ambitious public transit system (utilizing Bus Rapid Transit) and establishing the “Ciclovia”, a carfree streets program adored by millions of Bogota residents each week (and by urban planners around the world). [Read more…]
In his speech addressing an international crowd at the Carfree Cities Conference, League of American Bicyclists executive director Andy Clarke announced that his organization will launch a Bicycle Friendly Business program.
To a packed room of carfree and transportation advocates, Clarke sang the praises of Portland. He said one of the reasons Portland is “so awesome” is that we’ve “had the courage to lead.” He also laid out the many facets of our vibrant and diverse bike culture.[Read more…]
After depaving a former parking lot in North Portland yesterday, the Towards Carfree Cities Conference marched on this morning at Portland State University.
The first half of the program dealt with two topics of major interest to urban planners (and anyone interested in healthy communities): families and freeways. [Read more…]
Scores of volunteers from Portland-based Depave pounded, cracked-up, and then carried away tons of pavement from the parking lot at the SE corner of N. Fargo and Williams.[Read more…]
The eighth annual Towards Carfree Cities Conference is coming to Portland in less than a month (June 16-20) and organizers have lined up an impressive list of speakers, events, and workshops.
The latest addition to the program is a keynote presentation by head honcho of the League of American Bicyclists, Andy Clarke. According to conference organizer Elly Blue, Clarke — the man who broke the news about Portland’s Platinum designation — will speak during the event’s free Public Day on Tuesday June 17th.[Read more…]
Description Sign-in will be with the ride leader at the start location. Provide your name, membership number and emergency contact phone number. The sign-in sheet will be filled out by Read More »
We meet on SW corner of Pioneer Square in downtown PDX. Meet around noon, departing about 12:15. You'll be back downtown by about 1:30. We ride up to the Fairmount Read More »
Length: 24 miles Pace: 12 Terrain: Minor Elevation: 500 ft Ride Type: Group Cancellation Guidelines: Rain/Snow / Ice / Thunderstorms / Wind > 25 mph Details: Tour de Friends: Start Time: 9 am from the Read More »
Treasure hunting at Community Cycling Center is back! Did you miss browsing our used parts selection? We missed you too! Visit us once a week for masked, distanced, and outdoor Read More »
"Meet up at the benches by the tennis court. Bikes kick off at 7:30pm. Be respectful of people space, wear a mask, and have fun. We strive to make this Read More »
Meet every Wednesday for a no-drop, mainly paved bike ride with some mixed terrain bits sprinkled in. Rides will be 15-25ish miles depending on the week. Routes will be shared Read More »
"Youth activists have been staging rallies and protests at the ODOT building downtown for weeks. Let's give them the support they deserve. Come support our Youth in their fight against Read More »
Whether it's blocked bike lanes and sidewalks or broken/missing flex posts, pdxreporter has a category for you to file a complaint about it. But not all categories work the same Read More »
Description Sign-in will be with the ride leader at the start location. Provide your name, membership number and emergency contact phone number. The sign-in sheet will be filled out by Read More »
Every Thursday night, meets at Salmon Springs Fountain. TNR is a safe space and consent is required ! "If it's not a HELL YES; then it's a FUCK NO!" If Read More »
https://www.nature.com/articles/news.2008.889 The article expresses a link of drivers with bumper stickers being 16% more likely to road rage, which…well, statistical sampling/data isn’t my area of expertise, but I’d wonder how meaningful that is unless… Read Post »
How many times and for how many months has this been delayed? Today PBOT announced that the bridge is going in October 8-11. I’ll believe it when I see it. https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2021/09/stretch-of-i-84-in-ne-portland-to-close-through-october-weekend-for-footbridge-installation.html 1 post -… Read Post »
Great news! Can’t wait for all the great biking with I-5 caps! Commission grants conditional approval to I-5 proposal AP NEWS – 10 Sep 21 Commission grants conditional approval to I-5 proposal PORTLAND, Ore.… Read Post »
5th street is a major east-west bikeway in Beaverton. There’s a proposal to tear down the building which currently houses the fencing school at the northeast corner of 5th and Western. The proposal would… Read Post »
This path is a quarter mile from my house and I use it all the time to exit my neighborhood on my way to Oregon City. Since all my neighbors know that I ride… Read Post »
Fifteen year old sociopath named Kasama Z. Smith steals godmother’s car, goes joyriding with her friends, hits jogger at 50 mph for fun, laughs about it afterwards, and spends weeks afterwards worried her friends… Read Post »
