League President Andy Clarke.(Photo © J. Maus) Reactions are starting to come in from this morning’s big announcement by City Commissioner Nick Fish that there are no plans to improve singletrack bicycling opportunities in Forest Park. The President of the League of American Bicyclists, Andy Clarke, has expressed his disappointment in the decision. Here’s a … Read more
Riding in Forest Park.(Photo © J. Maus) As we hinted at yesterday, City Commissioner Nick Fish and Portland Parks and Recreation Director Zari Santner have released their much-anticipated set of actions they’ll take to address off-road cycling in Forest Park. The decision includes no new or improved access to existing singletrack trails and no commitment … Read more
Director of Portland Parks Zari Santner. City Commissioner Nick Fish.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish and the Director of Portland Parks Zari Santner are due to release their recommendations on bicycling in Forest Park sometime in the next week or so. The announcement will come 19 months after the issue of how … Read more
Committee member Les Blaize at a recent open house.(Photo © J. Maus) After nine months of meetings, the 15-member Forest Park Single Track Cycling Advisory Committee will present their recommendations to Parks Commissioner Nick Fish and Parks Director Zari Santner tonight. According to a statement put out by Portland Parks & Recreation, the report, “will … Read more
Cover of Forest Park: A Call to Action. A recent report on the health of Forest Park published by the City Club of Portland has a noted off-road biking advocate crying foul. Frank Selker, the man who launched an effort to improve biking opportunities in the park back in December 2008 and who sits on … Read more
Cover of City Club’s Forest Park: A Call to Action.–Download PDF here– Deciding how to move forward with improved and expanded biking opportunities in Forest Park got a lot more complicated last week. On Thursday, the City Club of Portland released a 65-page report on Forest Park that, among other things, states unequivocally that there … Read more
The .75 mile Tolinda Trail, shown herein orange, would be opened to bike access.(Download full map PDF here) Portland Parks and Recreation has just published their Forest Park Singletrack Cycling online comment form. The form includes the list of 12 proposed actions to improve and expand bike access in the park and a list of … Read more
People packed the Forest Park open house last night in Northwest Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) Judging by the huge crowds that packed into the Holiday Inn in Northwest Portland last night, it’s obvious that bike access in Forest Park is an issue many people care about. People from all user groups lined up many rows … Read more
Tonight’s open house will look at several options for improved bike access in Forest Park.(Photo © J. Maus) Tonight is the long-awaited open house to view bike trail access options recommended by the Forest Park Single Track Cycling Committee. At the event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about all the options on the table, … Read more
At the committee meeting last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Commissioner Nick Fish’s promise to improve and expand access for bicycles in Forest Park might be harder to keep than he expected. With emotions still raw over the construction of an unauthorized trail in a sensitive habitat area of the park, tonight’s meeting of the Forest … Read more
Commissioner Fish in front of a map of Forest Park at a roundtable discussion last April.(Photo © J. Maus) Exactly one year ago today, newly elected City Commissioner Nick Fish made a bold proclamation about the future of mountain bike access in Forest Park. Following an unprecedented groundswell of community enthusiasm and activism calling more … Read more
It comes at a sensitive time for off-road advocates looking to expand riding opportunities in Forest Park