This will be a bad design with little thought put into how to get people on bikes to and from where they're going and most of the focus on keeping those "pesky rolling pedestrians" (as PBOT sees them) out of the way of cars and buses. PBOT is out over their skis yet again thinking their design will be perfect and ready to cast in stone. #pdxBikes
The city is closing about 10 km of streets to vehicle traffic in Northeast #Portland from 11:00 to 16:00 today for the second Parkways event where people can #bike, #walk, or otherwise use the roads without having to worry about cars.
There will be live music, vendors, information, and free basic bike tuneups along the route. I wish I could go, but I’m working today.
More diverters, faster! PBOT needs to proactively manage car traffic for #Portland to have a connected low-stress bikeway network that provides a convenient & comfortable alternative to driving for families, children, all people. #pdxBikes#ClimateAction
"post-project data showed:
Significant reduction in traffic on the NE Alameda neighborhood greenway.
No significant impacts to nearby local, neighborhood streets.
I'm having a hard time believing, not that a #transportation agency would come up with a plan that was to sweep the broken glass and gravel off of the sidewalks and leave it in the bike lanes for a few days before sweeping it up, just that it wasn't done with intentional malice or disdain toward people on bikes. (months after it snowed and they graveled everything while plowing the snow onto the sidewalks) #BarburBlvd#pdxBikes#Portland#BikeTooter#ClimateDenial#CarSupremacy#ODOTGTFOpdx
#PBOT has a problem where they all spend effort shuffling around projects trying to catch potential funding sources falling from the sky and then don't really do basic things on the ground about what it's like to ride a bike in this city. #Portland#pdxBikes#Vision60or70something#ClimateDenial
Seeking volunteers for 2-hr shifts with BikeLoudPDX.
Show off your #cargoBikes! Answer questions on hauling kids & large loads #CarryShitOlympics#eBikes
🚨 STOP ODOT’S BACKROOM HEIST, HELP US RIGHT-SIZE INTERSTATE BRIDGE INVESTMENT
The freeway lobbyists have included a $1 billion allocation of General Obligation Bond funds for the proposed Interstate Bridge Replacement in an amendment to House Bill 5005. This amendment dropped over the holiday weekend, a day before two work session votes on the legislation, the week before session ends. #ORleg#ORpol#NoMoreFreeways#ClimateAction#Portland#pdxBikes
We are ashamed our city is working to remove critical #pdxBikes infrastructure already built and spending their valuable resources on this removal over the much needed and overdue work to make our most dangerous streets safer. In the middle of a traffic violence epidemic, in the middle of #PBOT's own budget crisis.
When was the outreach process about the yellow centerline paint and speeding cars? #ClimateCrisis#VisionZero
LoL someone #pdxBikes, who wasn't me, was trying to talk @jonathan_maus into leaving xitter. It's not just that you're in a room full of nazis, it's that you're also not in the place with all of the people who refuse to be in a room full of nazis.
Freight trains blocking your bike route? Join me and @bikeloudpdx on the Wrong Side of the Tracks Ride today at 1pm to learn how to get around trains in your way, without using stairs or elevators:
ran out of #eBikes battery on the tandem coming home from Tigard, tried both of us pedaling on what few downhills with ~200W regen but that only amounted to maybe a few minutes total. The baserunner did give us maybe 100W on Multnomah + bits of climb after that, but it was, overall, a sweaty ordeal. I have not been keeping this one parked on the charger, since we've been experimenting with the regen setup, need to plan ahead better if it's not always fully charged. 😅 💦 #pdxBikes#BikeTooter
“It’s a beautiful amenity for our guests and our associates, and it’s right in front of our hotel.”
"Maldonado told me she doesn’t want her establishment to be filled with only tourists and that having locals spend time in their iconic library room, tavern, and restaurant, is a key part of their future success." #pdxBikes#Portland#swBroadway#HeathmanHotel