The Oregonian is reporting that Oregon state senator Floyd Prozanski is backing off his idea to introduce a law would have made helmets mandatory for adults.
The O’s Michelle Cole says Prozanski felt pressure to pull back due to the negative response he received. She wrote, “Prozanski also got a pounding this week from [...]

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The following is an excerpt taken directly from TriMet’s website:
Tips for Bike Commuters During MAX Steel Bridge Service Interruption August 2-24
The Steel Bridge will be closed to cars, buses and MAX trains August 2-24, 2008, as crews connect existing tracks to the new MAX Green Line tracks on 5th and 6th avenues. Shuttle [...]

Keen’s Commuter, an SPD-compatiblesandal released last year, was their first bike-specific product.

Keen Footwear, who moved their headquarters to Portland in 2006 (and didn’t waste any time featuring us in their product catalog), has just announced an expanded line of cycling products.
Keen unveiled an SPD compatible sandal (the “Commuter”) in early 2007 and now plan to [...]

This just in from the Portland Police Bureau (emphasis mine):
“At 2:58 pm East Precinct officers were dispatched to the area of SE 147th Av/Stark Street on a bicyclist hit.
Officers arrived and determined that the bicyclist was hit by a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Lance Waddy. Waddy and the bicyclist were both traveling [...]

Lincoln, Nebraska’s Police Chief Tom Casady.

A reader (thanks Donna!) sent me a link the other day to a well-written blog post about sharing the road. Opinions on this topic are a dime a dozen, but something caught my eye about this particular article — it was written by the Police Chief of Lincoln, Nebraska [...]

Chuck Bridge and his gravity bike at the top of “Dragontail” back in April.More images(Photos © J. Maus)

Three Portland men who honed their downhill biking skills while “Zoobombing” down the West Hills are taking their sport to the next level.
Team Zoobomb — which consists of Chuck Bridge, Aaron Truman, and Gabriel Tiller — are set [...]

Jane Higdon(Photo: The Jane Higdon Foundation)

The trucking company involved in the death of Jane Higdon in Eugene in May of 2006 has agreed to donate $1 million over 20 years to a memorial fund founded in her name.
According to KVAL-TV in Eugene, Ireland Trucking Co. will give the money to the Jane Higdon Memorial Fund [...]

Screen shot from KVAL-TV video.(Watch video here)

My story about Senator Floyd Prozanski’s intention to expand Oregon’s mandatory helmet law has gained steam. It was sent out on the AP newswire this morning and outlets across the state have picked it up.
I’ve done several media interviews about it today, and while doing some background [...]

Atkinson testifying in support of the Fixed Gear Brake bill during a hearing in Salem in March 2007. His shirt reads, “Ride a fixed gear, go to jail.”(Photo © J. Maus)

Oregon state Senator Jason Atkinson (R-Central Point) — an avid cyclist and a regular supporter of bike-related legislation in Salem — was accidently [...]

All sales of this poster will be donated to the Brett Jarolimek Memorial Fund.(Stencil design by Roll Hardy)

Locally owned and operated Stumptown Printers has decided to donate all proceeds of their series of limited edition bike posters to local non-profit groups and a fund that raises money for bike safety programs.
One of the posters features [...]

Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski gave the keynote address at a sustainable transportation conference in Portland this morning.(Photo © J. Maus)

An invite-only conference at the Portland Art Museum today and tomorrow is looking at the future of sustainable transportation and urban design in American cities.
Dubbed Meeting of the Minds, the event is, “designed to bring [...]

Karl Hugo and his daughter Lula.

Two weeks ago, Southeast Portland resident Karl Hugo was gravely injured when he rode through the intersection of SE 50th and Lincoln Street and collided with a truck.
After the crash, Hugo was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit at the OHSU where he arrived in a coma, with one collapsed [...]

Today’s edition of Roll Call, a newspaper that has covered Capitol Hill for over half a century, makes it official; bikes are now on the radar of our nation’s lawmakers like never before.
In the “Heard on the Hill” column, the paper writes that,

ECT Slow & Easy “Trees of Reed College” Ride
Sponsored by the Community Exchange Cycle Touring Club. We leave no
riders behind.
The beautiful campus of Reed College, with Reed Lake it it’s center,
is home to over 1000 trees and features over 100 different species
from around the world. Every single tree has been carefully mapped,
out making [...]

