Bike riders take note: Masks now required outdoors when close to others
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)
We’re in a strange phase of this pandemic: Infections and deaths are going up while many peoples’ familiarity with the virus and eagerness for normalcy is causing them to let their guard down.
This is definitely true with the local bike scene.
After all but shutting down in-person rides and events for the past few months, things are coming back to life. People are hosting group rides again and I’ve seen an uptick in informal group training rides with people rolling along in the traditional shoulder-to-shoulder paceline style — with no masks in sight.
Person thrown to the ground and arrested while biking on SW 4th Avenue
WATCH – Portland Police officers knock a protester off of his bicycle and arrest him outside of Lownsdale Square Park near the Federal Courthouse downtown #LiveOnK2 pic.twitter.com/tow0GzeyzW
— Dan McCarthy (@DanMcKATU) July 16, 2020
PBOT wants to create plan for Sandy Boulevard as ‘multimodal’ corridor
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Guest Article: Community Cycling Center food delivery program ramps up to meet demands
(NOTE: Written by Community Cycling Center Cesar Chavez Safe Routes to School Coordinator William Francis.)
(Photos: Community Cycling Center)
Gateway Green Bike Park ‘Phase 2’ construction well underway
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Checking ODOT’s work on those Historic Highway guardrails
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)
These local bike businesses received federal coronavirus relief loans
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Local bike businesses were among the hundreds of thousands of U.S. companies that asked the federal government for assistance to weather the coronavirus storm.
Data released from the Small Business Administration last week revealed that at least four Portland bike shops and two other bike-related businesses received loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Here’s the list (company name, loan amount, number of jobs retained (if available)):
Fat Tire Farm
$150,000-350,000
14 jobsBike Gallery
$350,000-1 millionRiver City Bicycles
54 jobs
$350,000-1 million
Reeling Parks bureau needs to hear more about off-road cycling
‘Better Red’ light rail project includes new bike paths near airport, Gateway
A $206 million project that will improve service on TriMet’s Red light rail line will also come with significant benefits to bicycle riders.
The “Better Red” project will extend the Red Line further west in Washington County; but what we’re watching closely is how the improvements will impact the I-205 path in east Portland.
According to TriMet, the project will add a second track on two sections of existing single track between Gateway Transit Center and the Portland Airport. Adjacent to these new tracks and stations, TriMet plans to build multi-use paths. The project will also re-align the existing path.