Erin Greeson

[Publisher's note: This is the first in a three-part story on Portland's bike messengers by new contributor Erin Greeson.
When her friend Zak Kovalcik crashed and broke his collarbone last fall, Greeson came face-to-face with the tough reality faced by Portland's bike delivery professionals. In this in-depth, three-part series, Greeson shares how the deck [...]

Getting paid to ride to work isn't that easy...yet.(Photo © J. Maus)

I've gotten many emails over the past few weeks wondering why I haven't covered the Bike Commute Tax Benefit that became law on January 1.
One reason is that I'm just not all that enthused about it; and it turns out I'm not [...]

[Publisher's note: This story was written by Managing Editor Elly Blue during her recently completed East Coast Tour. Read more of her travel dispatches here.]

It's not on the annual lists of biking hot spots, but during my recent visit to Baltimore I realized they might just become the next big bike city. They're [...]

A view of traffic approaching the Hawthorne Bridge this morning.- Image Gallery -(Photos © J. Maus)

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Ellee Thalheimer is a new contributing writer to BikePortland. Her most recent story was a product review of women's bike shorts designed for utility and fashion. Ellee is a yoga instructor and travel writer living in Southeast Portland. Check out her author page here.
We covered the beginnings of the Share the Road Safety Class; this [...]

New stainless steel racks on SW 5th Ave.(Photos © J. Maus)

The City of Portland has installed 90 stainless steel staple racks as part of the downtown transit mall project.
The racks -- designed by architectural firm ZGF -- are quite different from the standard blue staple racks. For starters, they're made from a [...]

AG John Kroger

In the course of my reporting here at BikePortland.org, I don't usually come in contact with the Oregon Attorney General. But I was surprised to find out this morning that Oregon top lawyer, John Kroger, is something of a bike lover.
In an AP story I read via the Seattle PI, Kroger was [...]

The CETMA cargo bike during a preview/test-ride session at Clever Cycles earlier this month. (Photo: cleverchimp on Flickr)

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It's time for the Monday news roundup!

Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has elected to replace Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct freeway with a tunnel.

- Inauguration-related transportation was big news last week. The Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock has published a three part "How It Worked" column, discussing the bicycle, walking, and carfree streets solutions DC used to make [...]

Adams in October 2007.(Photo © J. Maus)

Mayor Sam Adams has decided to get back to work as the leader of Portland (read and watch him read the official statement below).
After reading speculation about the decision on the Willamette Week's blog, I contacted a high-level staffer a few minutes ago and was able to confirm [...]

There were plenty of funnysigns (the one on the right says, "No prying = No Lying". (Photos © J. Maus)

Friday night's rally in support of Sam Adams brought hundreds (500-600?) of Portlanders to City Hall. It was an astounding moment of cohesion for a city that had seemed to lose its way in the [...]

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The Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC) Board of Directors is looking for an enthusiastic advocate for accessible and livable communities to fill an immediate opening for its part-time Director position.
The Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, community based membership organization in the greater Portland metro area. The WPC has [...]

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A 13-year old boy remains in critical condition today in a Portland trauma center after a collision with an SUV in Vancouver on Wednesday.
According to the Vancouver Police Department, middle school student Kristopher Miles was struck while riding his bike in the marked crosswalk on SE 136th (at SE 7th, map). [...]

Amanda Mansfield has a mission from Commissioner Fritz: Learn about bikes.(Photo © J. Maus)

Last week during a meeting of the Bicycle Advisory Committee, there was one person around the table who I'd never seen before.
When she introduced herself as Amanda Mansfield from the staff of newly elected Commissioner Amanda Fritz, I was pleasantly surprised. [...]

Before heading out for lunch with Livable Streets Network editor Sarah Goodyear, we took a couple of quick detours to check out some of the more interesting livable streets initiatives in the West Village.

This is my favorite moment on the 9th Ave cycle track -- this didn't make it into my other post about [...]

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[Publisher's note: We are trying to do a better job about sharing ride info. In the future, we'll try and publish "This Weekend", with a list of rides we've heard about, on Thursdays.]

Cliff and Dutch of North Freak.(Photo © J. Maus)

It might be the dead of winter and chilly as heck outside, but that [...]

Stop by this afternoon: 833 SE Main, Ste 102.[Google Map]

It's Day 4 of the Mayor Adams situation and the topic still weighs heavily on our minds here at BikePortland headquarters. Also, given the many comments on the few stories I've done about it, it's clear the topic is also very important to many of [...]