A special event will close the south sidewalk/bikeway of the Hawthorne Bridge from 6am to 7pm this Saturday (8/2). See full details in press release from Multnomah County below:
Red Bull event to close Hawthorne Bridge sidewalk and traffic lane on Saturday
The south sidewalk of the Hawthorne Bridge and an eastbound traffic [...]

More info here.
Platinum Award Party
Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave
Thursday, August 7, 2008
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Free and open to the public

Official event website here

The National Bike Bill is headed to a vote in the Senate Committee on Commerce Science, and Transportation this Thursday (7/31) and the League of American Bicyclists is asking its members to take action.
The bill (House Congressional Resolution 305) was introduced by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) back in February and passed a House vote in [...]

The City of Portland has just announced their plans to celebrate the recent designation of Portland as a Platinum-level bicycle friendly community.
The event will be held at City Hall this next Thursday (8/7).

Short Track series organizer Kris Schamp.(Photos © J. Maus)

The Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Race Series, which wrapped up its six-race series at Portland International Raceway (PIR) last night, has tallied a record number of participants.
Event founder and organizer Kris Schamp reports that for the first time ever, there were over 400 entries [...]

Suli Yu, a reporter for Voice of America, working in SE Portland this morning.(Photo © J. Maus)

Even though recent local and national headlines have portrayed an image of uneasiness and tension between bikes and cars on Portland’s roadways, our bike scene is also getting plenty of positive attention.
I just spent a few hours with Suli [...]

“The city is allowing us to discourage cars from using Alberta with signs and posters asking them not to drive on the street during Last Thursday.”–Magnus Johannesson, Alberta Street neighborhood activist and business owner.

The City of Portland, TriMet, and a neighborhood activist are moving forward on an effort to discourage cars from driving on NE [...]

The BTA’s Angela Koch showed up at the Mountain Bike Short Track races at Portland International Raceway last night wearing these beauties…

Screenshot from Newsweek.com.

It’s been almost three weeks since an Oregonian story about a alcohol-related traffic altercation was blown up into a “bikes vs. cars” war and now Newsweek has taken the bait.
A story published yesterday in their National Affairs section is ominously titled, Road Rage in Portland: Bikes Cars Clash and Pedal vs. Metal: A [...]

“I remember being the type who would say ‘Get out of the road you bike rider’, but now every time I do something, it’s like ‘I’ll ride my bike over there.’ It’s definitely something I know I’m going to do for the rest of my life.”– Brandon Roy to Oregonian reporter Jason Quick

OregonLive.com has published [...]

The old-school bike box at SE 39th and Clinton.

The colored version at SE Hawthorne and 7th.

The job opportunities below have been recently listed on the BikePortland Job Listings.
See below for more information (and good luck if you apply):

Customer Service Rep - Yakima Products, Inc.
Customer Help Desk Technician - Chris King Precision Components

Ain’t no berries in your bucket? Join Exchange Cycle Tour’s Bike to Berry ride Saturday August 2nd. We’ll ride out to Sauvie Island and
pick blueberries and raspberries at Kruger’s Farm, hang out in the grass swapping berry crumble recipes, eat lunch (Kruger’s typically has a grill going with dogs and burgers, but you may want [...]

The Sprockettes at the Tour de Fat in Truckee, California.(Photo © J. Maus)

Last night I drove from South Lake Tahoe to Portland and it feels great to be home.
Now comes the gargantuan task of trying to get back in front of the stories and emails that have backed up in my mind and inbox for [...]

Job Title
Computer Help Desk Technician
Company/Organization
Chris King Precision Components

Job Description
Computer Help Desk Technician
Chris King Precision Components™, manufacturer of precision bicycle components, is seeking a full time Computer Help Desk Technician to assist with maintenance of a carefully controlled all Macintosh computer network for our design & manufacturing company. 1 yr. help desk experience required. [...]