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One of two “bike trains” operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.(Photo by captaindisko/Flickr)

Over the weekend, [...]

Reverend Phil, shown here after riding his bike into the Willamette River, is bringing Bike Porn to Hollywood Theater on Thursday.(Photo � J. Maus)

Portland’s resident bike pornographer is at it again.
For the first time ever, “Reverend Phil” Sano will host a back-to-back screening of The Pornography of the Bicycle and Bike Porn 2: [...]

To the victor, go the spoils.(Photos � J. Maus)

Today is the last day of the BTA’s 13th annual Bike Commute Challenge.
The event, which is a friendly competition between businesses to see whose employees can complete the most bike trips in the month of September, broke records across the board this year. In fact, the [...]

Bike traffic on NW Broadway this morning.Slideshow below(Photos � J. Maus)

This morning I snapped a few photos of a common sight around Portland these days; bike traffic.
Many of us have viewed (with envy) images of bike traffic in European cities like Amsterdam. While we’re not quite in that league yet, our busy bikeways are [...]

Here’s a doozy of a story from the Associated Press (emphasis mine):
“MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - A man is being held in the Skagit County Jail in Mount Vernon, Wash., in lieu of $150,000 bail after being arrested for the 14th time for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Superior Court documents say 46-year-old [...]

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A 25-year-old man riding a bicycle was struck from behind while riding sounthbound on SE 39th Ave. just north of Powell Blvd. (map) in Southeast Portland at around 2:45 am this morning.
The hit-and-run incident left Cox with non life-threatening injuries but witnesses told KATU-TV that he was “pretty banged up”.
UPDATE:
Here’s the latest from [...]

The City of Portland Office of Transportation will host the 2008 Portland Transportation Safey Summit next week (Monday, 10/8). The event is a great way to meet local and state transportation planners, policy makers, etc… and get information on many important resources and programs.
PDOT just released the agenda and program. Check it [...]

Boulder, Colorado has joined Portland and Davis, California as the only cities to have achieved the League of American Bicyclists highest rating for bike-friendliness.
The League announced Boulder’s “Platinum” Bicycle Friendly Community award last week.
Here’s a quote from League director Andy Clarke:
“Boulder well deserves the platinum designation because they are actually delivering the quality of life [...]

Get out and ride!

Well, since my event calendar is broken (thanks to my recent software upgrade), I haven’t really been keeping track of what’s going on this weekend.
I’m going camping with my girls Sunday and Monday (been planning it all summer but haven’t been able to do it until now), so, barring any breaking [...]

Image of the scene.(Photo: Carl Larson)

At around 5:00pm yesterday evening, there was a right-hook crash involving a bike and a truck at the intersection of Broadway and Williams in Northeast Portland (Map).
According to the Police Bureau’s assistant PIO Greg Pashley, a woman riding a bicycle was struck by a “short panel truck” and was transported [...]

I love the rough-and-tumble outer shell of the otherwise cuddly sport of cyclocross. With it’s usually grueling weather, tough courses, and party-like atmosphere, the sport’s promoters revel in its rowdiness.
The first ‘cross race of the season was named Pain on the Peak and this weekend, racers will head south on Saturday to the Rickreall [...]

Veteran bike racer and physical therapist Russell Cree has opened Upper Echelon Fitness (917 SW Oak St.) in downtown Portland. The business will offer coaching for cycling and triathlon, state-of-the-art bike fitting, and exercise physiology services to all skill levels.
Cree, 32, previously ran a similar business in Seattle and is also the former vice [...]

This new cargo bike from Madsen Cycles, will be available in Portland soon. Retail price is $1,299.

I’ve spoken to two of my roving reporters from the floor of the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas this morning. One of them is Joel Grover, the head buyer for Bike Gallery and a 20-year veteran [...]

The new Bike to Work Pants.

Via BoingBoing.net, here’s a cool new product from San Francisco that was unveiled at Interbike this week — the Bike to Work Pants by Cordarounds.
They’re just a regular pair of khakis, but with hidden, reflective powers.
From their website:
“Using fabrics like Illuminite Teflon and 3M Scotchlite we’ve bought reflectivity to regular [...]

New markings in the bike lane on N. Flint at Broadway.(Photos � J. Maus)

As a follow-up to a story I reported last week, one of the measures meant improve bike safety at the notorious intersection of N Flint and Broadway was installed by PDOT yesterday.

Cyclists on their way into work this morning noticed bright white [...]

