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Weekend Event Guide

The BTA is hosting a ride to celebrate new signage and markings in Riverview Cemetery.(Photo: BTA) We’re officially in the “take what you can get” weather period now, and after this week’s rain storms, high 60’s with a few clouds doesn’t look too bad at all. To help you get the most out of your … Read more


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Merkley strengthens active transportation in Livable Communities Act

Senator Jeff Merkley (L).(Photo © J. Maus) Oregon’s rookie Senator Jeff Merkley continues to live up to his potential as active transportation’s greatest hope in the U.S. Senate. The Livable Communities Act (S.1619), which he introduced in the Senate back in March, passed out of a key committee yesterday and will now head to a … Read more


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Exclusive: TriMet bus operator placed on administrative leave following blog post

Screen grab from Christensen’s blog post (before it was taken down). TriMet has placed a bus operator on administrative leave after they determined a blog post about an interaction with a man on a bicycle that was published to the operator’s personal blog earlier today was inappropriate. TriMet has also referred the issue to the … Read more


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The Monday Roundup

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Attempts to stop the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico have failed, and officials are now saying that it may continue gushing all summer or longer; it’s also now being called the largest environmental disaster in US history. Here’s how engineers say it … Read more


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Sex, ‘Dreams’, and an extravaganza: Some mid-week events worth noting

Bicycle Dreams shows at Clinton Street Theather on Wednesday. Fridays and weekends aren’t the only time awesome bike events happen in and around Portland. I’ve come across three notables this week I felt were worth sharing… Tomorrow, noted bike researcher and head of the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium, Jennifer Dill, will give what … Read more