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Can’t wait!(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland has announced dates for four of their five Sunday Parkways events they’ll host in 2010. Here you go: May 16 – Northeast Sunday Parkways connecting Wilshire, Fernhill, Alberta, and Woodlawn Parks June 27 – North Sunday Parkways connecting Peninsula, Arbor Lodge, and Kenton Parks July 18 … Read more
Spotted at TRB 2010.(Photo: Robert Rescot/Twitter) The Transportation Research Board is wrapping up their Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. this week. For the uninitiated, the TRB’s mission is to “promote innovation and progress in transportation through research.” Our own Elly Blue attended (along with about 11,000 others) last year and dubbed it the Great Transportation … Read more
Rarely will there exist a chance of community riding in such a capacity as this. — From TweedPDX.com As we kindly mentioned back in November, it brings us great pleasure to share the splendid details of Portland’s first annual Tweed Ride which will commence at eleven o’clock in the morning on the 30th of January. … Read more
Tell City leaders your top safety concerns at upcoming summit.(Photo © J. Maus) 2010 is shaping up to be the Year of Transportation in Portland (and beyond). In December, we shared news that ODOT’s top guy in our region, Jason Tell, was pushing to make safety a higher priority. ODOT is also on a statewide … Read more
The future of bicycle racing in Oregon.From L to R: Liz Cartwright, Brian Fawcett, Fiona Graham, Keith Fawcett, Hannah McDade, Grant McElroy, Naiqwan Pelman.(Photos © J. Maus)
Party at KBOO!(Photo © J. Maus) It’s becoming a tradition on the KBOO Bike Show to open up the studio doors on the first show of the year. This year is no different — local band No They Do will be playing live (Blind Pilot played last year), free coffee and treats will be on … Read more
Families join a PBOT traffic engineer for a walkabout outside Trillium Charter School on N. Interstate Ave.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation does a lot more than than just build bike infrastructure. They also have one of the best Safe Routes to Schools programs in the country and they do … Read more
The Fanno Creek Trail in Tigard.(Photos © J. Maus) On January 27th, we’re heading to Tigard (about 10 miles southwest of Portland in Washington County) for our next Get Together event. Why Tigard? Why not?! Tigard is a sweet little town of about 46,000 people with a lot going for it bike-wise (hear me out). … Read more
New traffic calming device on SE Spokane St.(Photo © J. Maus) With their extensive plans for bike boulevards in the coming years (they’ve got 60 miles of them coming by 2013), it’s clear that the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has made residential street safety a high priority. Residential streets don’t garner the media … Read more
Riders aglow on the Springwater. – Gallery/Slideshow below – (Photos © J. Maus) On New Year’s Day, about 60 people assembled under the west side of the Morrison Bridge to start 2010 off with a bike ride. The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has led this traditional ride for as long as anyone can remember, and this … Read more
Riding under the lights (and in the cold) last night at PIR.(Photos © J. Maus) Note to event organizers: All it takes to coax hundreds of biking Portlanders to your event — even in temps hovering near the 20s — is to make it carfree and serve free hot drinks. Last night was the first-ever … Read more
This year’s event poster is by local artist Tiago DeJerk. Film aficionados take note: submissions for the the 2010 Filmed by Bike fest is just about two months away. Closer still is the deadline to nominate someone to the jury. Judges attend two submissions screening sessions in February, get a sneak peek at all films … Read more