PDOT re-kindles Bike Master Plan update efforts

Bike Master Plan Ride #4

Roger Geller is back to leading
the charge on the Bike Master
Plan update.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Last summer, the City of Portland’s effort to update their Bicycle Master Plan was all the rage. Fresh off an attempt by Mayor Potter to cut funding for the plan (he re-instated the funds two weeks later), spirits were high.

There were open house events and a series of well-attended Bike Master Plan Rides (led by PDOT’s bike coordinator Roger Geller).

But it’s been over a year since I reported any news about the effort.

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Portland schools participate in International Walk and Bike to School Day

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Crowded bike racks at
Roseway Heights school this morning.
(Photo: Anne Laufe)

Today is International Walk and Bike to School Day and 44 schools in Portland (and more than 150 throughout Oregon) will celebrate programs that encourage kids to get to school under their own power.

In Portland, the day’s festivities will be centered at Rosa Parks Elementary School. Rosa Parks is one of 25 schools in the Portland area that receive the comprehensive “Safer Routes to Schools” program (which is funded through City of Portland’s Community and Schools Traffic Safety Partnership (thanks to traffic fine revenues)).

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New bike-powered delivery service targets southeast Portland

Andrew Berube of iCycle Delivery.
(Photo courtesy Andrew Berube)

There’s a new bicycle delivery service in town that serves inner southeast Portland.

The company is iCycle Delivery and it was started two weeks ago by 28-year-old Andrew Berube. Berube’s delivery area is bordered on the west by MLK Blvd., on the east by SE 39th, and goes north to Burnside and south to SE Powell.

Berube said he’s always wanted to make a living riding his bike. He told me today that he quit a job remodeling houses because, “I got tired of swinging a hammer and wanted to do something I love.”

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Oregon Manifest show needs volunteers

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Here’s the info from organizers of the Oregon Manifest Handmade Bike Show (which starts Friday and goes through Sunday 10/12).

PORTLAND’S OWN BIKE SHOW NEEDS YOUR HELP!

On October 10th and 11th bike geeks, master craftsmen, and obsessed enthusiasts converge for Portland’s handmade bike extravaganza, Oregon Manifest.

We’re still looking for a few more volunteers to work the show. If you love bikes and appreciate the finer qualities of beer tokens, please contact Diane at Chris King: PEOPLE@chrisking.com

Full details and schedule live here: www.oregonmanifest.com

Off to Corvallis to talk about public health

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This morning I’m off to the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis to attend the Oregon Public Health Association’s annual conference.

I’ve been invited by the Northwest Health Foundation (NWHF) to join a panel discussion titled, New Partners in the Movement to Re-frame “Public Health”. The NWHF is behind the Community Health Priorities project, which is an exciting effort working to “Stimulate public conversation about health in our communities” (among other things).

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