12:45 PMFrom Highway Hell, To Bicycle Bliss -- RIDE #6: MLK JR. BLVD
- Location
- Woodlawn City Park, 6854 NE Claremont Ave, Portland, OR 97211Meet by the splash pad.
- Organizer
- veggies(fallingyetrising@tuta.io)
- Newsflash
- "This should be a bike lane!"
- Start Time
- 12:45 PM
- Time Details
- Quick safety chat at 1:00pm, ride shortly thereafter.
- End Location
- Ending at Oregon Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232)
RIDE #6: MLK JR. BLVD Woodlawn City Park to Oregon Convention Center, no pause - 3.4 miles, no loop. Our city is lacerated by multi-lane highways and stroads that are hostile to human life and subservient to mass automobility. These rides aim to prefigure what these wretched roadways should become -- long, straight, safe courses for human-powered transit! We claim these roads for bicycling! These rides will take the entire rightmost travel lane, and potentially more, depending on size -- the more people show up to ride together, the less individual bravery any one person needs to bring. Due to the current unsafety of these roads, these rides are not particularly recommended for younger children. The goal is to consistently move at ~12 mph, though we'll maintain whatever pace we need to stay together. The ride leader is an experienced road rider and will ride in the back as caboose/sweep with a brightly visible trailer. Snacks, waters, first aid kit, and bike tools will be on hand. We will follow road laws, but will prioritize staying together as a group, so corking would be welcome if the group size justifies it. This is a series of six rides on "unfriendly" roads -- demanding by action that no city streets should be unfriendly to people outside of cars! June 29, 3:00pm - 11th/12th-Milwaukie July 6, 5:00pm - Cesar Chavez July 12, 11:00am - Sandy July 20, 2:00pm - 82nd July 27, 10:00am - Powell August 3, 1:00pm - MLK Jr.