Once built, the trail would connect St. Johns to the Steel Bridge.

The Willamette Greenway Trail project, that would connect the Eastbank Esplanade at the Steel Bridge with Cathedral Park in St. Johns, was approved for $444,800 in funding by Metro this morning.
The funds, awarded as part of $68 million available in "Regional Flexible Funds" through [...]

(Photo © J. Maus)

The BTA's proposal for an Idaho-style stop sign law will get its first public hearing and committee vote later this month.
BTA lobbyist Karl Rohde told me this morning that the bill, HB 2690, is scheduled to go in front of the House Transportation Committee at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18th. [...]

Idaho-style law fails in Arizona. Will Oregon be any different?(Photos © J. Maus)

Arizona's attempt to adopt an "Idaho-style" stop sign law for bikes has come to a complete stop. According to an article published yesterday in the Tucson Citizen, the bill -- which would have changed Arizona's stop sign law to permit bicycles [...]

"I didn’t realize I had such hatred for these people... All I know is I have a weird desire to make quick right hand turns in my Honda without checking the side-view mirror. Just kidding."-- Stover E Harger III, staff writer for the PSU Daily Vanguard

Portland State University's Daily Vanguard newspaper has published a very [...]

Bike Gallery owner Jay Gravesworking on a bike during the Cycle Oregon weekend ride last summer.(Photo © J. Maus)

Bike Gallery -- a company that runs six bike shops in the Portland area -- has been named a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists.
The family-run shops, now headed by Jay [...]

Mayor Adams (L) and Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard before a CRC meeting in February 2007.(Photo © J. Maus)

On Friday, the Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council will meet to solidify the lane configuration of the new I-5 bridge. According to a press release sent out by the CRC project, the meeting will result in [...]

Flyer for '09 event.-Download PDF, 150K-)

When organizers of the "De Ronde van Oeste Portlandia" (or, Tour of West Portland) first did the ride back in 2007, they were shocked when 100 people showed up.
Last year, despite the guarantee of 8,000 of climbing (depending on whose GPS you looked at) over 45 miles, an [...]

Police Officer Robert Pickett (in jacket, left) was one of about 50 who showed up for our second monthly Get Together event last night.(Photos © J. Maus)

I think this "Get Together" idea just might have some legs. I honestly did not expect many people to show up, but I was very pleasantly surprised when [...]

"I believe in bicycling. Investing in bicycle projects in Portland makes the city a safer, greener, healthier place."-- Mayor Sam Adams

In a statement just published on his website, Mayor Sam Adams has responded to concerns from Portlanders about the Bureau of Transportation's requested budget for 2009-2010. As we've reported, PBOT's budget puts a high [...]

An "insane accident" says the victim.(Photo: Marion Rice)

The victim of the crash at NW Lovejoy and 9th yesterday morning, left a comment last night saying she has been discharged from the hospital and has suffered no major injuries. The woman's name is Asha and she's a student at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). [...]

Here are BikePortland's traffic stats for the month of February:

Visits - 144,715
Average visit length - 00:03:11
Pages viewed - 321,505
Stories posted - 102
Comments - 2,430

Top Five Stories (*In terms of pageviews analyzed by Google Analytics):

Rapha collaborates on $3,500 three-piece cycling suit
Senate amendment would strip bike funding from stimulus bill; Blumenauer responds
Thief swipes high-end bikes from Pearl [...]

This just in from KBOO Bike Show co-host Tori Bortman:
"Tomorrow we'll be interviewing the BTA'S Alice B. Toeclips nominees to hear what they did to earn such a great distinction, who they see as our lesser known bike hero's and what you can do to get involved with your cycing community. Guests include perennial nominee [...]

TriMet's recommendation: become a pedestrian and use the crosswalk. Is there a better way? See Oregonian video below.

When TriMet announced how they expect people riding bikes to turn off of the new Portland Mall downtown, many of you said, "Huh?".
In an attempt to create safe conditions, TriMet said people on bikes who want [...]

(Lots of talk about stimulus funds around here lately. Hope you're staying with me).
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) may get the largest chunk of federal stimulus money (about $232 million last time I checked), but Metro also gets a piece of the pie -- $38 million to be exact. That's a much [...]

"The OTC also recognizes the need to balance highway needs with other modal needs."-- From a statement released by ODOT today

The Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC), acting on behalf of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), has announced the application process and more details on how they'll allocate their remainder of federal stimulus funds.
The OTC approved [...]

You've heard about it, now tomorrow is your chance to see it for yourself in Portland.

OTC Commissioners:

Gail Achterman
Michael Nelson
Janice Wilson
Alan Brown
David Lohman

See photos/bios below
Now that it's crunch-time for the Oregon Department of Transportation and their Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) to decide on how to spend the infrastructure chunk of our federal stimulus money, I thought you might want to know a little more about them.
Before I started doing this site [...]

State transportation planners are scrambling to get their "shovel ready" projects in order and they're waiting eagerly by their inboxes this morning. That's because any day now, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is expected to release the application forms for what they're calling "Phase II of the Federal Economic Stimulus".
I spoke with ODOT's [...]

Greg Raisman (center) from the Bureau of Transportation joined us at our Get Together in St. Johns last month.(Photo © J. Maus)

Tonight, I'm headed to Southwest Portland for the second in our ongoing series of Get Together events. We'll be at the Lucky Labrador Brewpub in Multnomah Village (7675 SW Capitol Hwy.) from 5-7:00pm.
If [...]

(L to R) Mark Ginsberg (an Alice Award nominee), Dat Nguyen, and Ben Salzberg at last year's Alice event.(Photos © J. Maus)

The BTA's biggest annual fundraiser, the Alice B. Toeclips Awards and Auction, is happening this Saturday and the Portland-based non-profit is pulling out all the stops to make sure it's a successful event.
They've lined [...]