Friday (2/27)

North Freaker "Dutch" on his tallbike.(Photo © J. Maus)

Critical Mass
A celebration of bicycle traffic on the last Friday of every month.
North Park Blocks (NW Park and Couch, by the elephant)
Meet at 5:30, ride at 6:00pm
Freak Friday!
North Freak is a collective for people who love freak bicycles, such as tall bikes, choppers, swing bikes, minibikes [...]

"Our hope is to find funding to backfill the Safe Routes program...but we can't guarantee that." -- Catherine Ciarlo, transportation policy advisor for Mayor Adams

Mayor Adams made his first State of the City address at the City Club in downtown Portland today.
According to a report just published by the Portland Tribune, he apologized for the [...]

"... it's less about the number of lanes, per se, and more about the impact on the community."-- Scott Bricker, executive director of the BTA

This week's decision by City Council to authorize Mayor Adams to vote in favor of a 12-lane Columbia River Crossing bridge has sparked outrage among many Portlanders. Several comments here [...]

Portland builder Aaron Hayes is in Indianapolis for NAHBS this weekend. He earned the "Best New Builder" award last year.(Photo © J. Maus)

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) (that was hosted by Portland in 2008), may have moved to Indianapolis this year, but Portland builders will still make an impact.
The event, which is expected [...]

With the voting in of six new board members at their monthly meeting earlier this week, the Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) are set to embark a new era of off-road advocacy.
These new board members mark a significant turning point for PUMP, a group that some advocates for more off-road riding opportunities in Portland had [...]

The CCC's retail location on NE Alberta.(Photo © J. Maus)

The northeast Portland-based Community Cycling Center has won a grant for a project to help them "understand cultural and economic barriers to bicycling."
According to a statement from the CCC, the project will help them perform a needs assessment to better understand the "unique cultural and economic [...]

New York City has a plan to radically transform Broadway at 7th Ave. near Times Square.(Photo courtesy Streetsblog)

Commissioner Fritz voiced many concerns before voting "no" on the proposal last night.(Image: City of Portland)

At their meeting last night, Portland's City Council gave Mayor Sam Adams authorization to vote in favor of a 12-lane Columbia River Crossing (CRC) bridge.
But, according to Adams' office, the vote does not mean the Mayor (and council) have signed [...]

(Photos © Elly Blue)

Portland-based New Deal Distillery will unveil a new label for their signature Portland 88 vodka next month.
The label features an illustration of a woman standing valiantly astride a fat-tired cruiser bicycle, sporting striped kneesocks, a flowing dress, and a playing card in the spokes. Think of her as Portlandia (Portland's patron [...]

She would have gotten a lower traffic fine had Bailey's bill moved forward.(Photo © J. Maus)

Last week we reported on State Representative Jules Bailey's proposed bill to create a new vehicle weight class that would include bicycles and to base traffic fine amounts on the weight class of offenders' vehicles.
If passed, the law [...]

"My interest is not in studying this to death, it's seeing what we can actually do...I am committed to finding ways to significantly expand our current inventory of singletrack trails."-- Nick Fish, Portland City Commissioner

The idea of mountain bike access in Forest Park has been an issue for Portlanders for over two decades. Local [...]

[Editor's note: This is our second column by Oregon bicycle historian Eric Lundgren. He last wrote about T. T. Geer, an Oregon Governor a century ago who was an early adopter of the bicycle for commuting and touring. This column is about the career of Bemer S. Pague, a weatherman, bicycle advocate, and lawyer from [...]

Scenes like this might becomecommon in Waterfront Park by this spring.(Photo: Wheel Fun Rentals)

Back in August we reported that the former McCall's restaurant site in Waterfront Park would become Portland's first-ever, full-service bike commuter facility. The concept, proposed by Ken Nichols of Bike Republic, would have brought showers and lockers, a small retail bike [...]

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The Ride of Your Life author David Rowe riding high above the Columbia River Gorge.

Hollie Teal, who organizedthe rally that convinced Sam Adams to stay on as Mayor, sat down with him for a chat recently.(Photos © J. Maus)

Without Hollie Teal, Sam Adams would no longer be Portland's Mayor. At least, that's what Adams told her during a lunch they recently had together.
Teal is the woman who organized [...]

The PDC and the Parks Bureau are working with a group of citizens on a possible pump track at this location.