Tag: earl blumenauer
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Hundreds attend the largest ever Bike to Work Breakfast (+ video)
Politicians, advocates and citizens packed the sold-out annual Bike to Work breakfast Friday morning in downtown Seattle, the largest crowd in the event’s history. The annual fundraiser breakfast kicks off Cascade Bicycle Club’s Bike Month events. This year’s keynote speaker was Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who has been instrumental in legitimizing bicycles as a serious…
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Bike Portland: Blumenauer sees House anti-transit, biking and walking bill as test
“This is chance to prove that the [bike] movement is real,” bike-friendly US House legislator from Oregon Earl Blumenauer told Bike Portland as GOP lawmakers push a much-maligned transportation bill through the US House (including Dave Reichert of Washington’s 8th District, covering much of King and Pierce Counties including most of the Eastside). Changes currently…
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You have to ride to work this week to get counted
This week is not the week to take a break from bike commuting. SDOT is conducting their bicycle and pedestrian counts May 10-12, according to the SDOT Blog. So if you want to get counted, you gotta ride! From SDOT: SDOT will be conducting pedestrian and bicycle volume counts at more than 50 locations across…
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