The Maus Family (From L to R: Dad, Danica, Eleni, Juli)

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone here at BikePortland headquarters (Elly and I). We hope you have the opportunity to take a few days off and spend some quality time with your friends and family.
As is tradition this time of year, I want to say thanks.
Thank [...]

Just got this from the Bike Gallery:
Local Bike Retailer Gets Into the Spirit of Giving
Portland, Oregon – November 28, 2008. This December, one local bike retailer is shifting their holiday focus to help support an important holiday tradition – the 13th annual Community Cycling Center Holiday Bike Drive. November 28, 2008, through January 2, 2009, [...]

Justa Phillips will return this year. You'll have to show up to see if her classic cowboy design will be there!

BikeCraft IV is just around the corner. We've gotten so much response from vendors that we've capped attendance and now have a full lineup of folks eager to sell their wares. Before [...]

View of the new construction as of 11/21/08.(Photo: Clackamas County)

After an arson fire burned through several key support columns in August of 2006, the 82nd Drive/Park Place bike/ped bridge (map) over the Clackamas River (between Gladstone and Oregon City) is slated to officially re-open tomorrow.
In a newsletter from Clackamas County's Water Environment Services division, county [...]

"Sam (Adams) has directed (City Traffic Engineer) Rob Burchfield to indentify opportunities for a "high visibility" cycle track to be rolled out in Sam's first 100 days as mayor." -- Sam Adams' chief of staff Tom Miller, in an email to Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder

There's no denying that 2009 is shaping up to [...]

Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus)

Welcome to the final installment of our guest article series on bike sharing in Portland.
The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. Yesterday, Tom laid out asked some of the questions that must be answered in order [...]

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The stop sign at SE Caruthers and Water has been a source offrustration for many.(Photo © J. Maus)

Two stop signs at the intersection of SE Water Ave and SE Caruthers St. in Southeast Portland (map) will be removed by PDOT.
The news comes from an employee of the nearby Oregon Museum of Science and [...]

Read more, ride better!

We announced the BikePortland Bookstore last week, and response has been great.
Thanks to all of you who have been buying titles both from our shelves and from all of the shelves at Powell's. Your purchases really help us keep on doing what we do. And hopefully we've been able to help you [...]

Margi Lifsey is ODOT's new Sustainability Program Manager.(Photo courtesy Margi Lifsey)

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has added a new position to their team; a Sustainability Program Manager.
The position will be filled by Portland-resident Marjorie ("Margi") Lifsey. In a statement about the hire, ODOT Chief of Staff Joan Plank said Lifsey will be responsible [...]

Veer will be shown at the Victoria Film Fest in February.

At the premiere of Veer last week, producer/director Greg Fredette shared some good news with the sold-out crowd; the film has been accepted for screening at the Victoria International Film Festival.
Veer is a feature-length documentary that focuses on several aspects of Portland's dynamic bike culture.
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BTA director Scott Bricker at the Eye toEye campaign launch in August. Mayor-elect Adamsand PDOT director Sue Keil look on.(Photos © J. Maus)

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) is calling their three-month "Eye to Eye" campaign a success after a ride-along with the Portland Police Bureau in search of unlit bike riders turned up nearly [...]

Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus)

Welcome to Part Five of our six-part, guest article series on bike sharing in Portland.
The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. Yesterday, Tom laid out what's at stake for Portland in choosing a bike share vendor.
In [...]

Graphic of potential new bike skills park at a defunct school on SE Stark and 14th.(Graphic taken from forum post by Will Heiber)

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A group of Portlanders plan to honor Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving that is the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season) by taking over several parking spaces downtown.
According to a post on Portland Indymedia, the plan is to lock bikes together in prime parking spaces and have a picnic on the sidewalk adjacent [...]

[Via the Oregonian]
Northeast Portland resident Daniel Whittlinger, who was arrested back in July 2007 after striking three riders in the Seattle-to-Portland ride has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.
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Blumenauer on his "green commute" down Pennsylvania Ave.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland's favorite pedaling politico got his views on biking into the hands of 72.6 million Americans on Sunday.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) was featured in a Parade Magazine column titled "Greener Commute".
In the article, he was asked three questions, including one that featured Portland:
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People of all ages enjoyed Sunday Parkways last June.(Photos © J. Maus)

Details of Sunday Parkways 2009 are slowly leaking out of the Transportation Options division at PDOT.
Last year's event -- which opened up a six-mile loop of North Portland streets to people and prohibited cars -- was a ground-breaking success. In 2009, PDOT says [...]

These new yield markings have been installed to warn bike riders of potential cross traffic.(Photos © J. Maus)

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Here's the news, folks!

Governor Kulongoski(Photo © J. Maus)

Governor Kulongoski has a vision for green transportation. Unfortunately, it's all about cars. On a trip to Asia last week, he made a deal with Nissan to add their electric cars to the state's fleet, and lobbied hard to bring China's cheap hybrid cars to Oregon. [...]