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Human-protected bike lane in full force on SE 26th.
@bikeloudpdx
@thestreettrust
@OregonWalks
put this together to put pressure on
@OregonDOT
and to remember Sarah Pliner who died here last Tuesday.
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Oregon slashes Amtrak rates in bid to compete with freeway drivers
- At $17 from Portland to Eugene, it's cheaper than a bus ticket
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Concerned Portlanders are physically blocking a
@PBOTinfo
truck that had begun removing the bike lane on NE 33rd.
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Wondering how
@SenJeffMerkley
has the stamina to
#holdthefloor
all night? He's a triathlete!
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CW: On bike ride to World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims event today,
@bikeloudpdx
member Mark Linehan was hit by van driver who ran a red light on SE Division/119th. A hit-and-run. Thankfully Mark is not srsly hurt. Video via
@amitzilight
#pdxtraffic
#pdxalerts
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First look at Oregon's new e-bike rebate legislation
- If the bill passes, Oregonians could receive up to $1,700 off the purchase of an
#ebike
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BTW if you pay attention to how people speak and write about "bicyclists" in Portland, this type of behavior should not surprise you at all.
Just like when ppl purposely drive their cars into others, this is a result of normalization of anger/hate toward bicycle riders.
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It’s not cool to pass someone this close at any time, much less in these conditions. If you drive, please don’t be this person. 😳
#pdxtraffic
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Per
@PortlandPolice
, victim of yesterday’s mass vehicular assault was 77-year-old Jean Gerich. Family has released statement: “She was not a nameless victim. She was a loving mother of two. She was a proud grandmother of five...”
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Oops. Looks like a
@PortlandPolice
officer didn't notice (or didn't care about) the new curbside bike lane on SW Broadway. Maybe needs stronger design/paint/markings/signage
@PBOTinfo
? (pic sent in by a tipster)
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"share the road" they say
"wear reflective clothing" they say
"we all have a responsibility for safety" they say
I say, require ppl who drive these beasts to have a special license & tax these things to pay for vision zero safety projects.
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🚨💪💯 🫡 It's official: PBOT is no longer considering a roll back of Broadway bike lane design!
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Move these! We dare you! PBOT's latest traffic calming tool makes good on 'Slow Streets' promise (📸 by reader Seth Sokol)
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Can someone please go paint a pizza mural on this huge roundabout on NE 108th? 🍕
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And just like that, the long-awaited Flanders Crossing Bridge over I-405 is born!! ❤️😎🚲
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The Alameda neighborhood turned out for
#EarthDay
#BikeBus
organized by Alameda Elementary School teacher
@CoachBalto
!
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Portland Parks will invest $15 million to fully fund the Steel Bridge Skatepark!
- Advocates say it will be a world-class facility that could spark a revitalization of Waterfront Park and Old Town.
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It's unanimous: Oregon land use board says no to car parking minimums
A huge win for low-car lifestyles that makes n'hoods more affordable and bikable!
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Very strong sign game from our friends at North Portland Bike Works on N Killingsworth 💯
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I’m out at NE 82nd & Alberta where 30-year-old Anthony Tolliver was killed while walking across the street late Saturday night. Friends & family have set up a memorial.
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A horrific act of vehicular violence and assault w a deadly weapon. Haven’t seen any statement from
@PortlandPolice
yet.
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Truly amazing what happens to the street ecosystem when you remove and/or severely restrict the invasive species (cars).
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Portland launches 100-mile 'Slow Streets Safe Streets' COVID-19 response effort
#Covid19Streets
#SlowStreets
#OpenStreets
cc
@MikeLydon
@CoachBalto
@BrentToderian
@CourtneyCyclez
@greenfieldjohn
@BrooklynSpoke
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Portlanders stand in front of truck to prevent bike lane removal
(Click pic for story 🔗⬇️)
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Jeez look at the size of that thing.
Good thing we limit the speed of e-bikes to keep everyone safe! Oh, and don't forget to wear a helmet and reflective clothing everyone! And make sure you make eye contact before crossing the street!
Chuds are out already. Running red lights and being generally tacky.
