November 2006 Archives

More on-street bike parking comes to North Portland

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

[New on-street
bike parking!]

On my way up Mississippi Street today I passed by a brand new, on-street bike parking facility at N. Beech Street, right in front of Amnesia Brewing. It’s very exciting to see this because it’s been in the works for over two years!

Ever since a similar bike-parking facility was put up in front of The Fresh Pot at Mississippi and Shaver Streets back in September of 2004, members of the Boise neighborhood and bike advocates have been pressing PDOT to install more of them.

PDOT and the Community Cycling Center have unveiled an ad they hope will ratchet up the visibility of their new “See and Be Seen” campaign.

Below is the ad they plan to unveil tonight at the Bike Light Parade, which is the official kickoff to the campaign:

Some of our own medicine

Well, what do you expect? We asked for it.

Endless happy hour if you arrive by bike

Just caught this interesting announcement in the BTA Digest:

The Waypost, a European-style bar/cafe at 3120 N Williams (a few blocks south of Fremont), has declared December “Bicycle Love Month.” There will be endless happy hour for customers who arrive by bike, and a showing of the film “A Sunday in Hell” on December 14th. On December 7th, Brian Manning from the Community Cycling Center will be lecturing on “Bicycle Maintenance During Wartime”

And according to their website they’ll show everyone’s fave bike movie, Quicksilver on December 5th.

Bi-circl-ing Ride

Lake Oswego Holiday Bike Drive

First Day of the Year Ride

Update on stage race funding request

Today at City Council, Commissioner Sam Adams proposed an amendment to the city budget that would allocate $100,000 in seed money for a “Tour de Portland” style stage race.

I just received the bicycle citation numbers from the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division (the Traffic Division writes 80% of all tickets in the Portland metro area). I took the numbers and made a few charts.

[The crux of the problem.]

The current Oregon statutes governing the operation of a motor vehicle in a bike lane are confusing and unclear. The Portland Police Bureau found this out the hard way and they want to find a solution and have the laws fixed for good at the upcoming legislative session in Salem.

Today and tomorrow are the final days to enter November’s BikePortland Benefit Raffle. Thanks to the awesome guys at Cyclepath Bike Shop, up for grabs this month is a Redline 9-2-5 urban-assault, commuter bike. This is a great bike that comes with full fenders (with mud-flaps), a flip-flop singlespeed hub, mustache bars, and more.

More on-street bike parking comes to North Portland

Sneak peek at new bike light campaign ad

Holidays are for the Kids Ride

Some of our own medicine

Endless happy hour if you arrive by bike

Bi-circl-ing Ride

Lake Oswego Holiday Bike Drive

First Day of the Year Ride

Update on stage race funding request

Year-to-date bicycle citation stats

Police propose bike lane law change

Last chance for November raffle

Latest Headlines

You’re invited to my 50th birthday party at Bike Happy Hour next week

Councilor Morillo wants SE Cesar Chavez Blvd safety concerns on transportation committee agenda

PBOT will reduce driving space on SW 6th to stripe wider bike lanes

Jobs of the Week: Community Cycling Center, Oregon E-Bikes, Bike Clark County, Mokwheel E-bikes

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