At about 6:15 a.m. this morning, Portlander John Mayer was riding up on the intersection of SW 10th and Jefferson when he noticed a Portland Police Bureau patrol car parked in the bike lane.
When Mayer pulled around the patrol car, he says the officer driving the car pulled out into the lane and ran into [...]

What: Yoga for Cyclists at Portland Yoga Arts
When: Every Sunday in April and May - 5-6:30 pm
Where: 4400 NE Glisan, Portland, OR
Cost: $16 drop-in, $140/10 week series (prorated for mid-term sign up)
More Info: robin(at)portlandyogaarts(dot)com or call: 503-544-3750

View of new sign on SE Caruthers at Water, looking west.(Photos © J. Maus)

City of Portland crews have removed two stop signs on SE Caruthers Street at the intersection with SE Water. Initially installed in 2002, the stop signs have been a thorn in the side of many people who ride through the intersection [...]

What: Free bike check & adjustment.
Bring your bike to Hinson Church on SE 20th and Salmon this Saturday for a free bike check. Two professional mechanics from the Community Cycling Center will join skilled volunteers from Hinson to provide bike checks and minor adjustment (brakes, shifting, steering, flats) for anyone who brings in a [...]

What: Pedal Potluck Picnic
When: First Tuesday in May to September, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: 3031 SE Hawthorne - Hawthorne District Hostel
The PPP returns for its FIFTH season! A casual bicycle ride traversing approx. 3-5 miles (5-8km) with a different route each time. The end destination is a mystery park or ark-like setting. The term "park" will [...]

What: Pretty Dress Bike Ride
When: Sunday, May 3, 2:00-4:30pm
Where: SE Ladds Circle (in the Center), Near 1996 SE Ladd Ave
Oh it's Spring and oh it's so fun to bike in a pretty dress. Join us on this annual ride. All welcome, but you must come wearing a pretty dress! We'll be riding to a picnic [...]

Tori Bortman(Photos © J. Maus)

Editor's Note: This article was written by guest author Tori Bortman. Tori is very active in the local bike scene. She's a co-host of the KBOO Bike Show, a promoter of bike polo and women-only alleycats, and she's the proprietor of her own bike mechanic training business, Gracie's [...]

What: PBOT Bicycle Brown Bag - Be a Bicycle Commuter Champion
When: Thursday, April 16 12:00-1:00pm
Where: PSU - Smith Memorial Union Room 296. 1825 SW Broadway (at Montgomery)
Encouraging Riding at Portland State University
Learn some fun and easy ways to get your friends and colleagues to take bike commuting for a test ride - and to [...]

(Photo © J. Maus)

The Portland Police Bureau sent three motorcycle cops to SE Clinton Street this morning to observe and enforce stop sign compliance at 34th and 21st Avenues.
According to Traffic Division Lieutenant Bryan Parman, the "enforcement mission" (a.k.a. sting) came after his office received a complaint via email last week from a nearby resident. [...]

"If I would have been a pedestrian or on a regular bike, I would have been dead...I feel like an attempt was made on my life. I told the cop I was assaulted but for some reason this was put on the backburner. They told me my case was placed at a low [...]

Screen grab from animation about bikes, stop signs, and the Idaho Stop Law by Spencer Boomhower. Watch it below.

Lots of stop sign news at BikePortland headquarters today.
I spent my morning out at SE Water and Caruthers where city crews recently removed two stop signs that were deemed unnecessary, I just got off [...]

The Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division has chosen a new captain. Officer Eric Hendricks, who has been in the bureau for 23 years and was most recently in charge of its Training Division, will now lead the Traffic Division.
Assistant Chief and former Traffic Division Captain Larry O'Dea shared the news with me yesterday and [...]

An Open House is scheduled for the unveiling of the latest document -- the Gateway Green Bicycle Concept Plan. We hope you will join us at that event:
Gateway Green Open House
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Gateway [...]

Filmed by Bike Opening Night
April 17 from 6pm - 1am
Clinton Street Theater, SE 26th and Clinton
7:00, 9:00, 11:00 screenings
The Ruckus in the Street program shows at all Friday screenings
21+ for all shows on Friday.
New Belgium Street Party outside the festival is open to all ages.
$8-15 sliding scale for the movies, street party is free
$15 gets [...]

[Editor's note: This story was written by BikePortland News Intern Dan Liu. Stay tuned for more photos and stories from Dan!]

Volunteer James Moore in action.(Photos: Dan Liu)

Last fall, North Portland bike repair and tool co-op Bike Farm celebrated its one-year anniversary by moving into a new space — one where the young non-profit [...]

The eBike Store openedlast week in North Portland.(Photos © J. Maus)

Opening a new retail business in the midst of an historic economic downturn isn't exactly a safe bet, especially when there's not a very big existing market for your product. But that didn't stop Wake Gregg from opening Portland's first all-electric bicycle store, The [...]

BikePortland Neighborhood Get Together: Powellhurst
When: Monday, April 20th, 5pm - 7:30pm
Where: The Rumpus Room, 10555 SE Division
Details:
Anyone who lives, works, commutes, or otherwise spends time in outer Southeast Portland is invited to join us.
This is an informal social event for people invested in biking to meet each other, talk shop, compare notes, and generally have [...]

A group merge during a Bicycle AdvisoryCommittee tour of east Portland last July.(Photo © J. Maus)

You're invited to our next BikePortland Neighborhood Get Together in the Powellhurst neighborhood of outer Southeast Portland -- that's right, we're going east of I-205.
Anyone who lives, works, commutes, or otherwise spends time in outer Southeast Portland is invited [...]

Pedicab company operator Ryan Hashagen.(Photos © J. Maus)

Last week, we published an interview with Portland Cascadia Pedicabs owner Ryan Hashagen. In it, Hashagen shared serious concerns about new policies being crafted by the City of Portland's Revenue Bureau that would bring pedicabs under regulation for the first time.
Hashagen told BikePortland, and many other local [...]

More fun with the city's Bicycle Master Plan.

As part of our ongoing look at the City of Portland's Bicycle Master Plan update process, I thought it might be fun to take a look at some of the new bicycle infrastructure ideas being considered for use in Portland.
The City has published a draft of their "Suggested/recommended [...]