exchangecycletours writes
"Hands-On Tune Up & Roadside Repair Class
Learn how to fix a flat, fine tune your hubs, and true a wheel!
Description
This 8-hour tune up course is designed as a hands on learning experience in a small group setting. All of the techniques will first be demonstrated, then practiced on the bike. Feel free to bring in your own bike, or use one of ours. The course will consist of one 2-hour class per week, for 4 weeks. Check our calendar for updated class dates and times, or give us a call. At this point, registration is over the phone, by email, or you can stop by the shop.
Upcoming Classes:
ECT bike school - 2503 SE Division
Next 4 Tuesdays (2/13 - 3/6): 6:00pm-8:00pm
Next 4 Thursdays (2/15 - 3/8): 6:00pm-8:00pm (ECT bike school - 2503 SE Division)
Cost: $80
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LShaw_CRC writes
"Columbia River Crossing is a bridge, transit and highway improvement project to address the congestion on I-5 between SR 500 in Vancouver and Columbia Boulevard in Portland. It is lead by the Oregon and Washington departments of transportation which are working to identify ways to improve traffic flow, safety and transit service on this stretch of highway.
The project is at an important decision time about which bridge and transit options to include in the draft environmental impact statement. As a reader of this forum, you might be interested in commenting on the transit and bridge recommendations because the ideas that are advanced are the only ones that will be considered for further analysis.
You can learn more about these recommendations by checking out the project’s web site http://www.columbiarivercrossing.org or by listening to our new podcast here: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/inform/downloads/ColumbiaR iverCrossing.mp3. Its conversational story-telling approach gives you more background about the decisions ahead.
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MichelleBTA writes
"You'll need some reason to get out of bed before noon on January 1st, 2007, and we have it: the First Day of the Year Ride. Start the year off right by going for an invigorating bike ride - good for the health, good for the happy, good for the earth. We'll ride from McCall Waterfront Park to Laurelhurst Park.
It will be the second lowest traffic day of the year (first lowest: Superbowl Sunday) so bring the kids and the music and the fun bikes. Admission is free and no registration is required - just show up at the starting point with your bike and appropriate weather gear. We'll serve hot refreshments at Laurelhurst Park, and then you're free to wander off and see to the rest of your New Year's resolutions before the day is over.
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Caitlin Scholl writes
"Have a great idea for increasing or improving bike safety in your area? Apply for a mini-grant of up to $5,000!
The Community Cycling Center’s Bicyclist Safety Mini-Grant Program provides funding to public agencies and non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations to promote the safety of bicyclists in Oregon. Funding is available statewide through a grant to the Community Cycling Center from the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Transportation Safety Division.
Funding is available for projects targeting youth and/or adults, with a focus on projects that incorporate a strong educational element, especially in communities that do not currently have access to bike safety education resources. For communities that currently do have access to these resources, innovative and creative project proposals are highly encouraged.
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Timo Forsberg writes
"Don't sit at home in the dark. Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Light up your bike and come on down to the Community Cycling Center, NE 17th & Alberta on Last Thursday, Nov. 30th. We gather at 5:00 p.m.
Be one of the Best and the Brightest - prizes awarded for :
-- Mr./ Ms. Safety
-- Best Artistic Expression in an Illumanitive Context
-- Hey! Point that thing somewhere else, you're blinding me!
This is the kickoff event for PDOT's new campaign to encourage drivers to see bikes and cyclists to get lit.
The press will be there so wear your finest and shiniest.
SEE you there!"
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Metro writes "The public is invited to comment on projects to fund through Metro's Transportation Priorities 2008-11, a regional process to schedule distribution of approximately $45.4 million in federal transportation funds.
A 45-day comment period will open with release of a "first cut" project list on October 13, 2006, and end on December 1. The four listening posts shown below will be held in different parts of the region where people may comment in person. To ensure that oral testimony is accurately recorded, we encourage people to also submit their comments in writing.
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Steve Hoyt writes
"Making Portland a World Class Bicycling City: Tuesday, August 29th, 6:30 p.m., Southeast Uplift
How has the City and its citizens made Portland the #1 U.S. city for bicycling? How can we join Amsterdam and Copenhagen as a world-class bicycling city? What do you like about bicycling in Portland? What would you like to see improved?
Join Southeast Uplift’s Bike Committee as we discuss these issues with City of Portland Bicycle Coordinator Roger Geller on Tuesday, August 29th from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at Southeast Uplift, 3534 SE Main.
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Chris Smith writes
"The Streetcar Citizens Advisory Committee is reviewing fare policy for the Portland Streetcar. We would very much appreciate your help in understanding ridership and fare patterns. Please take moment to complete our very brief online survey (only 7 questions) at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=419032463557
Thank you very much.
