[ July 26, 2008; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] GEAR UP FOR BICYCLE DAY AT OMSI JULY 26

Portland, OR (July 3, 2008) Take life by the handlebars and celebrate Portland’s favorite form of transportation at Bicycle Day, a new event hosted by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) and the Community Cycling Center. Learn about safety, maintenance, and cycling’s health benefits July [...]

From the Community Cycling Center:
GEAR UP FOR BICYCLE DAY AT OMSI JULY 26
Portland, OR (July 3, 2008) Take life by the handlebars and celebrate Portland’s favorite form of transportation at Bicycle Day, a new event hosted by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) and the Community Cycling Center. Learn about safety, maintenance, and [...]

The Community Cycling Center (CCC) is set to launch a pilot project of a new service that will provide bicycles to businesses for employee use.
The Northeast Portland-based non-profit known for recycling bikes and for their youth and adult “earn a bike” programs, has partnered with the Lake Oswego campus of the communications agency Waggener Edstrom, [...]

One of a series of illustrations from the Portlanders and their Bicycles portraits created by Nate Padavick of Studio SSS.

Nate Padavick is an artist and graphic designer from Columbus, Ohio who has been inspired by Portland’s local biking vibe.
His design firm, Studio SSS, creates illustrations for major magazines, publishers, greeting card companies, and others. [...]

[ July 9, 2008; 2:00 pm; ] City Council will vote on their “Locally Preferred Alternative” for the Columbia River Crossing project.

Portland City Hall
Council Chambers
1221 SW 4th Ave.

Eugenio Arriaga Cordero during a recent bike ride in Portland.(Photo: Jessica Roberts)

For over two decades, Portland has had a sister-city relationship with Guadalajara, Mexico. In addition to supporting Portland’s Latino community through a variety of cultural exchange programs, the partnership puts on Portland’s annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta.
Now, a new initiative will have the [...]

BTA leader Scott Bricker (shown here at an event last week) has joined other groups in calling on City Council to re-think the CRC project.(Photo © J. Maus)

As expected, the BTA and a coalition of environmental groups have stepped up their oppositional stance to the Columbia River Crossing project.
They have just issued a statement [...]

This is a just a notice that the Portland Bike Forums are temporarily down.
Over the weekend, some sort of annoying spam/security breach resulted in every one of the 800 or so members being sent an email that said:
“Your account on Portland Bike Forums (by BikePortland.org) has been locked because someone has tried to log into [...]

Racers in repose between heats.More imagesSlideshow below(Photos © J. Maus)

On Friday, the local racing community came together to support an injured friend.
Zak Kovalcik (pictured here at the event) broke his collarbone while racing at Alpenrose Velodrome a few weeks ago and, without insurance and being unable to work (he is a bike messenger), [...]

[Updated 7/7, 12:00ppm: Read this story for an update.]
With just a few days before the Portland City Council takes an important vote on the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) (along with a growing coalition of organizations) is stepping up its drumbeat of concern.
The BTA has struggled to find their [...]