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Rides planned from memorial sites to rally on Saturday

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Please consider gathering before Saturday’s rally at one of the all-too-many sites around town where people have been killed while bicycling or walking, and then riding or walking with the group to Waterfront Park. All processions will be timed to arrive at Salmon Street Springs by 11:45am.

The list below also includes sites that haven’t yet been spoken up for. If you would like to lead a ride from these sites or others not listed, please email eleanor dot blue at gmail dot com. The list will be updated throughout Thursday and Friday.

Please wear a black armband for mourning, red if you’ve been injured. Armbands will be available at these gatherings and at Waterfront Park, but you’re encouraged to bring your own.

Downtown:

    *SW 14th and Burnside — In memory of Tracey Sparling
    Gather at 10:30, ride and walk at 11:15
    NEW* SW Broadway and Alder — In memory of Kristine Okins
    Gather at 11:15, walk and ride at 11:30

    North:

    * N Interstate and Greeley — In memory of Brett Jarolimek
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:15

    NEW* Legacy Emanuel Hospital — In honor of Bob Verrinder
    Walk only, leaving at 11am from 2801 N Gantenbein

Northwest:

    * NW 23rd and Quimby — In memory of Sara Cogan
    Gather at 11:10, ride at 11:25

Northeast:

    * NE MLK and Wygant — In memory of Chris Burris
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:15
    * NE 9th and Killingsworth — In memory of a fallen cyclist
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:15
    * NE Marine Drive and bike path (near 43rd) — in honor of Bob Verrinder
    Gather in the parking area for the adjacent boat launch at 10:30. Ride at 10:45 via Interstate Ave & the Broadway Bridge, passing the Ghost Bike for Brett at Greeley. Weather permitting.

Southeast:

    * SE Belmont and 41st — In memory of Angela Leazenby and Orion Shatushek
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:25

    * SE 37th and Taylor — In memory of Matthew Schekel
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:15

    * SE 72nd and Woodstock — In honor of a worker injured when woman drove onto sidewalk
    Gather at 10:30, ride at 10:45

    * SE 42nd and Frances (***change: was at Gladstone) — In memory of a child killed while crossing the street
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:10

    NEW* SE Belmont and 34th In memory of Curtis Lee Webb
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:15

    NEW* SE 26th and Stark — In memory of Nick Bucher
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:15

    NEW* 600 SE 49th — In memory of Noah Cardamon
    Gather at 11, ride at 11:15

    *SE 11th and Stark — In memory of Daniel Hunt
    Ride leader needed

    *SE Foster and 115th — In memory of Jerry Hinatsu
    Ride leader needed

Outside Portland:

    McLoughlin Boulevard in Milwaukie — In memory of Daniel Frank
    Meet at 10:25 at the Bike N’ Hike parking lot just South of Fred Meyer on the Northbound side of SE McLoughlin Blvd. (15080 S.E. McLoughlin, in Milwaukie) – Leave at 10:40

See and Be Seen Bike Light Parade

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Official Website

Join us downtown for the 2007 Bike Light Parade on Thursday, November 15 at 6:00 pm.

We’ll meet at SW Park & Burnside (click here for map) and enjoy an escorted ride down Broadway – fully lit, of course!

**Don’t forget to come over to BikeCraft III after the parade. BikeCraft goes till 10:00 and it’s happening at Lucky Lab Beer Hall in Northwest. 19th and Quimby.

City hears from the public, presents ideas on enforcement, education

The “Enforcement” slide from a presentation
by PDOT at last night’s bike safety forum.
View entire presentation here

Last night in the Portland Building, Commissioner Adams and his Bike Safety Committee heard public testimony on bike safety issues and gave a presentation titled “Bike Safety in Portland” (view presentation).

From all reports (I was not able to attend myself), the comments shared were constructive and many people thanked Adams and PDOT for being responsive to these issues thus far.

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Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships raise the bar for raunchy racing

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This is why I love
Portland’s ‘cross scene.
(Photos: Kenji Sugahara)

Regrettably, I wasn’t able to attend last weekend’s cyclocross debauchery out at Estacada Timber Park (30 miles southeast of downtown Portland).

Not only was it the sixth stop in the Cross Crusade series, but the event also crowned the King and Queen of single speed cyclocross.

Yes, it was the first annual Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships.

If you’re curious what you missed, the photo at right should give you a clue. Then there’s this snip from the official press release put out by the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA):

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Stolen Trek Unkown mountain bike

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the bike is a red & black 18″ Trek mountain bike w/ front shocks, slick road tires, handle bar extentions(horns), bike computer, cats eye head light, alumn. bag rack on back & red/pinkish clip pedals

More Info on Finetoothcog

PDOT unveils concepts for bike boxes, intersection improvements

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Matthew Machado of
PDOT traffic operations.
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

At last night’s meeting of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee, PDOT unveiled their initial concepts for adding new bike boxes and blue bike lanes to fourteen Portland intersections.

Commissioner Adams dropped in on the meeting and said he wants to move “quickly but prudently” and hopes to have these safety improvements (see all of them below), “approved and on the ground by the end of the year or sooner.”

These intersections are a subset of a larger list of known hot spots and, following a spate of recent high-profile collisions, were recently fast-tracked by Adams and his Bike Safety Committee for emergency improvements.

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Car/bike collision in Milwaukie sparks engineering questions

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According to media reports, late last night a bicyclist was involved in a head-on collision with a car in Milwaukie, a city that borders Portland to the south.

Here’s a snip from the Oregonian:

“Gabriel Lee King, 20, of Arcadia, Calif., was riding north on the southbound shoulder of Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard about 5:15 p.m. when his bicycle crossed 22nd Avenue and collided with the car, said Kevin Krebs, a Milwaukie Police Department spokesman.”

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We are all traffic: An interview with Elly Blue

Press conference Friday, 12:30 at City Hall.
Rally Saturday, 12 noon at Salmon Street Fountain.
More info here.

In the wake of a tragic October that revealed chinks in Portland’s bike-friendly armor, community members have come together and planned a press conference and rally under the banner of “We are all traffic”.

On Friday there will be a press conference in front of City Hall at 12:30 and on Saturday, a public rally has been planned for 12 noon at Salmon Street Fountain (more details about the event).

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