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• City budget hearings begin tonight: Take survey before you go

  Strategy session prior to a budget hearing in 2007.(Photo © J. Maus) Tonight in Northwest Portland the City will hold its first of three Budget Hearings. To coincide with these hearings, the City has launched an online survey to find out how citizens... Posted Mar 01 2010, 01:55 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, pbot budget

• How PBOT wants to spend $14 million in new state revenue

  Estimated distribution of how PBOT wants to spend $14 million in new state revenue. (Figures are in millions.)(Graph: BikePortland/Source info: PBOT) In the fiscal year that runs from June 2010 through July 2011, the Bureau of Transportation will have... Posted Feb 23 2010, 11:18 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, pbot budget

• BTA votes no on PBOT’s proposed budget

  A freshly paved Naito Parkway came with new bike lanes.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation submitted their proposed 2010-2011 budget to City Hall today and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance is not happy with it. Michelle... Posted Feb 01 2010, 05:20 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, BTA, pbot budget

• 127 businesses sign letter in support of 2030 bike plan

  Bikes and business in peaceful coexistence.(Photo © J. Maus) Today, the Bicycle Business League and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance delivered a letter to Portland Mayor Sam Adams in support of the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 signed by 127 local... Posted Feb 01 2010, 04:13 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Business, Advocacy, pbot budget

• PBOT looks to double active transportation fund in 2010

  A fund to help pay for more bike boulevards will be doubled in the coming year.(Photo © J. Maus) With budget season heating up it’s time to delve into what the Bureau of Transportation has in mind for bikes in the coming fiscal year. Last year the... Posted Jan 21 2010, 04:14 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, pbot budget, pbot

• PBOT eyes over $7 million in bike projects for next year

  PBOT is looking into a new cycle track on N. Williams as part of $7 million in bike projects next year.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation is fleshing out a list of bicycle projects worth an estimated $7 million they hope to roll out... Posted Nov 16 2009, 10:59 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, pbot budget, pbot

• Lots of love for Mayor’s budget at community hearing

  Commissioners Fish and Fritz andMayor Adams listen to testimony at the budget hearing last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Given the City’s budget woes and the fact that our Mayor is currently being investigated by the State Attorney General and has been... Posted May 22 2009, 03:56 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, pbot budget

• Mayor’s budget, bike funding up for community hearing Thursday

  Bike advocates huddled with theBTA’s Scott Bricker before testifying at the 2007 hearing.(Photo © J. Maus) With the prospects of bike funding looking grim Salem, the residents of Portland have a chance to set a different tone. Thursday evening ... Posted May 20 2009, 12:13 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Politics, pbot budget, pbot

• Exclusive: Adams’ budget will include “Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Fund”

  Adams has dedicated $500,000 for bikes in his budget.(Photos © J. Maus) In his forthcoming budget proposal (due out tomorrow), Mayor Sam Adams will include a dedicated funding source devoted to bicycle programs and projects that he calls the “Bicycle... Posted Apr 30 2009, 12:33 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, sam adams, pbot budget

• Priorities and promises: How will bikes fare in the Mayor’s budget

  Will he deliver a Platinum budget?(Photos © J. Maus) Right now in City Hall, Mayor Adams and his staff are getting set to release their transportation budget. When the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) released their budget back in February, it was embarrassingly... Posted Apr 29 2009, 11:36 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, sam adams, pbot budget

• Kidical Massers bring message for more money to City Hall

  How can the city say no to a face like this?-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) Last Friday, about 100 people — most of them families with kids in tow — rode to City Hall as part of a special edition of the BTA’s monthly Kidical Mass... Posted Mar 23 2009, 08:27 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, BTA, safe routes to school, safe routes to schools, kids, family, pbot budget

• Kids will take Safe Routes message to City Hall

  A politician’s worst nightmare. Kidical Mass storming City Hall.(Photos © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) plans to use their monthly “Kidical Mass” ride as way to send a clear message to City Council about their upcoming... Posted Mar 10 2009, 04:03 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, BTA, safe routes to school, pbot budget

• Mayor publishes statement on bikes and the budget

  “I believe in bicycling. Investing in bicycle projects in Portland makes the city a safer, greener, healthier place.”– Mayor Sam Adams In a statement just published on his website, Mayor Sam Adams has responded to concerns from Portlanders... Posted Mar 04 2009, 04:48 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, sam adams, pbot budget, pbot

• Adams’ office: No guarantees on Safe Routes money

  “Our hope is to find funding to backfill the Safe Routes program…but we can’t guarantee that.” – Catherine Ciarlo, transportation policy advisor for Mayor Adams Mayor Adams made his first State of the City address at the... Posted Feb 27 2009, 10:43 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Politics, sam adams, pbot budget

• PBOT director weighs in on budget and Adams’ “100 Day” promises

  PBOT Director Sue Keil at a press conference in May 2008.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in January, just days before the Willamette Week broke news of Mayor Sam Adams’ relationship with Beau Breedlove, the incoming Mayor unveiled an ambitious plan of projects... Posted Feb 24 2009, 06:10 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, BTA, pbot budget, pbot