BikeLoud PDX members joining to file lawsuit, Nov. 18th
E-Bike Policy Ride, Nov. 19th
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Nov. 20th (video: Bike Stuff PDX)
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November Updates
Lawsuit Update We are happy to announce that the local legal team atThomas, Coon, Newton & Frost elected to join with Scott Kocher atForum Law Group to represent BikeLoud PDX in our lawsuit against the City of Portland! We are excited to have such experience join BikeLoud PDX and offer their services pro-bono as we work through this once in a generation lawsuit.
Overall, this means we have profound knowledge, work output, and belief from these legal teams that we do indeed have a great reason to pursue the suit.
After filing the lawsuit on November 18th, a judge quickly signed the suit, showing that we indeed crossed our T's and dotted our I's as we move forward with the suit: fees waived!
Either way, thanks ALL for showing up and supporting BikeLoud PDX as we commit to hold the City of Portland accountable. We couldn't have gotten this far without the generous support of you, Forum Law Group, Thomas, Coon, Newton & Frost, and our dedicated members who have prepared the suit leading up to this month.
A draft e-bike rebate bill (LC 1994) is heading into the state legislature next year (Thank you Representatives Karin Power and Dacia Grayber!). BikeLoud PDX supports this bill and getting more e-bikes on Oregon's roads to replace car trips thoughout the state. It's currently being handed off to Representative Dacia Grayber (D- 35 Tigard), who will sponsor the bill this coming session. Email/callyour state repTODAY that you support this bill and wish to have their support come 2023!
End of the Year Recap BikeLoud PDX has been BUSY growing, and using new ways to activate and get folks engaged and advocating for safer streets, and getting folks on bikes! This year:
Organized over100+ rides
Signed over15 lettersto PBOT, City Council, ODOT, and more
Supported the weekly community-led Sundays on Goingevent!
Handed over 3,000 stickers promoting#BikeLove, and#PDXbikes
So much more!
Lastly, we couldn't have done any of the above without you: our subscriber and fellow BikeLoud PDX member.
Thanks for all the support you've done, and we know it in our hearts we can do so much more when everyone becomes the advocate they dream they can be. We hope to see you soon at an event/ride/meetup and if you can: please donate to support our cause as we continue to reach 25% Portland trips by Bike by 2030#25by2030pdx
Interested in becoming a BikeLoud PDX board member? We currently have 5 vacancies in our board and would love to have committed, passionate, and representative people join the board!
BikeLoud PDX N/NE - Overlook Rake and Ride Sunday, December 11th @ 10:00am Meet atStacks Coffeehouse Come join and help rake leaves from some of North Portland's most critical bike connections: the Interstate Ave hill and the Greeley Bike Path! Event is being led by Nic Cota, BikeLoud PDX Board member and Overlook NA Transportation Chair. Coffee will be provided at the end for all who join!
BikeLoud Holiday Lights Ride Saturday, December 17th @ 4:30pm Meet atSE Main MAX Station (Green Line) Join BikeLoud for a holiday light bike ride followed by food and drinks. Of course we will also be reviewing infrastructure! This is our final event of the year. We will ride through the Starkwood Holiday Lights (the Peacock Lane of East Portland) and end at Stark Street Pizza. We will be looking at some of the new greenways in East Portland.
BikeLoud PDX General Meeting - December MeetingPostponed Join the above ride instead for this month! See you January 2023!
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Other Rides/Events (click links for details):
BikePortland Pitch and Bitch Wednesday, December 7th @ 5:00pm Migration Brewing (N Williams Ave) Join local blog and bike new-source BikePortland for a first-in-awhile in-person event to meet other bike advocates and let BikePortland what you think they could do better! A great opportunity to meet a variety of voices and learn how to plug in to biking in Portland!
PSU Farmer's Market Ride Every Saturday! Meet at: SE Clinton/41st @ 10 am SE Clinton/26th @ 10:10 am Tilikum/PDX opera @ 10:30 am Join BikeLoud PDX member Hami Ramani (@hamiramani on twitter) for what's become a great go-to year-round event for all BikeLoud members who want to meet each other, support farmers, makers & bakers, and build community for all-ages & abilities.
KGW reports directly from Heathman Hotel about concerns raised from guests about the new parking-protected bike lanes on SW Broadway. However: PBOT isn't hesitating. Neither is BikeLoud PDX
Portland's Bureau of Transportation held an open house to discuss the laws, expectations, and future of advisory bike lanes in Portland: a relatively new treatment that has proven to be safe on local, low-speed, low-traffic streets.
BikeLoud PDX board member Nic Cota explains in an op-ed to BikePortland the tradeoffs, and reasons he chose to support the BikeLoud PDX lawsuit against the City of Portland.
