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Save the date for No Kings Day Sat Oct 18 from 12-4 March at 1PM Willamette Waterfront Park at Battleship Memorial consider coming by bike @indivisible-oregon.bsky.social @eastpdxindivisible.bsky.social @indivisiblepdx.bsky.social @pdxoregon50501.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Portlanders, save the date! Details forthcoming…

Books are our friends. Everyday rides for every day life during #WeekWithoutDriving Joe leads a ride to Powell's Books! Thurs Oct 2, 5:15PM meet. 5:45 ride. Elizabeth Caruthers Parks splash pad 3508 S Moody A novel idea for a ride! @shift2bikes.bsky.social www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

"We estimate that 36 percent of Americans over the age of 10 do not or cannot rely on a personal vehicle to meet their daily travel needs..."

1st-person story of near miss: 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙣𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙨 & 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 & 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨.

Books are our friends. Everyday rides for every day life during #WeekWithoutDriving Joe leads a ride to Powell's Books! Thurs Oct 2, 5:15PM meet. 5:45 ride. Elizabeth Caruthers Parks splash pad 3508 S Moody A novel idea for a ride! @shift2bikes.bsky.social www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

Here's what BikeLoud wrote to PBOT about removing our safe street infrastructure. As your non-profit bike group we can be LOUD. Together we can be LOUDER. Find addresses for @mayorkwilson.bsky.social & @portlandcouncil.bsky.social here: www.portland.gov/help/contact...

Extremely useful 2-minute video highlighting what worked in LA & SF from @kevinhfoster.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/kevi... Learn more in-person at @bikeportland.org Bike Happy Hour this Wednesday.

A tasty ride as part of our #WeekWithoutDriving series, join BikeLoud Board Chair Eva Frazier on a lunchtime ride to Shemanski Park Farmer's Market Wed Oct 1. 11:30AM meet. 11:45 ride Peninsula Park 700 N Rosa Parks See you for lunch? @shift2bikes.bsky.social www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

Keep your comments to @pbotinfo.bsky.social coming -- maybe drop a note to your Council rep + @mayorkwilson.bsky.social. Yes, PDX has more important issues to address this week, but street safety starts with small steps. Connecting people with their streets & public space makes Portland stronger.

PBOT is removing many planters/diverters. Streets are being made less safe as part of "Fixing Our Streets". BikeLoud will be writing letters and following up. It's helpful if YOU read the @bikeportland.org article and comment there too! Every bit of street safety takes so much work! Aargh!

A tasty ride as part of our #WeekWithoutDriving series, join BikeLoud Board Chair Eva Frazier on a lunchtime ride to Shemanski Park Farmer's Market Wed Oct 1. 11:30AM meet. 11:45 ride Peninsula Park 700 N Rosa Parks See you for lunch? @shift2bikes.bsky.social www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

Did you know you can bike to another state? As part of our #WeekWithoutDriving series, BikeLoud rides over I-5 bridge into downtown Vancouver for dinner. Tues Sept 30 5PM meet. 5:30 ride. From Irving Park 8 to 15 miles (if you MAX back) www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve... @shift2bikes.bsky.social

Last call - the 2045 Transportation System Plan Vision + Goals survey closes on Oct. 1! Learn more and take the survey: www.portland.gov/transportati...

Of course the rain returns on the first day of Week Without Driving. Oh well... if you need tips/inspiration for riding in the wet stuff, BP has an entire archive of posts and reader comments for you to peruse. bikeportland.org/tag/riding-i...

Did you know you can bike to another state? As part of our #WeekWithoutDriving series, BikeLoud rides over I-5 bridge into downtown Vancouver for dinner. Tues Sept 30 5PM meet. 5:30 ride. From Irving Park 8 to 15 miles (if you MAX back) www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve... @shift2bikes.bsky.social

Extremely useful 2-minute video highlighting what worked in LA & SF from @kevinhfoster.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/kevi... Learn more in-person at @bikeportland.org Bike Happy Hour this Wednesday.

Our #WeekWithoutDriving rides Mon Sep 29 Local groceries Tues Sep 30 Ride to Vancouver Wed Oct 1 Farmers Market Lunchtime Thurs Oct 2 Powells Books Fri Oct 3 Ride to PDX Airport Sat Oct 4 Forest Park Bike & Hike Sun Oct 5 Cost of Car Ownership @shift2bikes.bsky.social @americawalks.bsky.social

People who do low-paying service jobs in places like restaurants often struggle to own and maintain a car. The #WeekWithoutDriving challenges people who have the option to drive to learn firsthand about challenges that nondrivers face. Learn more on our rides this week! @americawalks.bsky.social

Local nonprofit BikeLoud wants to help more folks consider going low-car or no-car this week. In this guest post from BikeLoud Board Member @cathytuttle.bsky.social, you can find a ride near you and get inspired to take part in the campaign bikeportland.org/2025/09/29/r...

Now with more than 70 Bike Buddy pair match-ups, BikeLoud is on track to get 100 new bike users on Portland streets in 2025! If you are interested in participating as a Mentor, or are or know someone who needs a Buddy, please sign up for our PCEF-funded program here: bikeloudpdx.org/bike-buddy/

Thank you Portland City Councilor Mitch Green. Your words matter. Your leadership matters. @councilorgreen.bsky.social

"I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things." --Lech Wałęsa, Polish pro-democracy leader, president, Nobel Peace Peace Prize laureate, and e-bike rider Happy #BicycleBirthday, Lech! Born September 29, 1943

BikeLoud October Newsletter! 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 🚲BikeLoud supports a #WeekWithoutDriving Mon Sept 29 thru Sun Oct 5 with an everyday ride every day 🚲BikeLoud Board elections open Tues Oct 7 at our General Meeting. Apply by Oct 1 if you want to join the board 🚲Keep Biking LOUD! mailchi.mp/bikeloudpdx/...

