Rapha founder meets Portland mayor at company’s North American HQ
Mayor Hales gets a dose of bikenomics at visit with Rapha boss.
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The Friday Profile: Jackie Dingfelder, the lawmaker who biked away
One of the best friends bicycling has ever had in Salem, Jackie Dingfelder, is now a voice for biking in Portland City Hall.
Mayor Hales floats city takeover of Powell, Barbur, 82nd, Lombard
Mayor Charlie Hales seems to be advancing an idea that’s been on advocates’ wish list for years: putting the City of Portland, not state government, in charge of the city’s biggest streets.
Bike ally Jackie Dingfelder moves from Salem to City Hall
State Sen. Jackie Dingfelder figured out the only way she could possibly get any greener: she’s cutting her commute from Salem to downtown Portland.
PBOT, Police stepping up enforcement of traffic laws
To improve safety, the police are on high alert.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Last week we told you that Portland Mayor Charlie Hales was rolling up his sleeves to improve road safety. Today he and Commissioner Steve Novick teamed up with the Portland Police Bureau to launch a key component of that effort. Hales and Novick … Read more
Mayor Hales is rolling up his sleeves on road safety
Mayor Hales has had traffic safety on his mind for months — now he’s starting to do something about it.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) In light of a spate of serious injury and fatal roadway collisions, Mayor Charlie Hales held a top-level meeting in his City Hall office yesterday. Billed as, “An urgent/time sensitive meeting request … Read more
Mayor Hales in Union Pacific/Cement Road access talks: “Going very well”
The Cement Road with Fremont Bridge in the background..(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) There’s a renewed effort afoot that could result in something most observers thought would never happen: legal public access to the “Cement Road” that runs through Union Pacific’s Albina Yards along the Willamette River between Swan Island and the Fremont Bridge. Union Pacific … Read more
As crosswalk enforcement decoy, Mayor Hales walks talk on traffic safety
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales crossing E Burnside at 16th as a decoy in a police enforcement action this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Mayor Hales: Spate of fatal crashes ‘unacceptable’
Mayor Hales(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Office of Mayor Charlie Hales put out a statement this morning saying that “traffic fatalities are too high” and “Portlanders must drive sober.” Here are the opening paragraphs: “The number of people dying in traffic crashes on Portland streets this year is unacceptable according to Mayor Charlie Hales. In … Read more
Mayor Hales shares his thoughts on paving and the PBOT budget
Mayor Hales at a City Council PBOT budget work session yesterday.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) At an event last night I was able to grab Mayor Charlies Hales for a few minutes to ask him for his thoughts on the major PBOT budget move that was unveiled yesterday. At a City Council budget work session, Hales’ … Read more
Hales picks interim PBOT director: “Street maintenance is his first priority”
Speaking of maintenance.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Mayor Charlie Hales has picked Toby Widmer to be his interim director of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Hales asked current PBOT Director Tom Miller to resign his position effective February 4th. In a statement today, Hales said Widmer will serve in the position for six months while … Read more
Week end ramblings: Hales, PBOT, equity, dieting and more
“Portland’s downtown bike network is stuck in the 1990s. Short of a few buckets of green paint here and there, we are falling way behind in creating streets with adequate bicycling access.” Here we are at the end of another week. Hope you’ll indulge some reflection… After my holiday trip down south, I can finally … Read more
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project