Another dramatic morning as clouds rolled across the sunrise sky.. with a full range of colors ever-changing as the sunrise progressed.
And let me just gloat for one second… I LOVE THIS NEXT SHOT…
This week’s Monday Roundup is sponsored by The Classic — Cycle Oregon’s iconic, week-long, fully-supported bicycle ride.
Here are the best stories we came across last week…
Torontonians have spoken: A very healthy majority of Toronto residents understand that lower speeds and better bike access are a good thing for their city.
Speeding is futile: Bike riders know this all too well. When people speed in urban areas, it only wastes gas and creates more danger for everyone.
Equitable bike share: Chicago Reader has a solid report on a new PSU study that examines bike share access to low-income and communities of color.
Bikes are a global cure: The reach of cycling as a solution to urban transport issues has no boundaries — as this editorial from a news outlet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia attests.
From Ethiopia to L.A.: “Make bike lanes safer” made it on a list of “20 ways to fix Los Angeles” in LA Weekly, a popular local newspaper.
Homeless on the bikeway: A video of people living on a popular bike route in San Francisco has spurred debate and calls for change. We’ve had similar situations here in Portland.
Build it and they come: Another example of the simplicity of solving urban transport through cycling: A network of inexpensive temporary bike lanes in Macon, Georgia led to an 800 percent increase in bicycle users.
Vision Zero policing concerns: The issue of unfair policing as a result of increased enforcement in the name of traffic safety has bubbled up in Los Angeles. This is a major reason why Portland’s Vision Zero Plan specifically ruled out more enforcement.
Carfree tourism: Take cars out of the equation and watch the money roll in: This is the thinking behind a tourism trend in Europe to prohibit auto use on iconic roads in order to encourage cycling.
Bragdon is back: Former Metro Council President David Bragdon is making headlines for his efforts to reform New York City’s embattled subway system.
Hi-viz tips: New research shows that if you want to increase your visibility among auto users, focus your hi-viz gear in places that are in motion — like on your legs or shoes.
Car control is the new gun control: Strong Towns compares gun control with the out-of-control state of our motorized traffic safety epidemic.
— Jonathan Maus: (503) 706-8804, @jonathan_maus on Twitter and jonathan@bikeportland.org
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“I feel like Portland is losing its way… Things aren’t connected.”
As a daily bike commuter and a long time road cyclist in places with pretty horrid biking conditions, riding in Portland has generally been great in contrast when I’m out riding by myself or my fellow roadie friends. Since March, however, I’ve been training for the Cycle Oregon weekend rides with my two teens, ages 17 and 13. And as our rides have started stretching out into 40-50 miles and we’ve started collaborating on where to go ride, all of us are noticing The Gaps.
— The Gap on SE 17th at the southern Portland city limits.
— The Gap on SE 17th (again) where it crosses McLoughlin into Sellwood.
— The Gap on the SW Waterfront trail near The Old Spaghetti Factory.
— The Gap on the Gresham-Fairview Trail where you need to cross the road, then turn left on to Burnside, to continue north on the MUP.
— The Gap in Lake Oswego from where the path through Tryon Creek ends and Old River Road begins (we hate that gap the most because it forces us on the narrow sidewalk, where none of us want to be).
We’re not asking for separated infrastructure everywhere we ride. (Though as an aside, my bike/road savvy kids always request rides on MUPs wherever possible, even if it means a longer or more roundabout trip. I’m still mulling over what that means.) But we do certainly notice where we abruptly go from having bike lanes to having nothing and/or being forced into weird detours across/against car traffic or over railroad tracks or choosing between sharing a lane on a highway or riding on the sidewalk.
I feel like Portland is losing its way in the ability to create viable non-car transportation alternates. Things aren’t connected. We manage and ride because we love it (and because if my kids want to get somewhere they have to ride, because I’m not driving them!), but we’re committed. What about all those people that think how much fun it would be to ride to lunch at Old Spaghetti Factory (or Edgefield) but then are turned off by all the weird detours Just For Them? As the State is passing a tax on the transportation mode we should be do everything to encourage rather than penalize, the penalty is a double whammy because the funds will not be allocated to fix the gaps in our street network and, I’m afraid, will just create more paths to nowhere.
— by Carrie (@CLeonard46), a BikePortland subscriber. Browse more Subscriber Posts here.
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While waiting for some freshly-thrown cylinders to set-up for tomorrow night’s demo, I decided to crank out a quick batch of textured tiles.
Finished trimming & detailing the porcelain vases with colored flashing slips.
One step closer… drying… and still racing towards the event deadline!
Wonderful bike ride to kick-off July…
hard to believe it’s already here! Picture perfect for a palindrome day!
Happy 150th Birthday Canada | Mr. Locksmith Calgary
On Saturday, July 1, 2017, it will be the sesquicentennial of Canada becoming a country, which occurred on July 1, 1867. On that day 3 British colonies – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada – were united into the Dominion of Canada. At the same time, that large existing Province of Canada was divided into two provinces – Ontario and Quebec. Canada started as a country of four provinces which eventually expanded West, East and North until it became what it is today; comprised of 10 provinces and 3 territories.
The last province to join Confederation was Newfoundland when the then Dominion of Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949. The last territory to be created was Nunavut, which in 1999 was divided from the existing Northwest Territories.
On Saturday, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. I hope all Canadians, home and abroad are able to celebrate this milestone of our great nation.
Happy Birthday Canada!
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