The Community Cycling Center's Create a Commuter program has been nominated for an Alice B. Toeclips Award this year, for its work to help low-income adults find and keep jobs, afford housing and regain mobility and confidence by becoming safe and comfortable bicyclists. Here, the CCC's Alison Hill writes about the program's mission and success.

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We’re running our annual "Tour de Bistro." Lance is retired and there are no favorites! You've got just as good a chance as anyone!
Timed to coincide with this Saturday's Alice Awards & Auction "Alice in Amsterdam," the Tour de Bistro is a [...]

By BTA correspondent John McLaren
The network of trails crisscrossing Vancouver and Clark County is the handiwork of Kelly Punteney, a recently retired trails and greenway planner, and for developing this network he has been nominated for an Alice B. Toeclips Award. Where bicyclists once wondered how to get around Vancouver, their horizons now extend across [...]

New this year: we're putting the names of all the Alice table hosts into a box and picking out a winner!

Ginny Burdick is a champion for bicyclists and walkers. A senior Oregon State Senator, Ginny has had her hands in the primary bicycle and pedestrian related bills that have passed the Legislature in the recent sessions.
While among legislators the Senator’s claim to fame may be winning the legislative walking competition in 2005 (members track their [...]

SK Northwest has submitted a new development application for the Portland Spirit property along the Springwater on the Willamette.

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When Janis McDonald arrived in Portland from Houston 11 years ago, her 1974 Volkswagen camper van died. That’s when she took up bicycling and began living a life that has been mostly car-free. But for her bicycling is much more than a good way to get around, it’s also a calling. Today she effectively promotes [...]

[Sara Stout, one of this year's Alice B. Toeclips Award nominees, is a life-long promoter of cycling and the culture of cycling. She's a founding member of a cross-section of Portland bicycling institutions, including Shift, the bike culture non-profit; Citybikes, the co-op bike shop; Critical Mass, the visibility and advocacy movement; and the KBOO Bike [...]