What: Portland Carfree Happy Hour

When: May 14, 5-7pm (and the second Thursday of every month)

Where: Roots Organic Brewing Company 1520 SE 7th AVE

What’s your vision of sustainable transportation and how to make it happen for Portland and the greater world? How do you get around in Portland in and in the greater world? What are you working on? Please join Portland’s first Car-free happy hour to discuss, mingle, and eat and drink.

Car-free happy hour is an informal venue to mingle participate in a social exchange of information, ideas, and connections. If you’re interested in trip planners, maps, planning and the like for biking, walking, and transit, I encourage you to join Portland’s car- free happy hour.

Bicyclists, transit riders, pedestrians, motorists looking for other options, carpoolers, activists, consultants, nerds, journalists, public agency employees, politicians, neighbors, and friends are invited.

For monthly reminders and discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-carfree

What: To celebrate Bike N Hike’s Grand Reopening, there will be several public cycling-focused events that include an Olympic medalist cyclist teaching clinics, group rides and plenty of food and freebies for attendees. The day’s activities offer rare opportunities for the public to interact with renowned champion cyclist, Mari Holden.

Where: Bike N Hike, 400 S.E. Grand Avenue

When: Saturday, April 25
Event schedule:
8:00am: Advanced group road ride with Olympic Medalist Mari Holden
9:00am: Beginner road ride
9:30am: Free Brunch
11:00am: Clinic and Q&A with Olympic Medalist Mari Holden
12:00-1:00pm: Free BBQ
1:00pm: Clinic – How to fix a flat for women
1:00pm: Clinic – Basic maintenance clinic for everyone
2:00-3:30pm: Bike Poker Ride to win great prizes
3:45pm: Raffle drawing

What: Portland Transit Riders Union meeting
Where: Smith Student Union at PSU – Room TBA
When: Saturday April 25 at 11am
More info: http://pdxsocialforum.org/trimet/

What: Meeting for anyone who rides in Vancouver, Wa.
Bring your questions, concerns, advice and enthusiasm!
For more info, contact bikeme.vancouver{at}gmail{dot}com

When: April 22nd, 2009 at 6:00pm

Where: Wallis Engineering, 215 W 4th St. in Vancouver, WA

What: Want an upbeat, non-confrontational, FUN way to let your fellow Portland residents know how happy you are to have safe, accessible reproductive health care come to this (my, our) neighborhood? Then dress up (or not) and come out with a smile on your face to hang out and dance your ass off on the sidewalk for a couple hours! This is a family friendly event, and everyone is welcome. I would especially like to emphasize the fact that this is intended to be a POSITIVE, NON-CONFRONTATIONAL event. It’s more of a proactive action of our own accord, than a negative response. Action, not reaction!

Where: Meet at Irving park between 5 and 6, and then ride to NE MLK and Beech (or just meet us at the destination if you don’t have time after work, or whatever).

When: Tuesday, April 21. Meet 5pm-6pm.