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US POSTAGE May 19 » INTRODUCTION TO bike touring June 16 » Bike Maintenance Sam Adams, Mayor » PAID Ambassador an Options Be East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave basics Transportation Options Want an unbeatable low-cost vacation in the beautiful East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave PORTLAND, OR Smart Pacific Northwest? It’s only as far away as your bicycle. Join us for a hands-on clinic covering basic bike 1120 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800 PERMIT NO. 653 Join us for a discussion of how to prepare, where to go, maintenance, flat repair, and a few simple adjustments Portland, Oregon 97204 what to pack, and where to stay. Get ready to discover the and cleaning techniques. Bring your bike! Please call Trips beauty of the Northwest by bicycle! 503-823-7083 or email jeff.smith@portlandoregon. TriMet: MAX Green Line (Main St. Station), Bus: 15 gov to reserve your space. G R E E N L I N E Belmont, 20 Burnside/Stark, 27 Market/Main TriMet: MAX Green Line (Main St. Station), Bus: 15 The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) fully complies with Title VI May 26 » bike commuting basics Belmont, 20 Burnside/Stark, 27 Market/Main of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all Green Line East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave programs and activities. Contact the Title VI Coordinator at Room 1204, June 23 » Shop by Bike 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, or by telephone 503-823-2559, April 2010 Have you considered commuting by bike but you just East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave City TDD 503-823-6868. To help ensure equal access to City programs, aren’t confident how to prepare, stay comfortable, safe, services and activities, the City of Portland will reasonably modify policies/ Do you ever take the car because you have too much procedures and provide auxiliary aids/services to persons with disabilities. » and find the best routes? Come join this interactive ses- Call 503-823-7699, TDD 503-823-6868 with such requests or visit www. Transportation Pyramid to carry on a bike? Come find out how to conveniently sion as veteran bike commuters share their experiences. transport groceries, packages, and kids with your bicycle. portlandonline.com/index.cfm?c=43193 . GETTING AROUND PORTLAND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS www.GettingAroundPortland.org TriMet: MAX Green Line (Main St. Station) Bus: 15 The session concludes with you building your own “bike Belmont, 20 Burnside/Stark, 27 Market/Main bucket.” Please call 503-823-7083 or email jeff.smith@ June 2 » buying a new or used bike portlandoregon.gov to reserve your space. Flex Your Transportation Options The Outer Rim Bike Shop 10625 NE Halsey TriMet: MAX Green Line (Main St. Station), Bus: 15 FREE For the next year, the City of Portland’s Express walking program. SmartTrips resi- Thinking about a new ride, but mystified by all the choices Belmont, 20 Burnside/Stark, 27 Market/Main Travel Tools Transportation Options Division will be busy dents can order a free walking kit complete with and options that are available? Join us for some tips on what June 30 » Senior cycling safety Watch your mailbox in East Portland – our new SmartTrips target a pedometer, a short-tripper coupon book for to look for in a new or used bike, and how to identify what East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave type of bike meets your cycling needs. Learn how to ride safely, with confidence, and enjoy for the SmartTrips area. The target area includes the discounts at local businesses, and a schedule of TriMet: Gateway Transit Center. MAX Green/Blue/Red, cycling – one of the many ageless activities. You’ve heard Green Line Order neighborhoods along the new guided walks highlighting areas of interest Bus: 77 Broadway/Halsey, 23 San Rafael, 22 Parkrose the cliché “you’re never too old?” Join us in a bike safety » Form! The Order MAX Green Line including parts in the community. Options also Strolls Senior class for seniors, presented by a senior. You don’t have to June 9 » how to lead a bike ride Form offers tools and of Lents, Montavilla, Hazelwood, NE Prescott offers weekday Senior