Officer Voepel keeps a watchful eye on the new bike box.(Photos © J. Maus)

This morning, officers from the Portland Police Bureau's Traffic Division began a series of targeted enforcement missions at the new bike box on SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Traffic Division Lieutenant Bryan Parman and three of his officers were on hand to watch the intersection [...]

One thing that makes the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project such a headache for policy makers, and for anyone trying to make sense of the debate, is that it involves two places with very different ideas about planning for transportation and population growth.
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Governor Ted Kulongoski addressed Oregon residents with his 'State of the State' speech on Friday.

(Photo © J. Maus)

In it, he talked about how transportation is one of his top five policy priorities. He mentions the importance of funding roads and bridges, seaports, airports, and railroads. All good places to invest for [...]

The Bus Project and the Portland Mercury present for March's Debate Club: The Columbia River Crossing.
Location:
The edge of Belmont
Street:
3350 SE Morrison St.
City/Town:
Portland, OR
Phone:
5032333018
Email:
tara.sulzen[at]busproject.org
Description
Join the Bus Project and the Portland Mercury for our monthly hot topic debate with Dialogue, Democracy and Drinks.
What's your take on what could be the largest public works project in [...]

Strong, chilly winds and nearly horizontal rain did little to dampen spirits at Sunday's fifth annual Bunny on a Bike Ride.
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Monsieur Timo Forsberg at the Alice Awards.View Gallery(Photos © J. Maus)

Neary 800 bike advocates from all over Oregon spent Saturday night toasting each other's accomplishments at the 13th annual Alice Awards and Auction held at the Oregon Convention Center.
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) hosts the event and they made sure there was enough bike parking [...]

A FREE VEHICLE LAW CLASS FOR BICYCLISTS
When: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
What: Class on Oregon’s vehicle laws from a bicyclist’s perspective with Bike Lawyer Ray Thomas.
Where: Bicycle Transportation Alliance office at 233 NW 5th Ave.
Cost: Free
Contact: BTA at (503) 226-0676 to pre-register.
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Juli and Danica Maus at the Bunny on a Bike Ride last year.(Photos © J. Maus)

Easter weekend means different things to different people. Some folks go to church and some folks ride their bikes through the city dressed up like bunnies (and I'm sure some folks do both).
But before the bunnies on bikes take [...]

Want to take you kids Zoo-Bombing, but don't like all the booze, and can't stay out late on a school night?
Well, come on up to the hill on Sundays, at 4:30 pm, and try out the new KID BOMB!
MEET at the Veterans War Memorial in Washington Park.
This Sunday, Easter, we will have our first event, [...]

This just in from the organizers of the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic...
Mt Hood Cycling Classic Adds Two-Day “Tour de Hood” Recreational Ride Challenge
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This article is by contributor Carl Larson. Carl previously wrote about the Zoobomb art rack project.

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[Via the Portland Mercury Blog]
Check out City Council candidate Harold C Williams Two. He's announced a run and bike ride he hopes will end with a job at City Hall:

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The City of Portland's Bureau of Maintenance is pushing forward to improve bike/truck safety.

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Bike parking at the Memorial Coliseum this morning.(Photo © J. Maus)

Regrettably I won't be inside the Barack Obama rally this morning. However, I did stop by the Coliseum on my way into the office to check out the bike parking situation.
While there are definitely a lot of bikes parked illegally (a technicality, since there [...]

Cyclists in front of the Memorial Coliseum during a ride in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus)

Volunteers working on Barack Obama's event in Portland tomorrow at the Memorial Coliseum are scrambling to make sure they've got enough bike parking capacity.
They're well aware of what happened back in February when cyclists didn't find enough parking at an event [...]

The Transportation Options division of PDOT has just printed up 30,000 new city bike maps (not to be confused with Metro's "Bike There" map). I got a look at them first-hand today thanks to long-time Options staffer and mapping guru Jeff Smith.
Jeff pointed out that for the first time ever, they've devoted a full [...]

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Billing it as an, "event to celebrate Portland's new 'Green Space'," the City of Portland's Office of Transportation has just announced details of a press event next week that will draw attention to their first installation of a series of bike safety improvements around the city.
The event will be held at Clever [...]

Former PDOT bicycle coordinator and now head of a local bike planning firm, Mia Birk, wants to study the economic impact of bicycles in Oregon.(Photo © J. Maus)

In the past two years, Portland's bicycle industry and the economic impact of our bike culture has gotten plenty of attention -- from the New York Times to [...]

This just in from Amy Ruiz at the Portland Mercury... Mayoral candidate Sho Dozono has been stripped of public financing. Dozono is the only real challenger to Sam Adams and he has said he would drop out of the race without public funds.
A brief snippet of the ruling is below:
Presiding State Administrative [...]

[*Updated, 11:45am: I have heard back from Olympic National Park spokesperson Barb Maynes. Her comments are now included at the end of the article.]

"This is an unnecessary exclusion of bicyclists on what is a federally funded road open to all other forms of traffic."--Bicycle Alliance of Washington

At the recent National Bike Summit, much excitement [...]