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Last time we checked in on HB 2377, it was on its way to easy passage on the House floor.
It got through the House at the end of April by a vote of 38-22. Since then, it has had one reading in the Senate, bounced around to committees and work sessions and now it rests in the Senate Rules Committee.
The bill is being pushed by Rep. Carolyn Tomei whose district (41) includes Southeast Portland down through Milwaukie.
Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (a.k.a. the federal stimulus bill), the bike and pedestrian path that runs along Interstate 205 will be getting a $2.5 million makeover.
Most of the money will go toward new lighting on a 3.6 mile stretch of the path from SE Sunnyside Road to SE Woodstock (I hope it doesn’t attract vandals), but according to ODOT spokesperson Christine Miles there’s more in store than just improved illumination.
Year: 2008
Brand: Scott
Model: CX TEAM
Color:BLACK
Size:LARGE
Photo: http://www.togoparts.com/items/images/item-1198567665.jpg
Stolen in portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2009-06-5
Stolen From: Building was stolen from inside of my condo. Sw Portland 18th and jefferson
Neighborhood: goose hollow
Owner: Daniel Murphy
OwnerEmail: danmurphy@hotmail.com
Reward: 200
Description: Off the shelf 2008 Scott CX Team. Black with neon yellow lettering. Crank Bros. egg beater pedals.
Police record with: Officer Dickinson
Police reference#: 09050327
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Here’s a quick recap of a few events this past weekend.
Friday night I rolled across the I-5 Bridge to catch the tail end of the opening night reception for “Bike Love,” a showing of bike art at Angst Gallery on Main Street in Vancouver.
With a canary yellow bakfiets and many other bikes parked out front, it wasn’t hard to find. Hanging in the window I noted a street sign that read — “Boulanger Bikeway”. Angst Gallery is owned by Todd Boulanger’s partner Leah Jackson (Todd is a former transportation planner for the City of Vancouver was recently laid off amid budget woes).
Once inside, I was happy to hear that the night was a big success. Leah said the place had been jam-packed.
It’s less than one week from one of the most epic rides on Portland’s bike calendar (and with all the amazing rides we have, that’s really saying something).
Yes, the annual World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) commences this Saturday night. In 2007 we had about 800 people on the ride. Last year, the crowd was so large I don’t think anyone was even able to count it. My estimate put the number of riders at 2,000 or so.
This year, organizers estimate about 3,000 people will join the fun.
Rick Smith, creator of the popular web-based comic series Yehuda Moon & The Kickstand Cyclery, is coming to Portland.
Clever Cycles (908 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) will host the event and Smith will sign books and will have t-shirts and prints of individual strips available for purchase.
High speed rail, the demise of the car in the US, its rise in China, Bush’s transportation policies, free bikes, carfree in Canada, a repealed bike license law, disgustingness reduction strategies
Welcome to Monday. Here are the headlines from around the Web that caught my eye last week…
– The NY Times waxes nostalgic about the rise and fall of General Motors. Michael Moore’s take on the matter is less reverent — more scathingly jubilant.
– P.J. O’Rourke misses the automobile age already and in a Wall Street Journal essay he blames environmentalists for its demise. In a counterpart piece for NPR, he blames feminism and Facebook instead.
Welcome to the weekend guide. From racing to a blessing, bike moves to bike camping — can you tell bike season is heating up?!
If we’ve left something out, please feel free to spread the word via the comments. Also, don’t forget to use the comments to share your adventures (or mis-adventures).
Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
This premier racing event started earlier in the week and it runs through Sunday. The action happens out near Hood River and the Dalles, so if you’re headed out that way, add this to your plans. There’s a time trial in the Gorge tomorrow (6/5) and then two tough road stages over the weekend.
Tonight is First Friday just over the river in Vancouver and Angst Gallery (1015 Main Street) opens their new “Bike Love” show.
The show features bike-inspired artists from Portland and Vancouver and and it runs through June 27th.
One of the artists invited to the show is Portland-based Erin Gallagher. Gallagher moved to Portland from Alaska about two years ago and has been duly inspired by our bike-loving ways. From her blog:
“It has been only two years since the move and yet in that short period an immense love of cycling seems to have captured Erin’s heart. This city’s collective enthusiasm for all things bike-y has spurred Erin to recreate it in her paintings.”
See more of Gallagher’s work on her blog.
Bike Love runs through June 27th at Angst Gallery on 1015 Main Street in Vancouver.
With Pedalpalooza just a week away, it’s fitting to do a story about how Portland’s legendary bike fun created quite a stir at an international bike conference held last month.
Portland Mayor Sam Adams, along with his Chief of Staff Tom Miller and Bureau of Transportation traffic safety specialist Greg Raisman recently returned from the Velo-City conference in Brussels, Belgium. Velo-City brings together the top bike planners and experts from around the globe. With representatives from nearly 50 countries and numerous, high-level politicians from Europe in attendance, it is the premier bike conference in the world.
Beginning July 1st, prices to rent a bike locker from the City of Portland will go up by over 100% — from $45 to $95 at the six-month rate.
The increases are a part of a slew of higher fees on everything from sidewalk cafe application fees to towing services in the City’s 2009-2010 budget that they expect will generate over $2.3 million in revenue in the coming fiscal year. According to budget documents, the City provides many services whose current fees do not “provide full cost recovery for the programs they support.”
A few weeks ago, in the Rose Room in Portland’s City Hall, U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer hosted an invite-only, roundtable discussion about biking. Around the large conference table sat electeds (like Metro President David Bragdon) and representatives from a variety of local, regional, and statewide agencies, universities, non-profits, and businesses.
Besides hearing the latest bike news and ideas from the experts in his home district, Blumenauer’s main goal of the meeting was to share and hear feedback on three specific initiatives he’s working on.