Chris Smith
Chair, Portland Streetcar CAC"
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Peter Hurley writes
"Neighborhood traffic, transportation options and how to get things
done in your neighborhood are the focus for this well respected ten-
week university course. Hundreds of Portland residents have taken
this popular class and learned how to negotiate the maze of traffic
and transportation agencies and issues. Here's your chance to hear
about how you can make a difference even in these times of budget
cuts and shrinking gas tax revenue. Speakers include policy and
decision-makers, planners, and engineers from TriMet, Metro, and
Portland's Office of Transportation — people who can make things
happen. Facilitated by Rick Gustafson, transportation planning
consultant and former Metro executive officer.
What: A ten-week course sponsored by City of Portland Bureau of
Transportation System Management and Portland State University Urban
Studies Program
When: September 27 to December 6, 2006
Wednesdays, 6:40 - 8:40 p.m. (except November 22)
Where: Portland State University Campus
Who: This course is designed for the neighborhood activist, new or
experienced, who wants to make a difference on traffic and
transportation in their Portland neighborhood.
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Some of you may already know about this, but there is a blog for Portland transportation called
"Portland Transport".
Portland Transport is an Oregon Non-profit Corporation whose mission is to foster conversation and spread information about transportation policy and options.
I am sure that News4Neighbors readers could both benefit and contribute. The more the merrier.
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trousculp writes
"Hello Neighbors and Friends!
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has just launched the Bicycle Boulevard Campaign's first community feedback survey concerning riding habits, preferences and safety. If you have the ability to post a link to this survey on your website or message board, or if you would just like to take it yourself, we would very much appreciate it. If you have any questions please email me at: tom@bta4bikes.org
Survey here: > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=800062376079
Curious about what a Bicycle Boulevard is? You can learn more here: http://www.bta4bikes.org/at_work/bikeboulevards.ph p
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Rev Phil writes
"Portland, OR July 26th — The Portland Legal Defense Network and Zoobomb
cordially invite the public to learn about kickass biking at the Clinton
Street Theater, Wednesday July 26th at 9pm.
Who doesn't love to get toasted while viewing movies about living free
(or maybe just without car insurance)? You are not alone in your desire
to have more free fun!
Films to include:
Naked Bike Rides
The Cutthroats: Zoobomb's sibling bike cult from Richmond VA
Dead Freeways
Lloyd Center Security
Terrifying On-ramps
Adventures in Hitchhiking
Trojans Imploding
Also, the Portland Legal Defense Network will inform folks about how
they can live a more hassled-by-the-cops-free lifestyle. Do you know
what to do when the cops bust your bike gang?
All this and more cheap beer than you can heckle at the Clinton Street
Theater. Wednesday July 26th @ 9pm
For additional information or a sample copy, Contact:
revphil@freegeek.org
The Portland Legal Defense Network has been kicking ass and taking cops'
names for years. If there is an abuse of power from the state they are
capable of responding appropriately.
Kickass Biking curator
revphil@freegeek.org
Portland Legal Defense Network
503.295.6400 or e-mail: pldn@lists.riseup.net"
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Steven Adamson writes
"“Who Killed the Electric Car?”
A benefit for Livable Place with filmmaker Chris Paine
Portland prides itself on being a leader in sustainability, and was recently proclaimed America’s “Most Sustainable City.” There are more Prius hybrid cars in Oregon than in any other state. If electric cars were on the market, Oregonians would buy them. In 1996 electric cars began to appear on the roads of California, but now they are gone. What happened? Portlanders will want to know WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
Film Director Chris Paine leased an all-electric EVI car from General Motors in 1997. It was quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, ran without gasoline, and was virtually maintenance free. Plugging it into a charger every night cost $3. “Politics, economics, and corporate power stopped California’s electric car program in its tracks,” said Paine who considered stealing his car when it was taken back. GM refused an offer of $1.8 million to buy 78 of the cars, and instead they were crushed in the Arizona dessert. Paine decided to investigate. “What began as a series of questions began to turn the story into a murder mystery. Some of the evidence still shocks me.”
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Evan Manvel writes
"At Saturday's Portland Bike Summit, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance unveiled a new campaign for low-traffic streets that could dramatically increase the number of bicyclists and safety of bicycling.
The Bicycle Boulevards Campaign is aimed at expanding the number of beautiful, safe, healthy and quiet places to ride a bike. Using two years of interviews with almost 1,000 bicyclists and experts, the BTA found a huge demand from current and potential cyclists for pleasant low-traffic routes. The number one concern of survey respondents was bicycling around traffic.
“Creating great bike routes on low-traffic neighborhood streets is a cost-effective investment not only in bicycling and bike safety, but in enhancing the beauty of residential neighborhoods,” said Jessica Roberts, the BTA’s Metro Area Advocate.
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If you own a diesel vehicle and are looking for retail availability of Biodiesel in the Portland metropolitan area, there is now a map at
PDXBiodiesel.org.
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