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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 1h

Rachel Maddow calls out PDX bubble machines, jazz bands, hula hoops, tea parties, inflatable frogs, emergency naked group bike rides, and being outside together!
youtu.be/pxJw4n6HwXw?...

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 2h

✔️Practice everyday biking with a BikeLoud Bike Buddy mentor. bikeloudpdx.org/bike-buddy/

✔️Join BikeLoud to let PDX leaders know we need safe, affordable, accessible bike lanes.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 5d

Walk & Talk with your District 4 Councilors!

Tues Oct 14, 8:30-9:30AM
Meet at Waterfront Salmon St. Springs Fountain for a 1.5 mile walk.

Join our friends from Oregon Walks + City staff +
@councilorclark.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorzimmerman.bsky.social

Photo with 3 PDX Council members and meetup information.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 4d

Open your street up for car-free trick-or-treating, potlucks, games, jack-o-lantern carving, or a Día de los Muertos celebration!🎃🚲🧙‍♀️

Make sure to apply for a Block Party permit from @pbotinfo.bsky.social at least 15 days before your fall event here: www.portland.gov/transportati...

PBOT poster encouraging people to get a block permit for Halloween parties

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 1d

BikePortland is always well-written.

@jonathanmaus.bsky.social essay on the Sunday October 12 2025 Emergency Naked Bike Protest Ride is poetry. As are the photos.

photo from above of hundreds of people laying on the Burnside Bridge in a die-in in various amounts of clothing. The text says, "When it was time to saddle up and roll out, the ride spilled out of the plaza and onto Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd toward the Burnside Bridge. The group stretched the entire width of MLK from at least NE Couch to the Convention Center. As the front reached the western edge of the Burnside Bridge, they pulled over, dropped their bikes and laid down. It was a mass die-in and moment of silence where everyone could collect and connect their thoughts." from this article: https://bikeportland.org/2025/10/13/presence-as-power-marks-massive-pedaling-protest-against-trump-397470

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 1d

It was wet. It was cold. Everyone was having fun.

Thousands of Portlanders showed up to say they are unafraid — by making themselves as vulnerable as possible.

Many fully or partially naked, all of them astride bicycles, the crowd swelled like a sponge in the pouring rain.

❤️🚲❤️ @bikeportland.org

Presence as power marks massive pedaling protest against Trump

Thousands of Portlanders showed they are unafraid by making themselves as vulnerable as possible.

bikeportland.org

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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 1d

Berlin will build a sustainable wooden bicycle parking garage with two floors for over 1,100 bicycles at a station for regional and local trains.
www.infravelo.de/projekt/fahr...

Fahrradparkhaus - Fahrradparkhaus am Regional- und S-Bahnhof Schöneweide

Am Regional- und S-Bahnhof Schöneweide werden ein Fahrradparkhaus und eine Abstellanlage mit mehr als 1.100 freien und gesicherten Stellplätzen

www.infravelo.de

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 1d

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 1d

Portland Emergency World Naked Bike Ride turnout is huge, easily hundreds. Folks are amped that the Unipiper is here.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 8d

Calm and focused is an excellent response. Also bike buses, bubble machines, penguin & chicken costumes, giant puppets, sing-a-longs, jazz bands, group bike rides, picnics, bike happy hours, and being together outside.

Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 8d

I'm telling y'all, the greatest gift we can give this nation right now is self-control. Deny the regime a victory here. We must regulate and realize our power comes from staying calm and focused: refusing to let them manipulate our emotions and incite violence. Calm, focused, regulated. We got this.

National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 8d

OK, so this is going to be tough to hear, but it needs to be said.

Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.

Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.

DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 12d

Save the date for No Kings Day
Sat Oct 18 from 12-4
March at 1PM
Willamette Waterfront Park at Battleship Memorial

consider coming by bike

@indivisible-oregon.bsky.social
@eastpdxindivisible.bsky.social
@indivisiblepdx.bsky.social
@pdxoregon50501.bsky.social

www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Drawing of an adult and child on a bike with a large American flag behind them.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks @portlandmercury.com @suzettesmith.bsky.social for up-to-date info on today's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride!

