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Was great having former BikePortland staffer and now Portland Mercury reporter Taylor Griggs join Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus). This episode is chock full of great stuff.
Fake bike lane citations - Underdesigned bike lanes - a green ribbon bike network - riding to Troutdale for ice cream - exercise and e-bikes - portland tennis courterly - prank calls - SK Northwest and Springwater trail saga - I-5 Rose Quarter
Links we mention:
Deflating tires in the name of climate changeWhy e-bikes don't give you "legs of steel"New path in Troutdale that Taylor rodeNew Biketown e-scootersPortland Tennis Courterly home pageJonathan's op-ed on street racing
Thanks for listening!

Maria Sipin joined me in the shed this week (Eva Frazier is out of town). Maria is a transportation planner and community organizer with a long and impressive resume as a volunteer and agency staffer. She's currently the campaign manager for Portland City Council D4 (W/Sellwood) candidate Mitch Green, and in the past she's been a planner at Oregon Department of Transportation, has worked at Safe Routes National Partnership, was on the Portland Clean Energy Fund Community Advisory Committee, and recently worked on the campaign to get participatory budgeting on the ballot in Portland.
We talked about all sorts of stuff, from bike valets to a renters' bill of rights to her Lectric bicycle, Bike Loud's Bike Buddy program, and much more.
Links:
Maria Sipin on InstagramBike Loud Bike Buddy ProgramBike rack rental from Shift
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Michelle DePass wants to represent District 2, which encompasses all of north and parts of northeast Portland. She currently works for the City's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and has served on the Portland Public School board since 2019 — first as chair and currently as vice-chair.
She wants to bring her experiences fighting for racial and environmental justice and a vision of a cleaner, greener District 2 to City Hall.
In this interview we talked about her family memories growing up around the N Williams Ave and MLK Blvd corridors, her opinions on the I-5 Rose Quarter project, her time on the PBOT advisory committee for the N Williams Traffic Safety Project, and much more.
Links:
Meeting on Williams project turns into discussion of race, gentrification - 7/21/11 BikePortland storyCampaign WebsiteDePass for Portland on Instagram
This conversation was recorded on the steps in front of the gazebo in Peninsula Park on July 15th.

Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus) are back with another bit of banter from The BikePortland Shed.
Learn how Eva's Garden Bike Tour in the heat wave turned out, what I thought of Bike Play, why I'll miss all the Bike Summer rides this weekend (basketball!), what happened on City Cast PDX podcast today, why someone is really mad at Thursday Night Ride, the difference between a nice honk and a jerk honk, and much more.

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WTH did Commissioner Mapps say? Why does Jonathan always have a different coach in the Shed? How's Eva's Spanish class going and what is she doing to prevent insects from destroying her backyard cherry crop? Bleeps and Bloops and what now? What happened to that guy who was protesting BikePortland at Bike Happy Hour this past week?
You'll find the answers to all these questions at more in this episode. 🤣🤣
Links:
Naked Biking Pioneer Terri Sue WebbMapps and his blame game nonsenseBleeps and Bloops ride video and photosBikeLoud's candidate question series

Marshall Runkel is a Portland city hall veteran who has worked for three former city commissioners, most recently Commissioner Chloe Eudaly. He announced his bid for Portland mayor last week and visited the BikePortland Shed for his first in-depth interview on Friday, June 14th.
Marshall and BikePortland Founder/Editor/Publisher Jonathan Maus talked about Marshall's approach to politics, his love of riding the bus, how he rode with Critical Mass as an advisory for Commissioner Erik Sten in the early 2000s, his experience working on housing and homelessness issues, how he will use his work experience in the clean energy sector to help Portland, why he loves the Portland Trail Blazers and wants to bring a WNBA team here, and much more!
Links:
Marshall Runkel campaign websiteCompanion post on BikePortland
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