Strolls, East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave know how to go fast – just go! Let us share some ideas to Madison South and Parkrose. The shorter walks for seniors who You can lead a bike tour! Show off the things you love in help you get started. materials to help you Grotto your neighborhood and share your love of biking. Learn TriMet: MAX Green Line (Main St. Station), Bus: 15 get active, save money Targeting our SmartTrips North want to stay active and experi- Rocky route planning, how to publicize and more. Belmont, 20 Burnside/Stark, 27 Market/Main and travel smart. programs in a more limited Butte ence the unique charms of TriMet: MAX Green Line (Main St. Station), Bus: 15 geographic area allows Rose City Park Portland neighborhoods. Get Ready to Travel Smart As a reward for Golf Course » Belmont, 20 Burnside/Stark, 27 Market/Main us to provide numerous Portland By Cycle and the Share the Road Transportation Resources What moves around the city offering fun Portland By Cycle and the Women ordering we’ll send NE Halsey opportunities and tools Women on Bikes programs Community Bike Rides These rides are Saturday at 9:30 am programs and activities celebrating Portland on Bikes programs return this year too. you a FREE gift like 84 122nd to help area residents get around 102nd also return this year. A free Portland Bike Line as one of the most livable cities in the US? Portland By Cycle participants receive a the nifty SmartTrips NE Glisan Portland By Cycle recommends the EPAP Bike Tours Led by our friends at the East Portland Action Plan Bike Subcommittee by foot, bike, transit, carpool bike kit includes the short- 503-823-CYCL (2925) It’s called SmartTrips and it’s coming to your bicycling kit with bike maps, a short-tripper umbrella below. E Burnside May 8 » PLANNING LOOP EPAP BIKE TOUR June 19 » art along the i-205 mup (Multi-use and other alternatives to driving Ventura tripper coupon book and other Meet at Lincoln Park, SE 135th & Mill St path) EPAP Bike Tour Transportation Options neighborhood! SmartTrips offers something coupon book for bicycle friendly businesses So keep an eye out SE Stark Park alone. Floyd Light essential resources for the new Park See the “real” East Portland of Centennial, Glenfair, and Meet at Ed Benedict Park, SE 104th & Bush St website for everyone. and other essential tools for the new or and you’ll be getting » Wilkes neighborhoods - by bike. Enjoy innovative art at various stations along the Green We use hands-on, interactive or seasoned cyclist. We offer a Events Calendar www.GettingAroundPortland.org Watch your mailbox for the SmartTrips seasoned cyclist. around Portland with 82nd Line while riding the I-205 multi-use path. programs to make these full schedule of guided bike rides Order Form in the coming weeks. The Watch for future newsletters keeping you ease and style. Metro area carpool transportation options fun and SE Division and classes as well. matching services order form offers many FREE travel tools to informed of all the events, rides and classes Women on Bikes Clinics & Rides Thursdays at 6 pm, Saturdays at 10 am accessible for all. Watch your Kelly Butte Our goal is to provide you help you discover the ease of getting around coming your way. And be sure to visit the SE Powell www.carpoolmatchnw.org mailbox for the SmartTrips Natural Area 112th with the materials and tools you May 6 » Let’s Get Rollin’ clinic June 3 » go green (line) Portland by foot, bike, transit or carpool. We Options Mobile, a colorfully wrapped hybrid Ed Benedict Ride Connection – Order Form in the coming Park need to get around Portland East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave Meet at Lents Park SE 92nd & Schiller have a variety of programs and incentives so car, at local events this year. We hope to see SE Holgate

