The workshop is at Milwaukie City Hall (2nd Floor, 10722 SE Main Street).

What's going on in Salem This Week?

Attend the 2nd annual summit coined – Oregon the land bicycles dream about.

The BTA worked to help pass Measure 26-80, which will help fund nine key trails projects in the region. News is that the voters will get even more bang for the buck than promised, thanks to a good bond rating which will reduce finance costs on the bond.

The County is agreeing to use smaller gravel in new chip seal roads, widen shoulders that cyclists use when converting gravel to chip seal, and maintain roads more often to remove the gravel that appears from chip seal treatment.

At the National Bike Summit, we had the chance to meet directly with Rep. Wu and his staff. Representative Wu graciously took his time to discuss several issues with us, including Rep. Blumenauer's Bike Commuter Act, HR 1498.
We've just gotten word that he's signed on as a cosponsor — hooray!
The power of citizen activism at [...]

On Saturday night, in the company of 715 BTA members, supporters, friends and volunteers, we honored and thanked five great bike advocates for the work they've done to make Oregon and SW Washington communities bike friendly. They were given Alice B. Toeclips Awards:
Senator Ginny Burdick, who represents SW Portland.

Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org.
Kelly Punteney, Vancouver, [...]

Two of Oregon's Representatives (both members of the Congressional Bike Caucus) will be looking at questions of global warming and energy independence.

Savannah Teller-Brown has been nominated for an Alice Award for her research into the effects of diesel exhaust on cyclists. Here she writes about what motivated her and the documentary she is creating to spread the word.

The Portland, Oregon Visitor's Association (POVA) is doing a survey on how we should brand Portland!