Sat Sept 27 was the season's last PSU Farmers Market tabling. We'll be out at other events but yesterday went out w a big volunteer turnout! Over the summer 100s of volunteer hours reached 100s of new people. Huge thank you to all! Can you help us at future events? Viv: 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣@𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙥𝙙𝙭.𝙤𝙧𝙜

Hive minds in action. Swarms of cyclists abuzz in war torn Portland, pollinating new ideas. Planted by Beecycle ride. portlandbeecycle on Insta @bikestuffpdx.bsky.social video

From Mayor Keith Wilson 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙛𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚...𝙄𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚-𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨 [𝙖𝙣𝙙] 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚.

Just in time for a #WeekWithoutDriving Good video documenting the harrowing journey of US children who have to walk or bike to school. ➕the results of decades of investing only in good roads for people who drive & neglecting all other road users. @americawalks.bsky.social @evanedinger.bsky.social

From @bikeportland.org "Flanked by local & state police leaders @mayorkwilson.bsky.social + Gov @tinakotek.bsky.social succeeded in showing a united front that isn’t looking to pick a fight, but seem capable of having it if/when one starts." People calmly bike & walk past in background for emphasis

Sat Sept 27 was the season's last PSU Farmers Market tabling. We'll be out at other events but yesterday went out w a big volunteer turnout! Over the summer 100s of volunteer hours reached 100s of new people. Huge thank you to all! Can you help us at future events? Viv: 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣@𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙥𝙙𝙭.𝙤𝙧𝙜

In Portland, the act of riding a bike is an excellent way of being outside, observing life, and being completely present in public space. Riding with other people builds friendships + builds communities of trust. Be well. Be strong. Bike with a buddy Portland! 🚲❤️

In Portland, the act of riding a bike is an excellent way of being outside, observing life, and being completely present in public space. Riding with other people builds friendships + builds communities of trust. Be well. Be strong. Bike with a buddy Portland! 🚲❤️

Join us Sunday, October 5th for the last of 7 rides for #WeekWithoutDriving with @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

BikeLoud October Newsletter! 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 🚲BikeLoud supports a #WeekWithoutDriving Mon Sept 29 thru Sun Oct 5 with an everyday ride every day 🚲BikeLoud Board elections open Tues Oct 7 at our General Meeting. Apply by Oct 1 if you want to join the board 🚲Keep Biking LOUD! mailchi.mp/bikeloudpdx/...

Thank you for shouting out the #WeekWithoutDriving at the Portland Council Land Use Committee meeting today Councilor Sameer Kanal! Have you already signed up to not be a driver next week (September 30-October 6) @councilorkanal.bsky.social? ❤️🚲🚌🚶 weekwithoutdriving.org/join/

September brings many students who are new to PDX & to biking. Luckily, PDX has bike valet parking at the base of an arial tram > OHSU campus. You might have spotted BikeLoud Education Lead Viv there today with his Bike Safety Quiz. Want to help Viv spread bike info? Viv: 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣@𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙥𝙙𝙭.𝙤𝙧𝙜

It is madness that every city in the world is not actively working to make large swaths of their downtowns car-free. Let's join this movement Portland! @mayorkwilson.bsky.social

It is madness that every city in the world is not actively working to make large swaths of their downtowns car-free. Let's join this movement Portland! @mayorkwilson.bsky.social

BikeLoud is planning a series of rides for Monday Sept 29 to Sunday Oct 5! Can YOU make next week a #WeekWithoutDriving? @americawalks.bsky.social @bikeportland.org @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social @ojta.org @nomorefreewayspdx.com @trecpdx.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social

Hard Bollards Save Lives! Thank you @councilorgreen.bsky.social! Councilor Mitch Green at Transportation & Infrastructure Committee: "In the presentation I saw a lot of reliance on flexposts ... I want to see hard bollards, because hard bollards saved someone's life over the weekend."

We’re uplifting the success of an event organized in part by OJTA Transportation Justice Leadership Institute participant Abby Griffith. There, alliance members & community advocates shared stories about relying on #PublicTransit instead of driving. Read more in @bikeportland.org

BikeLoud is planning a series of rides for Monday Sept 29 to Sunday Oct 5! Can YOU make next week a #WeekWithoutDriving? @americawalks.bsky.social @bikeportland.org @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social @ojta.org @nomorefreewayspdx.com @trecpdx.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social

Hot dog vendors like safe street diverters too!

Oh no! Not again! Folks on our Slack just reported diverters were removed on PDX Neighborhood Greenways to make the streets "safer" (according to PBOT). So far Salmon&30th, 52nd&Alberta @mayorkwilson.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilortkl.bsky.social

We truly appreciate that PDX is among the best of US cities when it comes to infrastructure that meets the safety needs of people who bike - but it feels like we have a such long way to go! What would it look like if PBOT dedicated money + space for Vision Zero and for 25% of all trips by bike?

PSA to kids' bike makers PLEASE use schrader tubes on your bikes. Rural, low income communities don't have: A. bike pumps B. bike shops C. If they are lucky, the local gas station has a tire inflator for schrader valves. I just got workout hnd pumping 30 prestas bc my compressor is for schrader.

Cargo Bike Road Show in Boston! We can totally do this in Portland! @communitypedalpower.org @tigard-stripes.bsky.social

Want to avoid climate catastrophe? Normalize getting around by walking & biking in cities. Wil je een klimaatramp voorkomen? Maak het normaal om je in steden te voet of op de fiets te verplaatsen. #Utrecht

We biked 14 miles to breakfast at Slappy Cakes! #BanCars #Pancakes #Breakfast #Vegan