A Freewheelin' station in Denver.(Photo: Freewheelin/Flickr)

A bike-sharing program that started as an employee perk for Lousville, Kentucky-based Humana Corporation has taken the national stage this week.
Humana -- a $30 billion a year, 9,000 employee health insurance company -- has partnered up with Bikes Belong and a host of bike manufacturers to set up [...]

Shop and drop at the Nike Community Store this weekend
Nike is hosting a bicycle collection this Saturday and will also donate 10% of the day's sales to the Community Cycling Center.
This weekend clean out your garage and bring your unused bicycles to the Nike Community Store. All bicycles donated will help to support bicycle safety [...]

BTA's Michelle Poyourow.(Photo © J. Maus)

Michelle Poyourow of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) will issue a statement later today about a recent petition and document that has surfaced from a group of TriMet operators who oppose a plan to allow bike access through the Rose Quarter Transit Center (RQTC).
Poyourow is the BTA's main liaison to [...]

This just in from the BTA:
Month-Long Bike Commute Challenge Begins September 1st
August 25, 2008 – Starting September 1st, hundreds of businesses, non-profits, and government agencies across Oregon and SW Washington will compete in the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s Bike Commute Challenge. The Challenge is a month-long competition between
workplaces to see who can bike [...]

"We have no political axe to grind and are not in opposition to bicycles in general. But we are in opposition to bicycles in the Rose Quarter Transit Center."-- from a letter and petition send to local media outlets from a group of TriMet bus and train operators

The Portland Mercury has shared an interesting [...]

Oregon Trout City of Portland Triathlon returns for second year –THIS WEEKEND!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
REGISTRATIONS STILL AVAILABLE
MORNING OF REGISTRATION IS PERMITTED
One Million Revolutions and Oregon Trout are pleased to announce a return to downtown Portland for the second annual Oregon Trout City of Portland Triathlon. Slated for THIS WEEKEND August 31, 2008, the event will include [...]

Just received this info sheet and call for comments from Clackamas County Parks planner Katie Dunham. They're also have a public meeting on Sept 3rd (more info here). I hope to have a Front Page story on this soon.
Please voice your support for the Springwater Corridor in Clackamas County!
Clackamas County is requesting [...]

Clackamas County Parks and Portland Parks and Recreation will hold their second of three public planning meetings to discuss improvements to the Springwater Corridor and the Boring Station Trailhead Park.
Meeting is at:
Boring Middle School
27801 SE Dee Street
Boring, OR 97009
Questions, suggestions or comments may be sent to kdunham@co.clackamas.or.us
or call 503-794-8051 Visit the project Web [...]

Team Zoobomb's Gabe Tiller after a training run in the West Hillslast Sunday night.(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland's Team Zoobomb will vie for the crown of fastest gravity bikers in the world at this weekend's Maryhill Festival of Speed. The event takes place on legendary Maryhill Loops Road in Goldendale, Washington and it's the official [...]

The following story was shared by Lynne Cuevas and posted on the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) email list (emphasis mine):
"I was on the newly chip sealed Helvetia rd yesterday riding along in the center of the lane trying to find the smooth spots in the road as there was no traffic at the time. [...]