Waterfront Park(Photo © J. Maus)

What are you doing on your bike this weekend?
If you need an idea or two, check out our Weekend Guide.
Whatever your plans are, we'd love to hear about them. Share adventures, photos, and ride reports in the comments below.
Bundle up and have a great weekend.

"...prepare yourself for bicyclophilia gone just plain NUTS!"-- from description of Veer in Victoria Film Fest program

This week at the Victoria Film Festival, film buffs from all over the world will get their first chance to see Veer, the feature-length documentary about Portland's bike culture.
Veer producers Greg Fredette and Jason Turner arrived in Victoria today [...]

Just noticed a strange story over on KPTV.com.
On January 17th, a man was knocked off his bicycle while riding on 231st Avenue near Cornell Road (in Hillsboro) at about 2:30 pm. The police investigators say there's "no evidence of a car". Read more (emphasis mine):
Police said they aren't sure what knocked a man [...]

Crossing Spokane at SE 13th.(Photos © J. Maus)

Last night at the headquarters of the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood association, about 50 residents showed up to learn more about the City of Portland's plans to create a bicycle boulevard on SE Spokane Street.
They got a chance to see some of the latest innovations in the city's toolbox for [...]

As these tracks show, many people still rode during December's snow.(Photo © J. Maus)

Earlier this month, the Mayor's office released a storm response survey. The 15-question survey (it's still online) asked citizens about their travel behavior during the storm and asked them to rate the city's response.
Every mode (transit, motor vehicles, pedestrians) [...]

[Publisher's note: This story was written by Managing Editor Elly Blue during her recently concluded East Coast Tour.]

Sarah Goodyear, Livable StreetsNetwork editor and community manager(Photos: Elly Blue)

While I was in New York briefly, I met up with Sarah Goodyear, editor and community manager of the recently launched Livable Streets Blog Network. Billed as "the [...]

Here's the official press release:
Walking and Biking Summit Features Town Hall Meeting on Federal Funding Ideas
Third annual Eugene Walking and Biking Summit will be held at South Eugene High School Cafeteria, 400 East 19th Ave., on Saturday, Jan. 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Doors open at 8:30 a.m., with workshops from 1 to [...]

Want to be the leader of Portland's pedestrian advocacy group? How about taking charge of development and communications for the BTA?
This week we've had two excellent opportunities listed on the BikePortland Job Listings.
Learn more about these positions here:

Development and Communications Director -- Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA)
Director -- Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC)

"...approaches are sometimes different, and misunderstandings likely because we are all human -- regardless of whether we wear a stretchy bicycle jersey or an itchy police uniform."-- From a public statement issued by the City Attorney's office as part of a settlement reached in the Ainsworth Incident

Traffic citations given to two men who were ticketed [...]

Are you fixed curious?(Photo © J. Maus)

Here's your bike-fun filled Weekend Guide:
Saturday (1/31)
Saturday Fast Friday
An event including sprints, footdown, sharks and minnows, tricks, a group ride, and more. Check out PDXFixed.com for more.
4:30pm at NW 13th and Quimby
Sellwood Bridge March
A march led by residents of the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood to bring awareness to how the [...]

VeloNews has the story:
The Oregon Pro Cycling Classic will be a little late getting to the start line — the 500-mile, seven-day race is being postponed to 2010 after organizers were unable to secure a title sponsor and the necessary money to run the event this year.
The National Racing Calendar event had been scheduled for [...]

Sellwood residents are gearing up for a march on the Sellwood Bridge this Saturday. According to one of the event's organizers, Bradley Heintz, the goal of the march is to send a message that any bridge that is built adheres to existing planning guidelines as community livability concerns.

Riding along N. Central Ave. in St. Johns.(Photo © J. Maus)

We're excited to announce the first in what we hope are many BikePortland Get Togethers. The first one is happening this Tuesday (2/3) in St. Johns (details below).
The idea behind these new events is simple. We want to meet up with you off-line [...]

More on this series:- Read Part One
- Read Part Two- Author Bio
[Note from Publisher: Welcome to the final installment of our three-part series on bike messengers in Portland. This series is written by BikePortland contributing writer Erin Greeson (bio).
In Part One, Greeson laid out the tough working conditions faced by Portland's messengers. [...]

The River City Bicycles parking lot on January 27th. (Photo: Steve Durrant)

Reader Steve Durrant took this photo during Tuesday morning's snow flurry.

Master plan update project manager Ellen Vanderslice (committee co-chair Mia Birk in background).(Photos © J. Maus)

It's been nearly two years since the Bureau of Transportation kicked off an effort to update Portland's Bicycle Master Plan.
Since that time, the plan has gone through quite a few speed bumps. In April of 2007, just two [...]

"All I know is that she was distracted. She didn't see him somehow, that's all we're being told."-- Keith Miles, Kristopher Miles' grandfather

14-year boy Kristopher Miles clings to life this morning in a Portland trauma center, one week after 28-year old Andrea Dickinson ran him over with her SUV while he rode home in [...]

More on this series:

Read Part One
Author Bio

[Welcome to Part Two of our three-part series on bike messengers in Portland.
This series is written by BikePortland contributing writer Erin Greeson (bio). In Part One, Greeson laid out the tough working conditions faced by Portland's messengers. In the article below, she shares finding health care coverage [...]

The Options Division are the ones who deliver the SmartTrips packets to your door by bike.(Photos © J. Maus)

The Transportation Options Division inside the Bureau of Transportation is a key piece of Portland's success as a sustainable city. "Options" (as it's known around here) is the marketing arm of the city's transportation program [...]