New BTA policy looks to make its biking advocacy more racially equitable
“Our organization and our movement have not done enough to listen to the concerns and priorities of communities of color.”
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We admit it: Our coverage over the years has skewed largely toward Portand’s central city and surrounding neighborhoods. That’s because it’s just where our reporters have lived and that’s where a lot of bike news happens.
But it doesn’t mean we’ve ignored everything east of 82nd. Not at all! We published 100s of stories on this part of the city and you can find them all below. (We’d love to cover this part of the city even more, so if you or someone you know wants to be a correspondent, please get in touch.)
“Our organization and our movement have not done enough to listen to the concerns and priorities of communities of color.”
Biking keeps rising in Portland’s bike-friendliest neighborhoods, but it seems to be dropping elsewhere.
“ODOT was very receptive of such modifications.”
TriMet is preparing to improve its No. 71 bus to run every 15 minutes or better almost all day, every day.
If the four-mile stretch east of Interstate 205 is completely rebuilt, Powell could get some of Portland’s best bike lanes.
Residents of Portland’s most kid-heavy quadrant turned out by the thousands on Sunday for what’s become an East Portland Mother’s Day tradition.
Which one do you think?
10 miles east of downtown Portland, the fuse for a bright cycling future has been lit.
Gateway Green: Portland’s future premier cyclocross racing venue.(Photos by J. Maus/BikePortland) We are excited to announce that six and-a-half years after we first told you about Gateway Green, supporters of the project have planned their first official bike event. Yesterday on their Facebook page, the Friends of Gateway Green unveiled plans for “Community CX,” a … Read more
Last month, Southeast Portland’s bike shop desert got a little less dry.
Of the 81 projects on the map above, 62 would go in at or east of 82nd Avenue.
Of the five new advocacy campaigns we’re examining this week, the only one that’s almost certain to succeed is east of Interstate 205.
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project