Reminder: No riding through River View Cemetery during Memorial Day Weekend
It will be closed to bicyclists from Saturday 5/23 through Monday 5/25.
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It will be closed to bicyclists from Saturday 5/23 through Monday 5/25.
The good news is this is not a permanent closure. The bad news? Read the story.
The City of Portland can no longer afford to sit back and rely on this generous gift from a private entity.
Another negative interaction once again imperils cycling access.
“The purpose of Memorial Day and a cemetery is for remembrance… for safety reasons we must exclude cyclists.”— Rachel Essig, River View Cemetery executive director
In case you forgot (we mentioned it back in March), the annual Memorial Day closure of River View Cemetery starts tomorrow (5/25) and runs through Monday (5/27). This closure is done to maintain calm and order on the streets through the cemetery on their busiest weekend of the year.
The cemetery is a place for respect, not PRs.
An annual reminder that this route is a privilege, not a right.
The latest on tenuous cemetery access issue.
Lessons from the ban.
It’s time to make “Respect River View Cemetery” stickers.