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• BTA releases results of Bike Commute Challenge

  Tonight in southeast Portland, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) will toast another successful Bike Commute Challenge. The event, which has been held every September since 1995, is a friendly competition between workplaces to see who bike to work... Posted Oct 08 2008, 07:23 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Business, Media, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Editorial, Columbia River Crossing, Bike Friendly Businesses, Brett Jarolimek, Mountain Biking, Flanders Street Bridge, Carfree Families Column, Citizen Initiated Citation Process, Cyclocross 2007, Page Two

• Adams: Final thoughts on Sauvie and the “massive new transportation challenge facing our City”

  Commissioner Adams during an interview in October 2007.(Photo © J. Maus) In a letter sent out this morning to subscribers of his email newsletter, City Commissioner Sam Adams summed up PDOT’s budget woes and made some final statements on the defunct... Posted May 08 2008, 11:44 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Flanders Street Bridge

• Dozono says he’s the reason Adams scrapped Sauvie span plan

  “If I was not running for Mayor and challenging City Hall’s spending, my opponent would have continued to ram-rod this pet project through”–Sho Dozono Not surprisingly, Commissioners Adams’ opponent in the race for mayor, Sho Dozono... Posted May 07 2008, 08:46 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge

• Exclusive: Adams will scrap Sauvie span project

  “I don’t feel comfortable moving forward at this point.”–Commissioner Sam Adams City of Portland Commissioner Sam Adams will announce tomorrow (5/7) that he will pull the plug on a plan to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span as... Posted May 07 2008, 12:56 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge

• “Sauvie Island Bridge Relocation Project” launched at press conference

  New logo unveiled today Commissioner Sam Adams held a press conference today to officially launch Flanders Crossing: Sauvie Island Bridge Relocation Project. The event was an attempt to clarify the proposal for the project that will be voted on by City... Posted Apr 25 2008, 07:32 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge

• Potter offers new argument against Sauvie Bridge re-use plan

  Looking across NW Flanders over I-405 — not quite an intersection, yet.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland Mayor Tom Potter has issued a statement clarifying his opposition to the plan to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span as a human-powered vehicle crossing... Posted Apr 25 2008, 10:37 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge

• Sauvie Bridge update: Ordinance filed, press conference announced

  Download press release (PDF) City Commissioners Sam Adams, Dan Saltzman, and Randy Leonard have filed the ordinance to acquire and relocate the Sauvie Island Bridge from its current location to NW Flanders Street. The City of Portland has also announced... Posted Apr 23 2008, 06:37 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Flanders Street Bridge

• Adams, Dozono trade views on Sauvie span at City Club debate

  The City Club of Portland hosted a mayoral debate on Friday between the two leading candidates — City Commissioner Sam Adams and Portland business owner Sho Dozono. Sho Dozono(Photo © J. Maus) Sam Adams(Photo © J. Maus) Among the topics discussed... Posted Apr 21 2008, 01:12 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Politics, Election 2008, Flanders Street Bridge

• Recap and photos: Sauvie Island span rally in NW Portland

  KGW-TV broadcasted live from the rally.(Photos © J. Maus) Last night, a group of Northwest Portland neighborhood leaders, grassroots activists and bike advocates met on NW Flanders Blvd. for a rally to demonstrate support for re-using the Sauvie Island... Posted Apr 18 2008, 04:13 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge

• Salztman vows support of Sauvie span

  Sauvie span supporters gathered in Northwest Portland earlier tonight.(Photo © J. Maus) While supporters of moving the old Sauvie Island Bridge span to downtown Portland gathered for a rally tonight, Commissioner Dan Saltzman issued a press release stating... Posted Apr 18 2008, 12:34 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Flanders Street Bridge

• Tonight: Rally and walking tours at future bridge site

  A group of Portlanders stare longingly at what will someday be a new bike and pedestrian bridge over I-405 at NW Flanders.(Photo © J. Maus) There’s going to be a new bike and pedestrian bridge over I-405 in downtown Portland. Someday. Will it be... Posted Apr 17 2008, 04:02 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Rides/Events, Flanders Street Bridge

• Rally, walking tours planned at proposed Sauvie span site

  A group of concerned citizens look out over I-405 at the future location of a Flanders Street overpass.(Photos © J. Maus) A group of citizens and advocates led by the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance will host a... Posted Apr 14 2008, 05:03 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge

• Sauvie update: Saltzman not playing politics; Mercury says Potter is “flat out wrong”

  “It’s nice spin… but it’s flat out wrong.” –Portland Mercury News Editor Amy Ruiz, on Mayor Potter’s comments about the funding for the Sauvie Island Bridge re-use plan The situation with the effort to re-use... Posted Apr 09 2008, 06:56 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge

• Mayor tries to ‘Lift the fog’ around his Sauvie span decision

  Mayor Potter listening to testimony in support of the Sauvie span at City Hall last week.(Photos © J. Maus) Mayor Potter has issued a statement to help further clarify his decision to vote against a proposal that would have allowed PDOT to turn the old... Posted Apr 09 2008, 12:05 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge

• BTA, activists work to save Sauvie span

  “We intend to demonstrate to elected officials that there’s huge support for re-using the Sauvie span.”–the BTA’s Karl Rohde While City Hall tries to work out its differences on the effort to move the old Sauvie Island Bridge... Posted Apr 08 2008, 06:25 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northwest, Flanders Street Bridge