You, me, and Mayor-elect Adams?(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Mercury, a local independent weekly news source, has just launched their annual Auction Issue. The idea is simple: Let the community bid on a huge slew of fun items and gifts and give all the money to a local non-profit. This year’s benefactor is the … Read more
Mayor-elect Sam Adams in a screen grab from an upcoming PBS series. Portland is set to be featured in an episode of a PBS television series about the “economies of being environmentally conscious”. The series, e2 transport, is in its third season. The Portland segment is titled: Portland: a Sense of Place. A trailer for … Read more
Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to Part Three of our six-part, guest article series on bike sharing in Portland. The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. Yesterday, Tom shared his initial impressions on bike sharing systems from a recent trip to Scandinavia. In … Read more
Leaves where bikes like to be.(Photo: Elly Blue) Every fall in Portland, mounds of leaves pile up on neighborhood streets, creating slippery conditions on road shoulders and sidewalks. Yesterday the Oregonian featured a story about a new “leaf tax” being considered by Mayor-elect Sam Adams that would create “leaf districts” in areas of the city … Read more
Commissioner Adams at the opening ceremony yesterday.(Photo © J. Maus) In a blog post published yesterday, City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams wrote that with each new innovation the city rolls out for bicyclists, “our bicycle community assumes more responsibility as well”. “As we make continued investments in our street system to accommodate bikes, it … Read more
BTA leader Scott Bricker speaking at the Eye to Eye campaign launch in downtown Portland this morning.(Commissioner Adams and PDOT DirectorSue Keil in background.)Video below(Photos © J. Maus) With morning bike commuters streaming into downtown Portland, the BTA led a press conference this morning to launch their new Eye to Eye campaign. A free bell … Read more
A still from Sam Adams: Man on the Go.(Watch it below). If you haven’t seen Commissioner Sam Adams’ mayoral campaign video, you should. I’m not one to regurgitate political propaganda, but I think this video/campaign ad is worth a few minutes of your time (you can watch it below). It’s a great mix of documentary-style … Read more
Sam Adams(All photos © Jonathan Maus) Unless you live in a cave, you know that tonight in Southeast Portland, City Commissioner Sam Adams will announce his candidacy for mayor (5:30 at Roots Brewing in SE Portland). But that’s not why I met up with him for an interview on Tuesday. Surprisingly, even though we’ve seen … Read more
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