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This is NE 33rd, a key entrance to the major regional NE Marine Drive bike/walk path.
Look at all this space for driving!
That center turn lane is a waste (there are no businesses). If we widen the bike lane & add concrete protection, a lot more ppl would bike here.
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Crews have left for the day, but protestors have assigned volunteers to watch the site in shifts in case they return. PBOT Commissioner
@commmaps
office tells us the removal is called off, "but we do need to have further conversation about this particular stretch [of bike lane]"
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Our friend
@Portlandpedals
Ryan Hashagen stood on his trike to install a new sign on a block of NW Davis and 3rd that is now named NW Darcelle XV St.
In memoriam of iconic drag queen Walter Cole - AKA
#Darcelle
- who died this week at age 92.
pic by
@familyride
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📣📣 "The bridge will remain open for pedestrians and bicyclists."
📣📣
You know what that means?
Carfree moonlight bike rides on a quiet and stress-free bridge. 🌙🚲🌔🚲
The
#StJohnsBridge
will close for five nights on a 10PM to 5AM schedule beginning Jan. 31 so our bridge crew can do inspections and maintenance work. The bridge will remain open for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Closure details:
#pdxtraffic
🚧
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Yes! So happy to see PBOT joining the fight to push federal gov't to more highly regulate these absurd vehicles and to educate the public about how deadly they are.
The percentage of large vehicles on our streets is increasing, and this trend has negative consequences for people walking, biking, and rolling.
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A local
#ebike
rider has found a way to juice-up at EV charging stations built for cars
- Thx to
@rescueewe
for sharing his discovery and continuing to push e-biking boundaries!
cc
@OregonDOT
@ForthMobility
@PBOTinfo
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they took away our trains and stuffed cars down our throats.
#neverforget
I'm going insane
100 years ago, electric trains connected Salem and Portland THIRTY THREE TIMES A DAY
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Nothing says “Platinum Bike City” like a new bike lane on a major street (Broadway downtown) that’s covered w slippery, mucky leaves!
cc
@PBOTinfo
📸 sent in by reader Doug H
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Few things we love more than excellent bike parking. Even better when it’s at a major public high school in downtown
#Portland
!
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Pretty great to be on a fun group ride and actually look forward to using N Greeley. Before the new path, this joy was impossible. 😁👏🏼
@PBOTinfo
Now imagine miles of protected paths like this citywide!
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Police have not “halted” anything. They have told officers to not focus on or pursue specific types of minor violations. This type of framing has real consequences. Please be careful w this story.
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A group of volunteers in Ashland are using bikes to deliver food, water, and other supplies to people stuck in fire evacuation zones -->
#OregonFires
h/t
@JPRnews
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This is so gross seeing the “bridge replacement” lie by omission get all the way up to USDOT.
They don’t want to say they’re also spending billions for miles of freeway expansion and new interchanges to encourage more driving while the world burns.
What a bummer, Pete.
The I-5 Bridge, connecting Oregon and Washington state, is a vital connection for drivers and our supply chain. With help from President Biden’s infrastructure package, we’re replacing the 107-year-old bridge.
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@mallisonKATU
Megan. Please consider how your bias as a car user is at play here.
- Clothing is not a crime.
- There's NOWHERE ELSE TO WALK on that street.
Just because police say it, doesn't mean you have to repeat it.
Please consider deleting this harmful tweet. Thx
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This says so much.
One of the things we need to understand in
#Portland
is that people who use cars DO NOT need so many redundant streets to criss-cross our downtown/central city.
Let's ID a few of these redundancies and make them school/shopping/walking streets.
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Portlanders are weighing in on a bold new vision that would use existing residential road space to build a citywide network of sidewalk-level, physically separated bikeways.
