Schwinn Approved! New fork, dual pivot brake, wrap, cable, chain, and more.

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Old style cruiser with modern Shimano Nexus three speed wheel.

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New wheels, tubes, tires, wrap, cables and more!

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If you’ve watched or read any local news lately you’ve probably noticed some stories about the Portland Bike Plan. Yesterday it was passed by city council! Hurrah! The only thing is that it is just a “plan” and plans once approved are not automatically funded. Fortunately things look good for this one as there is a lot of momentum for the plan and Mayor Sam Adams has pledged to come up with a substantial fund to get the ball rolling….

Actually over here in the Foster Road area we know a lot about approved plans that don’t get funded. The Foster Streetscape Plan has been around for quite a while but without any dollars to implement it. About a year or two ago Foster was added into the Lents Urban Renewal Area. This made our area eligable for, and many have made use of, the Business Loan and the Store Front programs. It also meant possible funding for various improvements as well as for the Streetscape plan. No funding had actually been put aside for it until recently. On Wednesday night the Lents URA Transportation Task Force voted to fund several projects one which is the Foster Streescape! There isn’t enough money to do the whole plan right now but it raises my hopes that there is at least some actual money actually committed to infrastructure improvements on Foster!!

For more info on the Bicycle Master Plan check the site

Of course bikeportland.org has good coverage and commentary on this and other bike related stuff

If your interested in the Lents URA check here

To see the Foster Streescape Plan go here and download the pdf from the top list.