Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland September 4th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
A meeting last night that was meant to discuss a new outreach campaign on N. Williams Avenue turned into a raw and emotional exchange between community members and project staff about racism and gentrification. It was the first public meeting for the North Williams Traffic Safety Operations Project since the Bureau of Transportation decided to … Read more
Event Name: Echelon Gran Fondo Event Start Date: September 26, 2010 Start Time: 8:30:00 AM Web Site: http://www.echelongranfondo.org/portland/index.html Event Description: Echelon Gran Fondo in the Columbia River Gorge is a festive and scenic road ride event with distance options of 30, 60 and 100 miles. Team Radio Shack’s Chris Horner rides along as ambassador of … Read more
Event Name: Longview Grand Prix Criterium Event Start Date: 14 August 2010 Start Time: 12:00:00 PM Web Site: http://www.highlander-cycling.com Event Description: This .5 mile Criterium will take place in the Longview Civic Center. This is a FAST course! Three lanes wide…pure speed…pour it on and let it go! 10 races between noon and 8:00 p.m. … Read more
“…the City of Portland is 450,000 people. It’s a homogeneous community that is very white… We are a very diverse, disjointed city of 4 million people… So we’re a step behind Portland in what we’re trying to do.” — Michelle Mowery, bicycle coordinator for the City of Los Angeles We’ve discussed how race relates (or … Read more
“The people riding and making decisions about bicycles is a white, middle class group.” — Alison Hill Graves, Community Cycling Center The staff at Community Cycling Center, a 15 year old Portland-based nonprofit that aims to increase access to bicycling, has been doing some soul searching in the last few years. In the process, community … Read more
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project