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 4d

Find the latest details on this Sunday's #WNBR later today on the organizer's Insta page www.instagram.com/worldnakedbi... or at @bikeportland.org

BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 8d

Get Naked. Get on your bike. Wear warm socks.

Sunday, October 12th at 2:30PM

@bikeportland.org

Naked bike ride to protest Trump's invasion set for Sunday

The start location of the ride has not been announced but is expected Friday.

bikeportland.org

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 4d

If you are a BikeLoudPDX member and have attended a BikeLoud meeting in the last year you can vote in the BikeLoud Board Election. Vote before Sunday, Oct 12.

Candidate info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Ballot: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join BikeLoud: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...

photo of BikeLoud flags and the words, "become a BikeLoud member"

Words say, "ikeLoud PDX: Making 25% of trips by bike possible.
Vote for new BikeLoud board members
The ballot is now open to elect new BikeLoud PDX board members. We have eight board members who were elected last year and are remaining on the board, and eight seats open for a new two-year term.

We have a great crew of candidates—check out their candidate information here and then use this link to cast your vote.

Voting is open to all members who have attended a BikeLoud meeting and paid membership dues within the past year. BikeLoud uses approval voting: you may cast a vote for every candidate you approve of, and the candidates with the most votes will be elected to the board (provided they also have support on a majority of ballots cast).

Voting will be open online through this Sunday, October 12. Help us choose a board to guide BikeLoud’s mission of reclaiming our streets for a safe and dignified bicycle transportation network accessible to all Portlanders.

Thanks,
–The BikeLoud Board"

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 3d

@kielbybike.bsky.social led an expedition to PDX for #WeekWithoutDriving. Hope he can advise.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 4d

Can’t wait to start reading @modacitylife.com new book!

Women Changing Cities: Global stories of urban transformation by Melissa & Chris Bruntlett

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 25d

Yeah, we're a bike group, but we all walk too!

There are 5 seats open on the PDX Pedestrian Advisory Committee. The PAC is a 15 member committee of volunteers who meet monthly to discuss city transportation policy, programs and projects for people who walk.

Apply before October 19

Volunteer (Non-Paid) Position - Portland Pedestrian Advisory Committee

APPLY HERE: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/01992ffff588771581da915112150f7dThe Portland Pedestrian Advisory Committee advises City Council and all departments of the City on all matters that encour...

www.governmentjobs.com

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 4d

If you are a BikeLoudPDX member and have attended a BikeLoud meeting in the last year you can vote in the BikeLoud Board Election. Vote before Sunday, Oct 12.

Candidate info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Ballot: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join BikeLoud: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 4d

Find the latest details on this Sunday's #WNBR later today on the organizer's Insta page www.instagram.com/worldnakedbi... or at @bikeportland.org

BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 8d

Get Naked. Get on your bike. Wear warm socks.

Sunday, October 12th at 2:30PM

@bikeportland.org

Naked bike ride to protest Trump's invasion set for Sunday

The start location of the ride has not been announced but is expected Friday.

bikeportland.org

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 4d

Frogs stronger together.

Protest frogs have built in rain protection, and wearers can bundle up during cold spells.

Might costumes like these have potential for some future group bike rides?

photo/Fedor Zarkhin @oregonian.com

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

www.oregonlive.com

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 4d

Open your street up for car-free trick-or-treating, potlucks, games, jack-o-lantern carving, or a Día de los Muertos celebration!🎃🚲🧙‍♀️

Make sure to apply for a Block Party permit from @pbotinfo.bsky.social at least 15 days before your fall event here: www.portland.gov/transportati...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 5d

Riding a bike is healthy.
Riding with friends is fun.
Riding in groups builds community.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Sep 1

A key difference between people on bikes and those in cars is that people on bikes are usually happy to see others riding bikes, whereas those in cars often rage at other people in cars.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 29d

Local non-profits that BikeLoud counts on. We're always stronger together.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 5d

Walk & Talk with your District 4 Councilors!

Tues Oct 14, 8:30-9:30AM
Meet at Waterfront Salmon St. Springs Fountain for a 1.5 mile walk.

Join our friends from Oregon Walks + City staff +
@councilorclark.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorzimmerman.bsky.social

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