Introducing the "Urban Trails Network". Click the pic to learn about it ⬇️
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CLIMATE LEADERS DON'T WIDEN FREEWAYS
CLIMATE LEADERS DON'T WIDEN FREEWAYS
CLIMATE LEADERS DON'T WIDEN FREEWAYS
CLIMATE LEADERS DON'T WIDEN FREEWAYS
CLIMATE LEADERS DON'T WIDEN FREEWAYS
CLIMATE LEADERS DON'T WIDEN FREEWAYS
#EarthDay2021
h/t
@nomorefreeways
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Very sad conditions on I-205 multiuse path south of Parkrose Transit Center. cc
@PBOTinfo
@OregonDOT
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Truck left street and protestors thought crews would wait for
@CommMapps
or
@PBOTinfo
clarification. But truck just started again down the block.
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It's not talked about enough how the mere act of being on a bicycle (versus being in a car or on transit) so fundamentally changes how you see places and often leads to more civic engagement and more caring for where you live. 💯
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The new Naito Parkway is fantastic! Protected lanes for bike and low-impact vehicle users, new paths and sidewalks in Waterfront Park, and much more!
Hop on a bike and check it out ⬇️
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Few photos from last night (Friday). No "violent anarchists" in sight.
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The victim of today’s collision was Sarah Pliner, an accomplished and well-known Portland chef who owned Aviary, an award-winning restaurant on NE Alberta that closed in April 2020.
“She was so talented… a one-of-a-kind person,” shared a friend.
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Governor Kotek just gave all Oregon cities permission to install speed cameras
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This is a good example of why we need more robust protection to separate road users. This bike lane is protected only by a small, mountable curb. This crew was parked there for at least 30 minutes. Cc
@PBOTinfo
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Police arrest three men after 'boobytrap' injures bicycle rider on I-205 path
--> Unfortunately this isn't the first time bicycle riders have been targeted like this. First injury and arrest we've covered though.
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Lots of talk abt the Tesla tunnel in Vegas on here today... I still think the Maastunnel in
#Rotterdam
is waaay better. 😁
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All systems go as Better Naito Forever earns unanimous city council support
- By next winter, 1.2 miles of Naito Parkway will be transformed with high-quality, physically protected bike lanes.
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Get excited about the North Greeley bikeway project as it nears completion
- It's not 100% done but couldn't wait to share photos of the new bike lanes!
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"I'd like to thank.... The people of
#Portland
who stayed in those streets for 83 days for making a statement with us and carried us in our dark days" - Rodney Floyd, George Floyd's brother
(pic from
#PortlandProtest
on Burnside Bridge, 6/1/2020)
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This is the condition of the I-205 multi-use path where it passes under NE Sandy Blvd (one of several sections like this). The path is a crucial piece of our regional bike network that many ppl say they avoid for fear of their safety.
cc
@ChloeEudalyPDX
@tedwheeler
@OregonDOT
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Mayor's cell phone use while driving violates City of Portland administrative rule
- HRAR 4.13 states city employees are not allowed to use hands-free devices while driving cars on city business
- Mayor's office has declined to comment
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Woohooo!
Now schools can use state transportation funds to pay staff to organize walking school buses, crossing guards, and…bike buses!!!
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Just FYI, I’ve taken down the story and video and other posts abt that hit and run on NE 21st because the victim asked me to. - Jonathan
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While all these plazas and parklets look a bit different, they have something in common: They remind us that streets have a much higher purpose than moving around & storing large, toxic, loud, dangerous private vehicles.
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... We just passed, by council ordinance, permission for
@PBOTinfo
to use around 1,000 (!!) curbside parking/loading zone spaces in the central city for protected bike lanes, safer crossings, & better transit.
And this isn't "just a plan". We have $35 MILLION to spend. Let's go!
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Possible upgrade to the I-205 path in the middle of the Glenn Jackson Bridge?
In South Korea 🇰🇷, the solar panels in the middle of the highway have a bicycle path underneath - cyclists are protected from the sun, isolated from traffic, and the country can produce clean energy.
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What weighs 4,000 pounds and is giving U.S. cities death, destruction and toxic air because they speed up to 50 mph on city streets burning fossil fuels? Cars.
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Seems
@PortlandPolice
could create a roadblock and/or use spike strips to stop these criminal truck drivers.
Driving through crowds and macing out of vehicles at SW 4th and Washington.