Join our conversation on how to choose the right bike, Head your handlebars north on the I-205 multi-use path, transportation services weeks. Use the order form in a variety of ways - and save » be sure to check it out. You even get a FREE you out there! Lents the best gear for you and your bike, recreational riding, traveling back through the nearby neighborhood. for elderly & disabled to request a variety of useful SE Foster ParkRd money while you’re doing it! A and more! gift, just for ordering. commuting, riding techniques, and route planning. June 10 » be your own champion clinic www.rideconnection.org travel tools such as our handy 72nd wide range of transportation Classroom 2 We partner with Kaiser Permanente to East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave 503-226-0700 walk and bike maps. options is key to preserving our May 20 » Pedal to parks Bring your own bike and tools to this hands-on clinic offer theTen Toe Express walking cam- 205 Creating community part- urban transportation network Meet at Lents Park SE 92nd & Schiller covering basic bike maintenance, flat repair, adjustments, TriMet – transit planner paign. Participants in the Ten Toe Express nerships means we can offer and vital to the area’s economic Discover some of Portland’s great east side hidden parks. and cleaning techniques. Multipurpose Room 1 & transit tracker receive a walking kit complete with a benefits we couldn’t afford oth- health and livability. So get out May 22 » be your own champion clinic June 17 » Go West services pedometer, trip logs to help you track your East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave Meet at Ventura Park SE 113th & Stark Street erwise. For the seventh year and rediscover your Portland www.trimet.org progress, and a short-tripper coupon book Bring your own bike and tools to this hands-on clinic Visit some of Portland’s beautiful parks. 503-238-RIDE (7433) in a row, Kaiser Permanente SmartTrips Green Line neighborhood on foot, on bike, or covering basic bike maintenance, flat repair, adjustments, with discounts for local pedestrian friendly June 19 » let’s get rollin’ clinic is sponsoring our Ten Toe by transit. and cleaning techniques. Multipurpose Room 1 East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave Zipcar – carshare businesses. We also offer a series of guided Target Area May 27 » sunday parkways preview Join our conversation on how to choose the right bike, services walks, including Senior Strolls for older Meet at Ventura Park SE 113th & Stark Street the best gear for you and your bike, recreational riding, www.zipcar.com walkers, to help you stay motivated. To find out more about Transportation Options Getting Around The East Portland Sunday Parkways is coming soon! commuting, riding techniques, and route planning. 1-866-4ZIPCAR (1-866-494-7227) Printed on 100% post consumer recycled paper using vegetable-based inks. Portland programs contact Linda Ginenthal at 503-823-5266 or Learn how to get there by bike. Multipurpose Room 1 [email protected] www.GettingAroundPortland.org

Sidewalk Seniors – Get Ready to Stroll ! Follow the Transportation Pyramid The 82nd Senior Strolls Wednesdays at 10 am Improvements Seniors, come build your You’ve probably heard of the healthy eating pyramid, but what about the Avenue of 7 MAY 12 » THE GROTTO JUNE 9 » ZENGER FARM endurance, make new friends, transportation pyramid? for 82nd and discover neighborhood Roses Annual Meet at The Grotto entrance, south side of Meet at 11741 SE Foster Road Bring your Avenue treasures. Transportation Even with the heightened awareness around carbon emissions and global warming, Parade NE Sandy at 85th (near Skidmore) boots on this tour of Zenger Farm, a working Options invites you to join us for scientists say that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are rising faster than ever before. Join us for a tour of this beautiful sanctuary urban farm. $3 donations suggested, not this sixth season of delightful Between 2000 and 2005, emissions grew four times faster than in the preceding 10 The 4th Annual 82nd of peace and solitude. Total Distance: <1 required. mile Bus Lines: 12, 72 on 82nd Total Distance: < 1 mile Bus Lines: 10, 71 The Portland Bureau Senior Strolls. These escorted years, according to a group of international researchers. Avenue of Roses Parade will There are numerous carbon calculators online for those who want to know of Transportation is in strolls are easy, fun, and free! Car be held on Saturday, April MAY 19 » montavilla community JUNE 16 » HARNEY AND FLAVEL PARKS what their carbon footprint is, but for those wanting something simpler, just center Meet at NW corner SE Harney and 72nd the process of selecting Research shows that a lack Carpool/ 24 at 9 am. The parade contractors to build of physical activity is a main follow