“Not knowing what I was in for created a lot of mental room for scenarios of death and disfigurement. So far, the worst thing that’s happened is when my chain popped off on Interstate Avenue.”– Shelby Wood

Remember Shelby Wood, the Oregonian columnist who was “too scared to saddle up” and ride her bike in Portland?
Wood, [...]

New design utilizes metal posts (instead of flexible plastic bollards).(Photos � J. Maus)

Continuing on their program to create more on-street bike parking facilities, the Maintenance Division of the City of Portland Office of Transportation began work today installing a new bike corral in North Portland.
The location is the southwest corner of the intersection of N. [...]

Repairs to the mural on the west side of the Community Cycling Center (NE Alberta and 17th) have been completed.
Back in December, a pickup truck accidentally backed into the mural on the wall, damaging the painting as well as the CCC’s offices on the other side (which have also been repaired).
I swung by the mural [...]

A Portland police officer gives out a free set of bike lights back in August 2006.(Photos � J. Maus)

As part of their ongoing Eye to Eye campaign, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and the Traffic Division of the Portland Police Bureau have partnered up on an effort to increase awareness of using bike lights [...]

Old lane markings have been ground away and the new, bi-directional bike lane is being mapped out.(Photo � J. Maus)

The Rose Quarter Transit Center, long a thorn in the side of bike advocates who want more efficient north-south access, is slated for a host of bike access improvements.
Those improvements — which include bus line re-routes [...]

A massive lobbying effort spearheaded by General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler has resulted in passage of a $25 billion package of low-cost loans to help them re-tool for the “next generation of fuel-efficient motor vehicles”.
Automakers originally wanted $50 billion (twice what they got last go-round), and even then the plan was supported by both Barack [...]

The League of American Bicyclists announced the first-ever winners of its new Bicycle Friendly Business designation at the Interbike trade show this morning.
Among the 13 companies recognized, two were from the Portland Area.
Alta Planning + Design was given the “Gold” rating and EasyStreet Online Services (from Beaverton) was given “Bronze”.
Check out more on this story [...]

The Hunger Squad logo.

Hunger Squad is a new company (official launch is Friday) that will deliver food, drinks and other goods (condoms, cigs, etc…) to downtown Portland exclusively by bicycle.
The company is a family operation spearheaded by 29-year-old Dustin Taylor and staffed by his wife and two brothers.
The idea is simple. Go online to [...]

Cover of Rubber to the Road, Volume 1.

Rubber To The Road is a two-volume set of guide books (first published in 1998 by David Guettler and compiled by Peter Marsh) that detail some of the Portland area’s very best road rides. It was one of the first books on biking I picked up when [...]

Robert Pickett(Photos � J. Maus)

Robert Pickett is a member of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee, an Alice Award nominee, a regular commenter and contributor to the Forums here on BikePortland.org, and he’s also a police officer in Portland’s Southeast Precinct.
When he’s not working in our community, he likes to ride tall bikes.
In the article below, [...]

The former general manager of Wisconsin-based accessory company Planet Bike has moved to Portland and plans to offer a new line of products under the Portland Design Works banner.
29-year-old Erik Olson oversaw product development at Planet Bike for five years and moved to Portland this summer to start his new company. I caught up [...]

The Economist published an interesting blurb and graphic on Monday.
They took a look at bicycle and car production since 1950 and found that,
“…Bicycle and car production grew pretty much in tandem in the two decades beginning in 1950. But since 1970 bike production has nearly quadrupled while car production has roughly doubled.”

They also [...]

Just got a heads up about what looks like an interesting event coming to Reading Frenzy (921 SW Oak St.) on Thursday, October 9th at 7:00pm.
A former Portlander, now living in Amsterdam, is working on a book about Dutch bicycle culture.
Here’s the event description:
Slide Show Lecture on Dutch Bicyle Culture by Pete Jordan
Pete [...]

BikeRackers in action.(Photos � J. Maus)

If you think it’s hard to find a bike parking spot around town, try finding one at an event (especially if it’s bike-related). Last March, a local entrepreneur set out to solve that problem and so far his business has been “amazing”.
Jeff Castro, a former product designer (with stints [...]

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Portland’s new on-street bike parking corrals are the subject of an editorial in the Hillsboro Argus today (Hillsboro is about 17 miles west of Portland).
In OK Bike Corral, Argus publisher Clark Gallagher shares concerns from delivery truck drivers about the new parking. Mr. Gallagher overheard one such [...]