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I got in touch with BTA executive director Scott Bricker today to ask him about how their recent shift in personnel would impact their 2009 legislative agenda.
On Friday, I reported that the BTA’s government relations and public affairs director Karl Rohde had been abruptly let go, just as the legislative session was heating up. Earlier today, I reported that Bricker had already stepped into Rohde’s role as the BTA’s sole lobbyist in Salem (a role that Bricker had done for years before coming the executive director in 2007).
Multnomah County is working on a project to re-design Scholls Ferry Road. This Thursday (4/9), they’re holding the second of two public meetings where you can check out and weigh in on proposed design configurations.
The official press release is below:
Open house for Scholls Ferry Road streetscape design plan
The second of two public meetings for the Scholls Ferry Road streetscape design plan will be held on Thursday, April 9th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the East Sylvan Middle School Gym at 1849 SW 58th Ave., Portland (one block west of SW Skyline Blvd). There will be a short presentation on the project at 6:30 pm.
While at the CRC opposition rally on Sunday, I met Vancouverite John Kangas.
He was passing out flyers with “Bike Me!” across the top. He is trying to organize Vancouver bike lovers and has set up a meeting for “all who cycle in Vancouver”.
Here are the details if you’d like to attend:
For more info, contact bikeme.vancouver@gmail.com
On Saturday I pulled up to the bike parking near the northwest entrance to Powell’s Books on Couch and noticed this sweet, hand-knit bike rack cozy. I have no idea who made it but I’d love to see more of these (especially on those angular new staple racks on the transit mall). Check it out below…
If you missed Sunday’s CRC rally in Waterfront Park, Dan Kaufman from CrankMyChain! CycleTV has put together a video with 7+ minutes of footage (watch it below).
Universal Cycles in northwest Portland has committed $10,000 a year for the next five years in order to help push local advocates and community leaders into creating more singletrack mountain bike trails in Forest Park.
Universal general manager Mike Doolittle told me this morning that, after reading about citizen activist Frank Selker’s plan and realizing that the trail idea was gaining momentum, he decided now was the right time for his company to step up.
Last Friday, just two days after he relieved former BTA lobbyist Karl Rohde from his duties, executive director Scott Bricker was down in Salem filling his former role as the organization’s chief lobbyist.
Bricker presented the BTA’s position on their proposed Vehicular Homicide Law (HB 3399) to the House Judiciary Committee. (Today, he’ll return to Salem to testify on behalf of a bill that would create a new pot of funding specifically for non-motorized transportation projects. More on that later.)
Cheap car floodgates open; Republicans who ride; Cheap bikes from China; True nature of our road system revealed.
Good thing it’s sunny out. Here’s the news:
– India’s Tata Nano — the small, super affordable “people’s car” — has hit the streets and the showrooms.
– The US highway and trucking lobby has asked the federal government to make an “Eisenhower-like commitment” to new investment in the nation’s highway system.
A large and energetic crowd showed up for the CRC Opposition and Alternatives Rally held in Waterfront Park today.
They were energized by a long list of speakers ranging from Portland City Councilor Amanda Fritz to Republican Washington State Senator Don Benton. The main message to the crowd was this: It’s not too late to change the course of the Columbia River Crossing project and it will be up to citizens to make it happen.
Portland’s unsanctioned spring classic, the third annual De Ronde van Oeste Portlandia, attracted an estimated 600-700 riders today. They were treated to a gorgeous day with clear blue skies and temperatures well into the 60s.
They started this morning in Portland’s Northwest Industrial area and headed out via Highway 30 toward Sauvie Island. Then, from NW Salztman Road to Council Crest in the Southwest Hills, they pedaled, walked and willed themselves up too many grueling climbs to count.
