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Reflecting on Sunday Parkways
Bike Skills at Colonel Summers Park eBikes offered by Best Buy – demoed at Laurelhurst Park Returning from yesterday’s final Sunday Parkways of the season in SE Portland, I’ve noticed that my approach to the event has changed. Last year and for the first event of this year, I focused mostly on riding the loop,…
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Sunday Parkways: Good Time Had By ALL
I worked a 3-hour volunteer shift at Sunday Parkways and was struck by both the diversity and quantity of folks I saw out there. And even at the top of the hill where I was stationed, almost everyone had a smile on their face. I even ran into a leader from the Portland Freight Advisory…
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Needed: A Few Good Superheroes
Our next “Sunday Parkways” event is coming up in NE Portland on Sunday and I’m looking forward to riding the 7-mile loop with my partner (who almost never cycles, but enjoyed the last event) and my step-daughter, who is back from college for the summer. But… The event is still looking for volunteers, specifically “Intersection…
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A Good Time Was Had By All
Transportation Planner, Activist, Chanteuse and sometimes Portland Transport contributor Ellen Vanderslice performing at Arbor Lodge Park as part of Sunday Parkways 2009 The Good Kind of Congestion Fun for All Ages Since the weather forecast suggested showers might show in the early afternoon, my partner and I headed out early to the first Sunday Parkways…
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KBOO Bike Show: Sunday Parkways 2009
Listen to the show (mp3, 26.9MB) Sara and Beth talk with Linda Ginenthal of PDOT and Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder about Sunday Parkways, three events this summer that will transform over 7 miles of neighborhood streets into temporary parks, so we can enjoy walking, bicycling, roller blading and dancing in the street – without having…