the transportation pyramid. More than heating and electrical needs, Carshare is an event to celebrate Meet at NE corner NE 82nd and Glisan This leisurely stroll highlights a couple of approximately 2570 contributor to many chronic transportation is the single largest source of family and individuals’ the colorful and storied Discover this wonderful community resource neighborhood parks. linear feet of concrete diseases in older adults, including carbon emissions. Transit history of the 82nd Avenue and learn about pedestrian safety before the Total Distance: 1.6 miles Bus Line: 71 sidewalks along parts heart disease, diabetes, colon Walking should be the foundation of our transportation equation, neighborhood, and is neighborhood stroll. JUNE 23 » ED BENEDICT PARK Bike of 82nd Avenue. The cancer, and high blood pressure. followed by biking, transit and carpool. Find a way to make all your honored to officially Total Distance: 1.3 miles Bus Lines: 72, 19 Meet at SE corner SE Powell and 102nd Sidewalk Infill Project The good news is, when it trips by walking, bicycling, or taking transit if possible and use the kick off the Portland MAY 26 » east portland community Walk around this great neighborhood park will construct just over comes to physical activity and car as the last resort. Walk Rose Festival! center and learn about the Portland Memory Garden 2 miles of sidewalks in aging, it is never too late to Psst - you’ll feel healthier and save money too! The parade Meet at Stark St. Island Park, between SE on this stroll. several segments on NE become physically active. And, begins at 9 am at Eastport Stark/Washington and 106th Total Distance: 1.8 miles Bus Line: 9 Glisan, NE and SE 82nd even a small amount of activity Research • Helps control weight Plaza, traveling north on Come check out this great community center JUNE 30 » BRENTWOOD GARDEN AND Avenue. can result in better health. shows • Boosts immune system Volunteering Has 82nd Avenue to SE Yamhill and stroll around the neighborhood. PARK The project is funded by Spending at least thirty minutes that • Relieves stress and worry Never Been So Street. At Yamhill the Total Distance: 1.4 miles Bus Line: 20 Meet at SE corner SE 52nd and Duke the American Recovery in moderate activity, several days regular • Contributes to “brain parade proceeds west to SE JUNE 2 » lents park On this stroll we’ll visit Metro’s Natural and Reinvestment a week, can have remarkable walking fitness” Much Fun 78th Avenue, ending in the Meet at NW corner SE Foster and 92nd Techniques Garden and Brentwood Park. Act of 2009 and will health benefits for older adults. contributes • Strengthens heart, joints Want to see different parts of Montavilla business district Walk with us in this beautiful park and Total Distance: 2 miles Bus Lines: 19, 71 complete sidewalk gaps That’s where Senior Strolls to your and bones Portland, meet interesting people and at approximately 11 am. surrounding neighborhood. along 82nd from NE come in. Strolls will be held Total Distance: 1.5 miles Bus Line: 14 (10 overall • Reduces blood pressure, risk give a gift that could last a lifetime? Fun family activities are Webster to NE Prescott, weekly from May 12 through planned for Eastport Plaza, and 71 at SE Foster and 94th) health of stroke, and cholesterol Become an Options Ambassador! and SE Glenwood to SE October 6, on Wednesdays at 10 • Improves mood, self-esteem, Ambassadors represent the Bureau the Southeast Portland and fitness Thursdays at 6 pm, Saturdays at 9 am Henderson. The project am, and range from 1 mile to 2 balance, and circulation of Transportation and encourage Community College Ten Toe Walks will also provide some plus miles in length by the end in these campus and the Montavilla • Gives an energy boost and motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, » » of the strolling season. All of important May 8 glendoveer golf course June 3 MONTAVILLA TO MT. TABOR strategic islands, improve promotes a good night’s rest and transit riders to share the road business district. Meet at NE 148th and Halsey Stroll around one of Meet at SE 80th and Stark Street We’ll work crossing, access to bus the starting and ending points ways: • Can delay or prevent major and travel safely together. Volunteer All organizations, Portland’s nicest golf courses on a