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• COMMUNITY SPIN 6/6/10

  Last month I reported that the cycling community needed to raise $5000 to fully sign and stripe a NEW BIKE ROUTE THROUGH RIVER VIEW CEMETERY. This was accomplished in less than a month, thanks in large part to a 4 to 1 matching donation from Lewis and... Posted Jun 06 2010, 02:32 PM by Sharon Fekety with | with no comments Filed under: cycling, Community Spin, portland Velo cycling club

• COMMUNITY SPIN, MAY, 2010

  The E. BURNSIDE/COUCH COUPLET PROJECT turned Burnside into a one-way street going east and Couch into the main artery going west from east 14 th St. to the Burnside bridgehead with a bike lane beginning at NE 6th and Couch. Although it is a work in progress... Posted May 03 2010, 09:39 PM by Sharon Fekety with | with no comments Filed under: Portland Velo, Portland, Community Spin, Sharon Fekety

• COMMUNITY SPIN 11/4/09, by Sharon Fekety

  The GIBBS STREET PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE BRIDGE, which will connect the SW Lair Hill neighborhood with South Waterfront near the tram, was supposed to start construction soon. However, the lowest construction bid came in 68% over budget. The bid was rejected... Posted Nov 04 2009, 08:29 AM by Sharon Fekety with | with no comments Filed under: Portland, Community Spin, Sharon Fekety, portland Velo cycling club

• COMMUNITY SPIN 10/09, by Sharon Fekety

  The long-planned bike and pedestrian facility on the Morrison Bridge is expected to be completed by December. Construction began in March on a 15 foot wide concrete pathway that will carry 2 directions of bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the south side... Posted Oct 12 2009, 05:36 PM by Linda Jellison with | with no comments Filed under: Portland, Community Spin, Sharon Fekety

• COMMUNITY SPIN, 7/5/09

  ODOT and TriMet, with help from the federal stimulus bill, will be making improvements to the I-205 BIKE PATH this summer. Most of the money will go toward new lighting on a 3.6 mile section from SE Sunnyside Rd. to SE Woodstock, and this section of the... Posted Jul 05 2009, 03:31 PM by Sharon Fekety with | with no comments Filed under: Oregon, Portland, cycling, Community Spin, portland Velo cycling club

• Community Spin, June 7, 2009

  The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation will be testing several NEW TYPES OF BIKE LANES downtown this August in an effort to make Portlanders more comfortable riding downtown on a bicycle, whatever their skill level. The new “BUFFERED BIKE LANE... Posted Jun 07 2009, 04:22 PM by Sharon Fekety with | with no comments Filed under: Portland, Community Spin, Sharon Fekety, portland Velo cycling club

• COMMUNITY SPIN March 7, 2009

  LOCAL BRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS in the news are of interest to cyclists. The Sellwood Bridge Policy Advisory Group recommended a 64 ft. wide bridge in its present location with two 12 foot wide travel lanes, two 12 foot wide multi-use sidewalk paths AND two... Posted Mar 07 2009, 10:17 AM by Sharon Fekety with | with no comments Filed under: Portland, OR, cycling, Community Spin, Sharon Fekety

• Community Spin, 8/6/08

  Oregon state senator Floyd Prozanski, a cyclist and friend of cycling (Share the Road License Plate and laws requiring motorists to drive more carefully around cyclists), had planned to introduce a law would have made HELMETS MANDATORY FOR ADULTS. But... Posted Aug 06 2008, 10:54 AM by Sharon Fekety with | with no comments Filed under: Community Spin

• Community Spin by Sharon Fekety - February 2008

  A new bike and pedestrian path that connects the PORTLAND AIRPORT TO MARINE DRIVE opened in December. The new 12-foot wide, half-mile long asphalt pathway runs between Marine Drive and Northeast Frontage Road and connects with the existing bicycle and... Posted Feb 11 2008, 01:13 PM by Carlo Delumpa with | with no comments Filed under: Portland Velo, Oregon, Portland, OR, cycling community, Community Spin, Sharon Fekety, cycling club