Hollis Hawthorne (furthest to the left)at a performance in San Francisco lastsummer(Photos © J. Maus)

Hollis Hawthorne, one of the founders of The Bay Area Derailleurs bike dance troupe, is clinging to life in India today.
The Derailleurs were formed in 2007 by former Portlander and Sprockette Eliza Strack and they performed last summer in Portland at [...]

Reporting by Brompton inBaltimore last month(Photo: Patrick McMahon)

I'm headed out tomorrow afternoon to Los Angeles for the first-ever L.A. Bike Summit on Saturday, March 7th.
L.A., iconic land of freeways, may seem like an unlikely place for bicycling to flourish, but that seems to be what is happening. In an op-ed for the L.A. Times [...]

Joe Kurmaskie, seen here at the "We are All Traffic" rally held in November 2007 after two bike fatalities.(Photo © J. Maus)

Mayor Sam Adams' support of a proposal that would authorize the construction of a new I-5 bridge that could "be built to accomodate up to 12 lanes" has sparked a new level of opposition [...]

"What went wrong?... The Transportation Commission got heavy pressure from pro-highway legislators, road builders, and Washington County and other local governments looking for road-building money."-- excerpt from a statement set to go out to supporters of Transportation for Oregon's Future

Transportation for Oregon's Future -- a "network of organizations and businesses supporting transportation choices for [...]

Riders will no longer be in the dark on the I-205 bike path.(Photo © J. Maus)

On Friday, the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC, a body appointed by Governor Kulongoski) made their final decisions on how to spend $122,592,742 in federal stimulus funds. And, if you remember our report from last week, it seems like their [...]

It's been a while since we last added new titles to the BikePortland Bookstore. In the meantime, some new books have been released, most notably local author Jeff Mapes' Pedaling Revolution, and many more old, good ones brought to our attention. A selection of newly featured titles is below.

"The US has big economic problems. But they have been made worse, and harder to resolve, by a half-century in which, at federal urging, the country was misbuilt."-- Christopher Caldwell, The Weekly Standard

Reflecting on Obama's address to congress last week (in which he said that America "cannot walk away from" the automobile), columnist Christopher Caldwell [...]

The joys of walking, breastfeeding while driving, overcrowded bike parking, the case against homeownership, school choice in Japan, and more...

- The Oregonian profiles a Vancouver woman who switched from driving to taking the bus when gas prices went up last year -- and kept riding even when they dropped again, even though the bus doubles [...]

This is the northeast corner of NW 9th and Lovejoy.(Photos by Marion Rice)

This morning around 8:45 a woman riding her bike in the bike lane down NW Lovejoy was right-hooked as she attempted to cross NW 9th.
According to Marion Rice, who was on the scene just minutes after the collision took place, the woman [...]

This beauty from Mitch Pryor (MAP Bicycles) took home "Best City Bike" honors at NAHBS in Indianapolis over the weekend.(Photo: NAHBS)

I had my vintage Schwinn customized bicycle stolen sometime between Mon Feb 24th and 6am Tues Feb 25 from the front of my apart bldg on SE 12th(they cut the thick link chain). I turned it into a pedicab of sorts, attaching a chair and foot-guard, and upholstering it myself. They may unbolt the rear [...]