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• Safety advocates will try (again) for new hand signal law in 2009

  An elderly couple crosses NW Lovejoy at 9th.(Photos © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition are teaming up on a new bill that will seek to improve public safety by rewriting and expanding on Oregon’s... Posted Dec 02 2008, 09:00 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Politics, BTA, 2009 legislative session, pedestrian hand signal, pedestrian

• BTA: Eye to Eye campaign a success

  BTA director Scott Bricker at the Eye toEye campaign launch in August. Mayor-elect Adamsand PDOT director Sue Keil look on.(Photos © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) is calling their three-month “Eye to Eye” campaign a success... Posted Nov 25 2008, 03:46 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, BTA, eye to eye campaign

• Bike tax seen as neccessary to address “political reality”

  “We’re not going to put our blinders on and say ‘no, we refuse to talk about it’.”–BTA lobbyist Karl Rohde One of the many interesting conversations that we’ll follow in the upcoming legislative session is the... Posted Nov 19 2008, 06:43 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, BTA, bike tax

• Neighborhood support grows for Going St. bike boulevard

  A banner for the BTA’s campaign seenat an event this summer.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in August, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) announced that Going Street would be the focus of their first major effort to create a new bike boulevard in... Posted Nov 19 2008, 02:42 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northeast, Bicycle Boulevards, BTA, going street bike boulevard

• Metro, BTA support bike tax concept

  The BTA’s Karl Rohde (in red) says he supports the concept of a bike tax.(Photo © J. Maus) Both Metro and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) are supportive of an idea to create a bike tax. The idea came up as a small (and for the most part... Posted Nov 12 2008, 12:57 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, BTA, metro, bike tax

• Slip slidin’ away? Check out these tips and free workshops

  This woman stays dry and visible with a poncho.(Photos © J. Maus) Monsoon season is upon us in Portland. When you jump on your bike these days, you never know what awaits you; wind, rain, leaf-strewn (and slippery) bike lanes, or all of the above (no... Posted Nov 12 2008, 12:13 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Resources, BTA, clever cycles, tips

• Metro, BTA support bike tax concept [updated]

  *[UPDATE: I have edited this story to clarify that the bike tax is not, at this time, a part of Governor Kulongoski's Jobs and Transportation Act.] The BTA’s Karl Rohde (in red) says he supports the concept of a bike tax.(Photo � J. Maus) Both... Posted Nov 12 2008, 08:36 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, BTA, metro, bike tax

• Election night party will raise funds for BTA

  The Ace Hotel is throwing a big election night party that will raise a glass to a new era in American politics and will raise money for a few local non-profits; including the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA). The party is at The Cleaners (next door... Posted Nov 03 2008, 12:22 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Politics, Election 2008, BTA

• BTA’s 2009 legislative plans take shape

  As bike ridership spikes in cities across the state, Oregon’s upcoming legislative session is sure to be full of bike-related action. Figuring prominently in that mix will be the lobbying efforts of the Portland-based Bicycle Transportation Alliance... Posted Oct 01 2008, 05:18 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Politics, Legislation, stop signs, BTA, 2009 legislative session

• Commute Challenge riders log over 1 million miles in September

  To the victor, go the spoils.(Photos © J. Maus) Today is the last day of the BTA’s 13th annual Bike Commute Challenge. The event, which is a friendly competition between businesses to see whose employees can complete the most bike trips in the month... Posted Sep 30 2008, 05:15 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Rides/Events, BTA, bike commute challenge

• BTA, Police Bureau launch latest incarnation of bike light education program

  A Portland police officer gives out a free set of bike lights back in August 2006.(Photos © J. Maus) As part of their ongoing Eye to Eye campaign, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and the Traffic Division of the Portland Police Bureau have partnered... Posted Sep 25 2008, 02:46 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Police, News, Safety, Advocacy, mark kruger, jeff bernards, larry odea, bike lights, BTA, Traffic Division, get lit