Congressmen Blumenauer and Buchanan introduce $30 million ‘vision zero’ grant programs
Blumenauer and a Republican colleague in the House want to set aside $30 million for Vision Zero grants.
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Q&A: Earl Blumenauer is a little bit worried for the city he helped build
Congressman Blumenauer: on the inside looking out, sometimes with concern.
Congressman’s fruitcake ice cream will help buy gift bikes for Portland kids
This is definitely our favorite ice cream charity partnership ever.
Blumenauer will ride to celebrate new path along Marine Drive
Hooray! There’s a new (albeit very small) section of bike path along Marine Drive, and Congressman Earl Blumenauer will help inaugurate it next Tuesday.
Biking continues to have bipartisan appeal, baffling D.C. media
From most of the rest of the country, we suspect that designing safer roads just sounds like good American horse sense.
Blumenauer, DeFazio team with GOP on Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act
L to R: Earl Blumenauer (D), Mike McCaul (R), Peter DeFazio (D), Howard Coble (R).(Images: Blumenauer by J. Maus/BikePortland. All others via Facebook) On a day when we learned U.S. traffic fatalities in 2012 went up for the first time since 2005 — with notable spikes in bicycling and walking deaths — Oregon Congressmen Earl … Read more
Bill would make bike-sharing benefits tax-deductible (updated)
The bill would help companies offer bikesharing passes just like transit or parking passes, but only to people who live and work in central cities.
Blumenauer urges Portland bike makers to forge new industry alliance
Portland is nationally known as the city with the highest number of bike riders. But when it comes to making bikes, our reputation is about quality, not quantity.
Secretary of Commerce visit highlights Portland’s bicycle industry
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker gets a tour of United Bicycle Institute with owner Ron Sutphin (left) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Flanked by Congressman Earl Blumenauer, the United States Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker beamed about the cycling “revolution” she’s seeing across the country during a stop on her national … Read more
Blumenauer on new transportation bill: “A missed opportunity” and a “call to arms”
Blumenauer on the Hawthorne Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) As the dust has settled a bit on the new, two-year transportation bill that was passed last week, it’s time to start understanding what it means for bicycling going forward. On Friday, I got a chance to talk about it with one of the most important national … Read more
Gala event, concert will toast Blumenauer’s 40 year career
Blumenauer in D.C. in March.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland native Earl Blumenauer has served in elected office in Oregon since 1972 when he won a seat in the Oregon House of Representatives at the age of 24. He’s been in politics ever since. On June 14th, Blumenauer’s supporters will throw him a big party to … Read more
Blumenauer: Transpo bill mess could be “springboard” for the movement
Blumenauer does not take attacks on bicycling lightly.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) As arguably the most bike and transit-sensitive member of the U.S. Congress, Earl Blumenauer has had a trying week. Yesterday, the widely-maligned House transportation bill, a bill that eliminates the Safe Routes to School program and basically strips out all of the pro-bike provisions, … Read more