🚨 Please note: BikePortland is currently on hiatus and only publishing guest articles. Learn more here. Thank you. - Jonathan 🙏

Day: June 21, 2006

Vancouver first with debit card bike lockers

[Have card, will cycle.]

While up in Vancouver (WA) recently, I got a tour of the Northwest’s first pre-paid bike lockers. City of Vancouver transportation planner and BikeStation board member Todd Boulanger worked for over a year on the project and was excited to show them off.

The lockers work on a debit card system and cost just five cents an hour. For an average commuter that would be about $20 for six months of parking.

Todd, an unabashed Euro-phile who joined the Portland delegation on their recent trip to Amsterdam, first saw the lockers in Palo Alto two years ago, and is very happy to see them finally arrive in Vancouver. He also hopes to keep adding more of them across the region:

Read more

Sweetpea Bicycles focuses on the ladies

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

[Introducing Sweetpea Bicycles]

Portland’s burgeoning crop of custom framebuilders just got a litte sweeter. Natalie Ramsland and her partner (in life and business) Austin have launched Sweetpea Bicycles.

Natalie recently quit her job as a bike messenger and is now working full-tilt to design and build bikes especially for women. She has set up shop in a studio in the RJ Templeton Building located adjacent to the Burnside Bridge.

Read more

Cargo trailer ingenuity

homeless cargo ingenuity

Riding home today I noticed this peculiar trailer set-up. The guy who owns it was stopped and fiddling with his derailleur so I decided to introduce myself and take a closer look.

Allen (picture below), who calls his bike his home, has put together this hi-capacity cargo trailer for hauling cans, bottles, and other stuff he finds on the side of the road.

Read more

Pedalpalooza Daily – 6/21

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

[Pedalpalooza runs from 6/8 – 6/24 and is organized by Shift to Bikes. View the full schedule here and get the latest ride reports here.]

Hey, I’m putting on a ride today! The Communified Ride (lame name I know) will be a fun, quick spin around the waterfront (with a few bridge crossings of course). It’s a social ride and the goal is to learn about the bike community, meet some new people and talk about upcoming events and/or find new recruits for whatever bikey stuff you’re up to. I will also bring my tripod and set up some black/white style portraits (think Sears) of you and your bike. Meet at 6:00 at Salmon Street Fountain…I’ll be rockin’ out with my new bike radio! (yes I just linked to an advertiser).

And sorry for getting behind on ride reports…they’re coming soon.

Here’s a list of today’s events:

Read more

Latest Headlines

Guest Article: Right turn on red laws and what they mean for cyclists

BikeLoud Stands in solidarity with Boston transportation advocates 

Guest Opinion: PCEF e-bike rebate program should include traditional bikes

Guest Post: Yes, River View Cemetery is a critical cycling route. The data tells us why

From the Archives

The 10 busiest bicycling spots in Portland