November 15, 2011
Get out of your condo on the third Tuesday of November and go for a walk with South Waterfront Community Relations! We have had many requests for variety in the intensity of the weekday walks. This month’s walk will be a gentler ramble along the Willamette Greenway Trail, into Willamette Park and back. Interesting river creatures are often spotted on this walk.
Please wear sturdy walking shoes, dress in layers, and bring drinking water. This walk is approximately 3.8 miles round trip and is almost entirely flat. This is a dog-friendly walk for friendly dogs. Remember to bring bags to pick up after your friend.
If you would like updates about walks, please join the South Waterfront Walks There Google Group at: http://groups.google.com/group/swfwalksthere. Join the group by following the above link and clicking on Apply for Group Membership. You will then be updated on walks, have the ability to post ideas for walks, and make plans for special walks with your neighbors.
Tuesday, November 15, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meet at Community Relations Townhome
Atwater Place, Suite 115
0841 SW Gaines Street, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
November 13, 2011
South Waterfront Walks There, our neighborhood walking group, is keeping its eye open for interesting walking adventures in and around the South Waterfront. In addition to our monthly SWCR Weekday Walk, check out this informative weekend walking opportunity (1.5 to 2 miles round trip) in nearby Tryon Creek State Natural Area:
Join mushroom expert Dane Osis to learn the basics of mushroom identification and ecology. This program provides an introduction to the important ecological role that fungi fill as well as helpful tricks and tips for identifying Pacific Northwest mushrooms. Then hit the trail to discover what species live in Tryon Creek State Natural Area.
Visit www.tryonfriends.org or call 503-636-4398 to register. Hosted by Friends of Tryon Creek.
Sunday, November 13, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Tryon Creek Nature Center
11321 SW Terwilliger Boulevard, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ADVANCE REGISTRATION SUGGESTED
November 8, 2011
The South Waterfront Bike Tool Library is ready to use. If you need to give the ol’ ride a tuneup, fix a flat, or administer any other kind of love and care to your bike, call South Waterfront Community Relations at 503-972-3289 or 503-972-2830 to let us know you’d like to stop by and then come on in to use the variety of tools and bike stand.
Spring 2012 will feature more interesting and informative bike riding and maintenance classes to help keep you safe and having fun!
Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (please call first) Community Relations Townhome
Atwater Place, Suite 115
0841 SW Gaines Street, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO SOUTH WATERFRONT RESIDENTS
October 18, 2011
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will update the neighborhood on the recent Portland Streetcar Fare Study, as well as the policy considerations involved with determining an equitable fare, as the eastside alignment is set to open soon. PBOT will also review project expansion elements in 2012 and 2015.
Tuesday, October 18, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Umpqua Bank
3606 SW Bond Avenue, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
October 18, 2011
Get out of your condo on the third Tuesday of October and go for a walk with South Waterfront Community Relations. After meeting at the Community Relations Office (address below), we will set out north along Moody Avenue to Tom McCall Waterfront Park, where we will walk the Hawthorne Bridge to Steel Bridge Loop.
Please wear sturdy walking shoes, dress in layers, and bring drinking water. This walk is approximately 5.3 miles and is mostly flat, but does include some stairs at the Hawthorn Bridge. This is a dog-friendly walk; please be prepared to keep your friend in check especially as we cross the busy Hawthorn Bridge and remember to bring doggie bags.
If you would like updates about walks, please join the South Waterfront Walks There Google Group at: http://groups.google.com/group/swfwalksthere. Join the group by following the above link and clicking on “Apply for Group Membership”. You will then be updated on walks, have the ability to post ideas for walks, and make plans for special walks with your neighbors.
Tuesday, October 18, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Meet at Community Relations Townhome
Atwater Place, Suite 115
0841 SW Gaines Street, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
October 7, 2011
Streetcar Service will be shutdown with a bus replacement from the RiverPlace Station to SW Lowell & Bond at the beginning of regular service Monday, October 10, 2011 thru the end of regular service on Wednesday, October 26, 2011.
Streetcar service will be shutdown with a bus replacement from Portland State University (PSU Urban Plaza and SW 5th & Montgomery stations) to SW Lowell & Bond from the beginning of regular service on Thursday, October 27 thru the end of regular service on Sunday, October 30, 2011. Streetcar service will be restored Monday, October 31, 2011 on the new permanent track alignment on Moody.
October 7, 2011
Start planning your multi-modal trips this month! On October 15 you’ll be able to create a trip that combines transit and biking with TriMet’s new OpenTripPlanner (OTP) program. By combining these two modes, OTP allows users to plan trips that were otherwise impossible with the old TriMet Trip Planner tool or Google Maps.
TriMet’s trip planning site will offer the following new features:
- A Travel by Modes option allowing the user to choose Walk Only, Bicycle, or Transit & Bicycle
- A Bike Preference Triangle offering info on Distance, Topography, and Facility Type
- A Bike Elevation Chart
- CarShare locations
- Open Street Map Data – recently updated maps to reflect accurate transit, bike, and pedestrian infrastructure
View PDF of the features map here.
September 19, 2011
WTS, New Railvolutionaries, and PDX Pop are partnering on a music festival performed on the streetcar, called the Streetcar Mobile Music Fest: a celebration of transit and livability. The event will involve 6 bands or musicians playing on all of the regularly scheduled, running streetcars. The idea is to get people excited about transit, in the way that there is excitement and movement around bicycling (i.e. Pedalpalooza) and cars (i.e. car shows). So get excited about transit and experience great local live music on the streetcar!
Monday, September 19, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
All Portland Streetcars
COST IS STREETCAR FARE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
September 14, 2011
Join South Waterfront Community Relations and Jean Senechal Biggs from the City of Portland for an update on bridge progress and question/answer session.
For information about the project visit http://www.gibbsbridge.org/.
Wednesday, September 14, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Umpqua Bank
3606 SW Bond Avenue, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
August 17, 2011
Take the 2011 Bike Commute Challenge
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) Bike Commute Challenge is a friendly
competition to see who can get more people biking to work in September.
It’s easy, fun, and free!
Come to the Bike Commute Challenge Introduction on Wednesday, August 17, 6:00 pm
at Umpqua Bank to get all of your questions answered and get a bike safety
refresher.
How it works:
- Anyone interested in taking the
Challenge looks to see if their workplace is already registered. If it
isn’t, they register themselves and their workplace team at the same time.
They become the Team Captain, by default.
- Their coworkers register and join that
workplace team.
- Everyone logs their bike trips during
the month of September.
- At the end of the month, the BTA
tallies the bike trips and ranks all workplaces in size categories by the
percentage of commutes achieved by bike.
- On October 7th, the BTA announces the
winning companies in each category at a big After Party.
For more information and to register visit http://bikecommutechallenge.com/.
Wednesday, August 17,
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Umpqua Bank
3606 SW Bond Avenue, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Get out of your condo on the third Tuesday of November and go for a walk with South Waterfront Community Relations! We have had many requests for variety in the intensity of the weekday walks. This month’s walk will be a gentler ramble along the Willamette Greenway Trail, into Willamette Park and back. Interesting river creatures are often spotted on this walk.
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