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Today in, Some Drivers Really Suck at Driving:
- Reader said someone slammed into this bike parking area & bike on SE Stark/Sandy (Slammer Tavern). Bike belongs to worker at Ota Tofu & was their only form of transpo. 😲🤬
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"This city was not made for cyclists, pedestrians, or bus riders. Unfortunately, it was made for auto drivers & we are trying to correct that... And I know it's painful & unpopular w some ppl, but it absolutely has to happen." -
@ChloeEudalyPDX
on Rose Lane Project
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Huge turnout of young Portlanders for the
#ClimateStrike
at the Convention Center. March to city hall and
@OregonDOT
HQ starts soon
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Respect him so much for doing this. Will be great when it's not even newsworthy. And even greater when a few colleagues join him. When is the Congressional Bike Caucus Critical Mass ride
@repblumenauer
? 🤣
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg biked to the White House for today's Cabinet Meeting, it would appear.
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We need physically protected bike lanes... AND physically protected bike parking. This is on N Rosa Parks Way & N Denver right out front of a coffee cart and a popular Mexican food place. And it's not the first time this has happened here.
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Sarah Iannarone picked as new leader of The Street Trust
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Just another day on the “carfree” I-205 path! 🤪🤣😮 This was near SE Division. Video sent in by a reader. cc
@OregonDOT
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Also wondering why
@PortlandPolice
hasn’t slashed any tires yet since they’ve been so quick to do that to BLM protest vehicles.
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🚨 Video shows another intentional vehicular assault on a bicycle rider in Portland
"My friend was almost run over by someone in a red truck... After what happened the other day [on SE Stark] he’s pretty shook up."
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Ladd Circle has never been this beautiful ❤️💯😎😁👍🌈. (at Ladds 500)
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This morning's
#sunrise
felt like a hard-earned reward for all the tough, wet riding lately ❤️💪🏼
Stay strong everyone, it always gets better.
📸 - Doug Hecker
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Helluva day for a bike ride.
Feels like we all just got a bit of a tailwind. 😁
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Very beautiful new art on the Springwater Corridor path under the Ross Island Bridge. Artist is southeast
#Portland
resident Stephen Cutler
#publicart
#murals
#bikepath
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#orleg
@CoachBalto
is decked out in his helmet and
@cleverhoods
Bike Bus jacket in Salem testifying for the
#bikebusbill
! Lots of other people on the docket to give testimony.
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Wait... You mean to tell us that creating "8-80", physically protected space for cycling/rolling/walking on our streets is as simple as plopping big barriers down & just ... just... actually making it happen w/o millions of $$ and years of planning?
Shocked! Shocked I tell you!
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Betsy Johnson, a leading candidate for Oregon governor, says 'no' to light rail and bikes on I-5 crossing project
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Hardesty questions council's commitment to racial justice after budget cut proposal falls 3-2
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Let's end the week on a positive note:
Remember the woman whose bike was smashed by a careless driver on SE Stark? It was her transportation to work & she doesn't have money to replace it...
Well... over 50 of you raised over $1,000 & she'll have a new bike soon. 💯💪🙏🚲❤️
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Portland transportation director readies plan to remove key downtown protected bike lane
- Sources say
@CommMapps
and newly hired
@PBOTinfo
director Millicent Williams are pushing to rollback the NW/SW Broadway bike lane to a previous design.
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The
@eBikeStore
on N Rosa Parks Way has shoveled their protected bike lane. Can we please make this a trend! 👏🏼👏🏼❤️❤️
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People are gathering for the vigil and memorial for Jean Gerich and other victims of the SE Portland vehicular assault. Meet under playground cover of Buckman Elementary.
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A California inventor is working on a sweeper you can pull behind your bike
Since we're frustrated by the persistent problem of debris-filled bikeways and possible solutions, I asked the inventor to share more about himself and his creation.
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From the comments section:
“So, if we extend this analogy: Pedestrians are being killed crossing the street, so let’s close the crosswalks” then the next logical step is: “People are dying while driving cars, so let’s close the roads.”
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Wow. Must feel amazing to live in a city and be excited about your mayor. Haven’t felt that way for years in Portland.
Way to go Boston!
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