The County installed these markings in November 2005.(Photos © J. Maus)

A recent crash between two people riding over the Hawthorne Bridge has raised concerns about the safety of the facility for non-motorized users -- and it's far from the first time these concerns have come up.
In December of 2006, we published an editorial by Elly [...]

Safety in numbers; gas taxes; electric bikes; child safety; parking; moving house.

- The stats are in: Car culture is on the decline, according to an analysis in Esquire Magazine by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Silver developed a regression model that shows that the past year's decline in driving is not entirely due to unemployment and [...]

Erica Rothman as of this morning.(Self-portrait)

24-year old North Portland resident Erica Rothman was on her way to get a tattoo on Wednesday evening when a collision with another bike rider on the westbound side of the Hawthorne Bridge sent her to the Emergency Room (read accounts from an eyewitness and from the man she collided [...]

Headed down Ladd's to the FarmersMarket on Saturday morning(Photo © Dan Liu)

Friday, May 8
- If you've never participated in a bike move, that iconic Portland barnraising event, here's your chance! It's a long one but a good one, from Sellwood to Piedmont. Details on the Shift Calendar. Want to host your own bike move? Check [...]

A graphic from the "Share the Path" brochure produced by PBOT in July of 2007.

The City of Portland just released a statement in response to a recent crash between bike riders on the Hawthorne Bridge.
Today and Monday, employees of the City's Transportation Options Division will be on on the south side of the bridge [...]

"We should also remember that accidents happen, they happen driving, walking, and cycling."-- Anonymous rider who was involved in a collision on the Hawthorne Bridge

The man who was involved in a horrific crash on the Hawthorne Bridge on Wednesday has come forward with his version of how it happened.
The eyewitness account of the [...]

Todd Boulanger (L), seen here with League of American Bicyclists Executive Director Andy Clarke.(Photos © J. Maus)

Todd Boulanger, a well-known transportation planner and former Alice B. Toeclips award winner (2005), has been laid off by the City of Vancouver.
Citing lower than expected budget numbers, City Transportation Manager Thayer Rorabaugh sent an email to staff [...]

Looking south on Interstate with Greeley to the right. City crews have extended the median and joined it with the sidewalk to make the right-turn closure permanent. In October of 2007, a man was killed at this intersection after a collision with a right-turning truck.(Photos © J. Maus)

Here's a great chance to be part of Portland's growing bike industry. A local bike parts and accessories distributor has listed a job on the BikePortland Job Listings.
Learn more at the link below:

Office Assistant -- Cyclone Bicycle Supply

Vegetable spoke cards inspire bike2market riders(Photo by Dan Liu)
One of the best things about living in Portland is meeting other fun people and their bikes, and going on group rides lends a bit of camaraderie to a sometimes-lonely activity. Last year, on one of his weekly rides to the Portland Farmers’ Market at PSU, Sean [...]

Traffic on the Hawthorne.(Photos © J. Maus)

Traffic on the Hawthorne Bridge can be bad. And I don't mean car traffic.
Roger Geller, the city's bicycle coordinator received an email from someone who witnessed a horrifying, nearly tragic crash on the Hawthorne Bridge during last Wednesday's evening rush hour. The witness, who asked to remain [...]

Portland Farmers Market has announced that this May will be their first-ever Bike Month at the Market.
Throughout the month, the Saturday PSU Market will host a bike booth featuring bike displays, bike inspections and biking experts to provide market-goers with the information and inspiration to tote their produce and artisan foods home on two wheels [...]

[Editor's note: This guest article was written by Pat Malach, editor of www.OregonCyclingAction.com, a blog covering competitive cycling in and around Northwest Oregon. Malach kindly agreed to help us get the word out about opportunities to race and learn in the Portland area for seasoned racers and novices alike. And there are a lot of [...]

A screenshot from video "Dear Nana" by Guy Baker

"Drive Less. Save More." is an awareness campaign sponsored by dozens of regional businesses and organizations whose collective goal is to reduce car trips in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The program provides the public with information about driving costs, transportation options, delivery services, and more.
The campaign's [...]

Brother, can you spare $4 billion?(Photos © J. Maus)

If you had $4 billion to spend on transportation, what would you do?
Come join our very own Jonathan Maus at tomorrow night (Thursday, May 7) at 7:00pm at Roots Organic Brewery at 1520 SE 7th Ave for a game show-style debate over what kinds of projects we [...]

Here are BikePortland's traffic stats from the month of April:
Visits - 162, 146
Average visit length - 00:03:22
Pages viewed - 386,703
Stories posted - 109
Top Five Stories (*In terms of pageviews analyzed by Google Analytics):
1. Massive turnout at "De Ronde"
2. One hour, 22 citations at Clinton Street stop sign
3. Fatal crash in Northeast Portland
4. Details on the [...]

"[The Green Fund] is a pool of money that works again and again as PSU takes loans from this pool and saves money by replacing utilities with sustainable ones, to pay back to the loan." --Brendan Castricano, PSU Student Senate

Starting yesterday, Portland State University students are voting on a proposed $5 per term student fee [...]

Sam Adams speaking at lastnight's BMP Open House(Photo © J. Maus)

It's a classic story in Portland by now -- you total your car, assess your options, and decide the time is right to go carfree.
It looks like the latest person to play out this story will be our mayor.
Mayor Adams walked away from [...]

Gather 'round folks.(Photos © J. Maus)

Last night at Franklin High School, Portlanders got their first chance to kick the tires and test ride the Portland Bureau of Transportation's update to the Bicycle Master Plan.
This plan, last updated in 1996, is important to Portland's bike future for many reasons: it will set and inform policies related [...]

Good spacing, a high visibility location, and cobblestones!(Photos © J. Maus)

When students and staff arrive at the campus of Benjamin Franklin High School in Southeast Portland (5405 SE Woodward), they're greeted with an important message: Bikes are respected, encouraged, and accommodated for.
The message isn't something you read on a poster. It's implied — [...]