Nov 22, 2024 · It’s shocking it took this long but I’m happy to say Aufderheide Drive is now an official State Scenic Bikeway. As expected, at their meeting Wednesday the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission approved an application to make Aufderheide Drive, also known Forest Road 19) the 18th official Oregon Scenic Bikeway.The Scenic Bikeway program began in 2009 and this is the first new designation ...

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Jun 12, 2024 · Working as an unpaid volunteer at a community bike shop here in NC, I feel for the organizers, I really do. Even paid staff get burned out. Finding the right sort of leadership is really hard, and keeping them going year after year is harder still, given collective volunteer meltdowns, constant budget woes, sudden and arbitrary non-cooperation by other staff and agencies, the weather, and ...

Sep 18, 2024 · The original PDX WNBR, the one that’s happened in Portland since 2004, is an official project of Umbrella, a 501c3 nonprofit that provides financial and legal support to a host of cool things in our community — from the naked ride to Shift (host of the Bike Summer calendar), Breakfast on the Bridges, The Ladd’s 500, and so on.As the legal entity (a.k.a. fiscal sponsor) behind PDX WNBR ...

Jan 2, 2025 · And to top things off, PBOT posted an inappropriate and tone-deaf video to social media last month the morning after a 75-year old person was hit and killed by a driver while walking in a crosswalk. PBOT must realize that the gargantuan task of changing traffic culture on a limited budget will be impossible without strong internal morale and the community on their side.

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Nov 15, 2024 · As head bike planner for the the Portland Bureau of Transportation, Geller was a key architect of that golden age. So when things started to cool off in 2014 or so (following a few years of shaky politics for cycling), Geller felt the shift.

Jan 6, 2025 · Please nominate comments by replying with “comment of the week” or “COTW” so I can more easily find them via search. Thank you. This week’s COTW is about the benefits of bicycling that aren’t always front-and-center in debates about policy, projects, and politics — and why those benefits don’t change depending on geography and …

Nov 21, 2024 · Well it finally happened. After 84 weeks in a row, our run on Ankeny Rainbow Road has come to an end… at least for now. Bike Happy Hour will no longer gather every Wednesday at Gorges Beer/Ankeny Tap & Table; but we’re still coming together.

Jan 15, 2025 · What’s new this time around is the bill no longer has two tiers of eligibility. When the 2023 bill, HB 2571, first came out, it had no provision for lower-income people.After a major rewrite to curry more support, its sponsors decided to give people making 80% of median family income the full rebate of $1,200. Folks with higher incomes would be eligible for a …