Even where it isn’t blocked, Naito’s existing goatpath often spills over during festivals.(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland) A week after Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick’s office called out Naito Parkway for failing to provide “a minimum level of safety for the traveling public” along Waterfront Park, other central-city institutions are weighing in.
When is a traffic study not a traffic study?
One idea for how this could work comes from listening to what local gadfly Terry Parker has been saying for years.
The problem is not that we don’t have enough conversations about what should be done. The problem is that we refuse to accept that the world is not our ideal.
Portland’s public bikeshare system is too expensive to have stations everywhere. But what if the city had a low-cost private system, too?
Photo taken last week at the Go By Bike shop under the Aerial Tram. “Only” 175 bikes parked that day.(Photo: Kiel Johnson)
Kiel “Bike Train” Johnson.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland’s excellent monthly “Bicycle Brown Bag” discussion series continues tomorrow with a presentation titled ‘Bike Train Lessons’. Kiel Johnson, who has spearheaded a flourishing local bike train movement will give the talk. Johnson will talk about, “his successes and struggles in building a bike train … Read more
Volunteers gather at theBike Train Meet Up last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s grassroots movement to get kids and families to hop aboard school “bike trains” continues to grow. Last night 15 schools were represented at the second annual Bike Train Meet Up. That’s quite a jump from the four schools that were a part … Read more
Go By Bike shop owner Kiel Johnson (center) shakes hands with customer (and friend) Owen Walz while shop staffer Eric Phelan looks on.(Photos © J. Maus)
The lot in front of Trillium Charter School (which used to be used for auto parking, but cars are now prohibited) on Interstate, bustled with bikes this morning.(Photos © J. Maus)
A design mock-up of SW Barbur with a dedicated and separated bikeway. Illustration is by Owen Walz, a planning student and co-founder of “Friends of Barbur.”
Remember local citizen activist Kiel Johnson? Back in August he organized a conference to educate parents and school administrators about the concept of bike trains (where folks meet up in the neighborhood and ride into school together). About three weeks later Kiel created a website and had six schools signed up for bike trains. His … Read more