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bikeportland.org Podcast: Joshua Force and his Worldwide Bike Ride Joshua has sold nearly all his belongings and now lives on his bike, traveling the world.
New videos show what I-5 freeway expansion over Columbia River …
Oct 15, 2024 · Flyover visualizations produced by the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program give us our best view yet on what the future of the I-5 freeway between Portland and Vancouver might look like after an estimated $7.5 billion investment. The project team has released these about half-way through a federally-mandated public comment period and only after they’ve raised over $4 billion and built ...
September 18, 2024 – BikePortland
Sep 18, 2024 · Portland Oregon bicycle news, events, culture, and opinion.
October 24, 2024 – BikePortland
Oct 24, 2024 · Welcome to Ballot Banter! A new series of episodes where we talk about each city council district (and the Mayor's race) in depth with me, your BikePortland Podcast host Jonathan Maus, and a special guest. For District 2, I invited business owner and cycling advocate Kiel Johnson into the Shed to talk about this intriguing district. We recorded this episode October 23rd. Remember this is now a ...
State grant program awards $330,000 to reduce car use in …
Dec 18, 2024 · Bike repair clinics for homeless Portlanders, free bikes for refugees and immigrants, an electric cargo-bike library for underserved youth — those are just some of the 26 projects that have been awarded grants by the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Innovative Mobility Program. This program was the idea of former Oregon Transportation Commission member Alando Simpson. It was launched ...
New plan for 82nd Avenue leaves bike riders out of the picture
Dec 18, 2024 · PBOT’s bicycle strategy. From PBOT’s Building a Better 82nd Avenue plan. In a presentation on the plan, PBOT Planner Julia Reed told Mayor Ted Wheeler and the rest of council that bicycle use on 82nd is a lower priority than other uses due to its lower classification compared to other modes in our Transportation System Plan. Even so, PBOT considered it. They ran the traffic numbers on ...
Meet the Portlander piecing together our streetcar history, one …
Dec 17, 2024 · He's transcribed and digitized over 1,000 articles, maps and photographs from The Oregonian archives so far.
Another north Portland bike shop is closing - bikeportland.org
Oct 14, 2024 · For folks who live, work and play on the north Portland peninsula, it’s just the latest in a string of bad bike shop news. Five bike shops along the Interstate corridor and west to St. Johns, have closed since 2020. Walker’s former co-owner Starmichael Bowman left Kenton Cycle Repair to open Norther Cycles in 2015, only to throw in the towel in 2020. Revolver Bikes on N Rosa Parks Way and ...
A successful petition effort in Vancouver seeks to require a vote …
Dec 19, 2024 · Transportation politics in Vancouver, Washington got a little more interesting earlier this month when a group of grassroots activists turned in enough signatures to move their “Save our Streets” petition forward. Volunteers gathered 6,572 signatures (2,300 more than they needed) to support their goal to amend Vancouver Municipal Code to state that an election of the people must take place ...
Weekend Event Guide: Sunday Parkways, Naked Bike Ride, Alice …
Sep 19, 2024 · World Naked Bike Ride – 3:30 pm at Colonel Summers Park (SE) The big one is back! Yes there’s been a bit of shuffling among leadership of the ride, but from what I can tell enthusiasm remains very high and we can expect a huge turnout and a refocus of this ride as a protest against Big Oil, the Zenith Oil Terminal project, and a celebration of beautiful naked bodies of all types! More info ...