From infrastructure and planning discussions to outdoor film showings to mobile dance parties, Friday offers a variety of rides from your friends and neighbors. Follow the link for details.
Share the fun with our Ride Report Form. We’ll be posting some of these and other Pedalpalooza news on our Pedalpalooza Special Coverage Page.
Year: 1984
Brand: pugeot
Model: corbier
Color:silver
Size:52
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2010-06-23
Stolen From: The DELI on killingsworth
Neighborhood: NORTH
Owner: Jeffrey Magnus
OwnerEmail: crash1105@gmail.com
Reward: yes
Description: silver paint silver alex rim rear grey mavic open 4cd front two chain rings one used as a spacer single speed upside down mountain bike bar
Police record with: portland
Police reference#: cn-10-50951
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Next month, Portland will be introduced to an exciting brand of bike racing: street sprints.
The Ironclad Performance Wear Cycling Team (read my profile when they launched in 2007) has announced a Street Sprints competition that will take place on NW 13th Avenue in the Pearl District.
Yesterday, I featured an informative Pedalpalooza ride organized by a grassroots livable streets activism group called Active Right of Way (AROW). They led folks around to areas needing improvement, discussed possible solutions, and equipped them with the tools (literally) to implement them.
Local filmmaker and founder of Microcosm Publishing Joe Biel was on the ride and put together this video of the group in action:
Some (finally!) hot summer weather led to a big turnout on the Sprockettes Ride last night. The ride was part of Shift’s Pedalpalooza, which runs through Sunday.
Here’s the report from Agent Rod Quake, followed by a slideshow of my photos:
The gorgeous weather brought 132 riders to this year’s ride. Fun times were had at our first stop, Benson High School field, where we played all kinds of fun, field day activities. Attendees had a great time playing Sprockettes Simon Says, Human Knot, double dutch, face painting, parachute games, and more.
Reporter – Michelle Week
Ride Date – Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Ride Description
Ride Report
Only 5 brave souls ventured to the pulp and paper land of Camas Tuesday.
The ride went off without a hitch and exposed some new riders to the old evergreen hwy. In Camas we stopped by Camas bikes (the only bike store in Camas), took a quick tour of the historic downtown area and stopped for coffee at piccolo paradisio before venturing back towards Portland. We also met up with one of the few bike commuters in Camas and learned a little bit about what it’s like to ride every day in a town of 17,000 where 80% of its residents drive single occupancy cars out of town to work.
We made great time and were headed back over I-205 forty minutes before “mocktails on the bridges” got set up. Only a slight disappointment given how gorgeously the weather held out for us.
Thanks for a great ride, thanks to BikePortland and the Mercury for publishing it, and hopefully the 5 person critical mass of Camas will expose more drivers to alternative transportation.
[via The Rachel Maddow Show Blog]
Meet Malik Rahim, a former Black Panther and noted activist from Louisiana who’s training for a bike ride from Houma to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness about environmental justice and the loss of wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico…
Portland City Council officially adopted the Bureau of Transportation’s Division Streetscape and Street Reconstruction Project yesterday.
The plan was over a year in the making and it will impact the stretch of SE Division between SE 10th and 39th Avenues. The $7 million project will repave the street, add a full complement of “green streetscape elements” (like bioswales and curb extensions), improve transit stops, and more. Construction is slated to begin in 2011.
Food, dance and trees factor prominently in today’s pedaling parties. Two Vancouver options, as well. Get out when you can, enjoy the sun and make a friend or three.
Share the fun with our Ride Report Form. We’ll be posting some of these and other Pedalpalooza news on our Pedalpalooza Special Coverage Page.
Year: 2009
Brand: SE
Model: DJ Flyer
Color:CHILL BLUE
Size:26″
Serial: ICSE08F0165
Stolen in Portland, OR 97220
Stolen:2010-06-16
Stolen From: In front of the Mall 205 Home Depot store.
Neighborhood: Montavilla
Owner: Harlen Rude Jr.
OwnerEmail: zoomcarguy@yahoo.com
Reward: Yes
Description: Complety stock except for a Decal of “Metal Militia” (Skull)
Police record with: 06/16/2010
Police reference#: 10049134
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
[Publisher’s note: The ride report below came in as part of our ongoing coverage of Pedalpalooza 2010. I thought it was so informative that I decided to put in on the Front Page. The ride was led by volunteer members of Active Right of Way (AROW), a grassroots transportation activism group that began with a “conversation” back in January. Their tagline is “Take control of your streets.” On Monday night’s ride, they stopped at several locations around town to discuss problems and solutions as well as share contact information of people in positions of influence.
Special thanks to AROW volunteer Steve Bozzone (who also does the Intersection 911 blog) for taking photos and writing this report.]
Please note the PBOT traffic advisory below regarding an upcoming closure of the Broadway Bridge. The bridge will be completely closed to motorized traffic for two months starting July 6th, but it will remain open to biking and walking traffic. The closure is to facilitate streetcar construction.
Here’s a word from streetcar project spokesperson Julie Gustafson about how bike traffic will be impacted:
The south sidewalk will remain open to maintain bicycle and pedestrian connectivity. The only time it will be “closed” is when they do a bridge lift. These will be short duration closures similar to a normal bridge lift. There will be signing and defined paths for the bikes and peds to follow on both sides of the bridge. The Larrabee (eastern) side will have an additional ramp for bi-directional bike approach.