soft surface fitness up an appetite as we begin our walk by some great stops and access to area are conveniently located along a disease or illness activities include guided walks, bike businesses, families, bands, track, with a short loop into the nearby neighborhood. places to shop and eat, and climb up to the top of schools and local senior TriMet bus route. car clubs and more are TriMet: Bus 77 Mt Tabor and back. rides, and outreach at community TriMet: Bus 15 centers. events such as neighborhood invited to take part in the May 13 » gateway tc to gateway green To learn more about Senior Strolls, or to get a schedule, Meet at Gateway Transit Center, across from June 12 » THE GROTTO TO ROCKY BUTTE Construction will street fairs, Farmers Markets and fun. Call 503-774-2832 for begin in April and contact Donna Green at [email protected] or 503-823-6114. concession booth Check out the Gateway Green Meet at The Grotto parking lot, 8840 NE Concerts in the Parks. We ask that details and registration. open space area between I-84 and I-205 and hear Skidmore Join a tour led by author Laura Foster is scheduled for SHARE THE ROAD – Safety First Ambassadors commit to a minimum about the history of the wonderful little City of through one of Portland’s most serene forested completion in October. of three events throughout spring, Maywood Park as we loop though a few of its streets. settings and climb the nearby rail to the historic Take the Share the Road pledge and make defensively means you expect the unexpected. For more information summer and fall of 2010. become a volunteer! TriMet: MAX Red, Blue, & Green Lines and multiple Rocky Butte summit. a commitment to being a safe and responsible Bicyclists who disobey traffic control devices buses TriMet: Bus 12, 72 on this project contact We provide a 3-hour training for road user. All road users have the responsibility are a danger to all of us. Car drivers judge us Ambassador trainings will be held twice; » » April Bertelson at volunteers on the information and May 16 NORTHEAST PORTLAND SUNDAY June 17 KELLY BUTTE to operate in a safe manner by obeying traffic as a group, so unfortunately even one bicyclist April 27 and April 28, in the Portland PARKWAYS Meet at Ed Benedict Park, SE 102nd and Powell april.bertelson@ skills necessary to talk with the public control devices and traffic laws. This includes who runs a red light is the bad apple that spoils Building, 1120 SW 5th Avenue, from 6 A self-guided loop through PORTLAND Blvd Some have called it Portland’s “creepiest” portlandoregon.gov or about all of Portland’s transportation Northeast Portland Come park. Come along to hear and see why as we hike bicyclists and pedestrians as well as auto drivers. the whole bunch! Please ride responsibly. – 9 pm. To apply for the Transportation 503-823-6177. options. Additionally, Ambassadors and walk (or bike) Portland’s unday up to its summit and back after a stroll through Ed Obeying only the letter of the law won’t Auto drivers today are faced with more Options Ambassadors Program, or for more PARKWAYSS get an official Transportation traffic-free event with Benedict Park. always protect you against a crash or injury distractions than ever before. As drivers we information, contact David Crabtree at activities, music and food. For details go to TriMet: Bus 9 Options T-shirt and name badge, a however. We’re all human and humans by defi- carry the largest responsibility to society to [email protected] www.PortlandSundayParkways.org. variety of walking, biking and transit June 27 » NORTH PORTLAND SUNDAY nition make mistakes. By operating defensively drive safely and stay focused on the road. And or 503-823-4414. May 22 » LENTS PARK TO MT. SCOTT PARKWAYS on the road at all times, you’ll significantly remember the new hands-free cell phone law incentives throughout the summer, COMMUNITY CENTER A self-guided loop through North Portland decrease your chances of being involved in a that went into effect in January! and an opportunity to expand their Meet at SE Holgate MAX Station Take a For details go to www.PortlandSundayParkways.org. knowledge of our beautiful city. walk around several interesting spots in outer SE crash, close call or road rage incident. Operating Safety First! Portland and through two of its most popular parks. TriMet: Bus 17