This Thursday (8/28) is the first-ever officially carfree Last Thursday on Alberta event.
To make it happen smoothly, organizers -- which includes the City of Portland and a local non-profit group -- need volunteers.
There will be a short training session (not much to learn really) Thursday night at 7:30 at the corner of NE [...]

Jeff Merkley(Photo: JeffMerkley.com)

Jeff Merkley (D-Portland), the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, is turning to Portland's bike community for help in his race to grab a seat in the United States Senate from incumbent Gordon Smith.
I received an invitation yesterday for a fundraising event in September that will take place at the Bike Gallery [...]

According to the Federal Highway Administration, Americans drove 12.2 billion fewer miles this past June than a year ago.
An Associated Press article published yesterday, Traffic fatalities driven down by high gas prices, highlights a new study that draws a direct connection between less miles being driven and the lowest number of traffic deaths since [...]

A rider on the narrow Steel Bridge sidewalk (view is facing west on the north side of the bridge).(Photos © J. Maus)

TriMet recently completed a construction project on the Steel Bridge and the result is a narrower sidewalk on the north side.
The majority of people that ride bikes over the Steel Bridge use the shared, [...]

Meet at Rocky Point Rd. off Hwy. 30
6:00pm, Every Friday
Join the PUMPp Friday night ride on tight single track in Scappoose. Intermediate to Gonzo technical trails. Bring Lights if you have them. 6:00 p.m. Take Highway 30 West from Portland. When nearing Scappoose, make a left [...]

Steel & Hawthorne Bridges, Willamette River Take Trimet (West-bound lanes, East end of the Steel, West end of the Hawthorne)
7:00am - 9:00am, 7 to 9 am... give or take a few cups of coffee, Last Friday of every month
Breakfast on the Bridges reaches [...]

Meet at the HI Portland-Hawthorne Hostel, 3031 SE Hawthorne Blvd
6:30pm
Summer isn't over! The weeks after Labor Day are still perfect weather for bicycle touring here in the Northwest! Join us to learn more about Self-Supported Bicycle Touring. We'll be discussing equipment, planning, and cost as well [...]

RIDE TO THE WATERFRONT (PORTLAND BY CYCLE RIDE)
Laurelhurst Park, SE 37th Ave and Oak St
6:00pm - 8:00pm
from PDOT's Portland By Cycle program:
Enjoy a balmy summer evening along the Willamette - heaven! Helmets required.
Timo Forsberg, [...]

One of my photos from an exhibition that will open Thursday night at The Breeze Block Gallery.

I hope you haven't made plans for this Thursday night.
Besides the usual fun of Last Thursday on Alberta, this month's event will be officially carfree (more on that later). But if that's not enough to get out [...]

There will be a special bike art show and a performance by the Sprockettes at Last Thursday this week.
The bike art and performance (flyer below) will be at the Breeze Block (1011 NE Alberta, also home to the Bye and Bye).

And did I mention... no cars!
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The stretch of SE Clinton where the incident occurred.(Photo © J. Maus)

Johnny Eschweiler, the man who intentionally drove his car into Ben Ramsdell as he biked down SE Clinton Street nearly one year ago, has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
Escweiler was initially charged with three counts of Assault in the [...]

Today on NPR's Talk of the Nation program, San Francisco bike plan critic Rob Anderson -- whose opposition earned him coverage in the Wall Street Journal last week -- will debate the merits of his positions against Noah Budnick from NYC-based advocacy group Transportation Alternatives.
The show starts at 12 noon P.S.T.
-- Read more at Streetsblog.org.
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Thief surveys his target.See more photos below.(Photos: PDOT)

Central Precinct officers are on the lookout for a suit-wearing thief that nabbed an unsecured bike from the racks in front of the City of Portland Office of Transportation's headquarters in downtown Portland (1120 SW 5th, across the street from City Hall).
The theft occurred around 2:00pm last Friday [...]

The 2nd annual Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC) have opened for registration.
The event is scheduled for November 8-9 and will take somewhere in or near Portland (awaiting confirmation of exact location).
Dani Dance of the Portland Single Speed Collective and an employee at Portland-based River City Bicycles is the woman behind the race. She [...]

PSU Pres. Wim Wievel (L) and Commissioner Sam Adams after their ride into work this morning.(Photos © J. Maus)

Newly hired Portland State University President Wim Wievel (say "Vim Vee-vul") got an up-close look at what 2,000 of PSU's students, faculty and staff experience every morning -- a commute by bike.
Wievel, 57, rode approximately seven miles [...]

13 year-old Leo Westwind, just minutes after getting his new bike.(Photos © J. Maus)

A very tough year for 13 year-old Leo Westwind was made a bit brighter on Friday.
Leo suffers from a genetic liver ailment known as Alagille Syndrome and last winter his condition worsened severely. In December, his mom Kyrstin (owner of a [...]

Riders cross a bridge on the Springwater Corridor Trail during Sunday's Portland Century ride.(Photo: Bob Crispin)

In just its third year, the Portland Century seems to have found its sweet spot.
Ride organizer Ayleen Crotty with Good Sport Promotion says they're still going through the paperwork from Sunday's ride but initial estimates put the number of participants [...]

A reader (thanks Dan K.!) sent in this photo of a billboard in Eugene.
The billboard touts Dodge's new Journey model and an image of the vehicle is next to the word, "Gasolean" and the phrase, "Best in Class MPG". Underneath that phrase a graffiti artist has painted an arrow that leads to a bicycle.
It [...]

News Release from: Oregon State Police
This incident does not involve anyone on a bike, but since it has to does with another vulnerable roadway user group (runners), I thought it might be worth noting.
Below is the statement from the Oregon State Police (emphasis mine):
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A cab driver in Miami allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and ran into a group of people on bicycles. The cyclists were riding on a six-lane highway when the collision occured. Luckily, no one was killed. Here is a video report from the Associated Press...
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