‘Bike Bus Bill’ nets huge support in Salem from Portland, statewide advocates
HB 3014, otherwise known as the “Bike Bus Bill,” would allow Oregon school districts to fund creative transportation options.
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‘Bike Bus Bill’ would give school districts more flexibility with transportation funding
HB 3014 may one day be known as the “bike bus bill.”
Riding the bicibús on the streets of Barcelona
This morning in Barcelona, I discovered the joys of the bike bus aren’t limited to northeast Portland.
Alameda Bike Bus still going strong through winter
I wanted to know how the kids are faring now that it’s cold outside.
Portland’s bike bus featured on NBC Nightly News
After years of terrible national headlines that (inaccurately and unfairly in my opinion) portrayed Portland as a dysfunctional war-zone wasteland, last night there was a story that will help shift that narrative. The mighty Alameda Elementary School bike bus that Portlander Sam Balto launched back in April, was featured on NBC Nightly News, one of … Read more
Get ready for Walk + Roll to School Day
International Walk + Roll to School Day has been celebrated in dozens of countries around the world since 1997, and Portland has excitedly participated for years. But I suspect this year’s observance – set for this coming Wednesday, October 12th – will be even bigger than usual. After more than two years of Zoom school … Read more
Sam Balto on how to start a bike bus of your own
Sam Balto is a serial safe streets entrepreneur. His first claim to fame was using cardboard cutouts of football star Tom Brady to slow traffic down outside a school he taught at in Boston, Massachusetts. Then, after he moved to Portland in 2018, Sam’s tactical urbanism went to the next level with the “Red Cup … Read more
The Alameda bike bus has more than doubled in size in just four months
“Every school should have this.” – Danny Cage, Oregon Environmental Justice Council We were impressed by how many kids and parents showed up to the Alameda Elementary School bike bus when we covered it back in April. But now it’s more than twice that size! This morning Taylor and I rode with Alameda Physical Education … Read more
At Beach School, over 100 students (and principal) join in the bike train
Still from a video shot of this morning’s bike train at Beach School.-Watch it below- Like a cycling tsunami washing over North Portland in several waves, students (and parents) from Beach School showed, once again, just how inspiring and effective the local bike train movement has become. And — on a week where we read … Read more
102 passengers joined this morning’s Sabin School bike train
Bike train coming through.(Photos: Bill Griesar) Just got a wonderful email from Kiel “Bike Train” Johnson with a photo essay from Sabin K-8 School parent Bill Griesar. Bill was named Bike Train Conductor of the Year last year and the bike train he led this morning (in the rain no less) swelled to 102 people … Read more