Heather McCarey at the 2010 Bike to Blazers ride.(Photo © J. Maus)

Heather McCarey has been hired to be the next executive director of the Westside Transportation Alliance (WTA). McCarey takes over for Karen Frost, who retired from the position last month.
Based in Beaverton, the WTA is a non-profit Transportation Management Association (TMA) founded in 1997 [...]

Year: 2011Brand: GiantModel: Escape City WColor:BlackSize:MediumSerial: C70D0244Photo: http://www.bikesale.com/images/products/detail/GiantEscape_City_W_72dpi2011.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97232Stolen:2011-03-11Stolen From: NE 22nd & E Burnside - stolen from the corner, locked outside of The Standard.Neighborhood: Laurelhurst area.Owner: M. GravesOwnerEmail: megkenzie@gmail.comDescription: Commuter/hybrid bike, all black with some slight light blue detailing - has fenders, a rack, and also still has the kickstand on [...]

I got an interesting press release today from a company named Madame de Pe. They make "rain couture from Amsterdam, designed and tested on Dutch bicycles". With the amount of rain we get here in Portland and the wide affection for Dutch bicycles, I was curious what you all might think. At about $300 per [...]

Jacob Rathe(Photo: Pat Malach)

Local racing standout Jacob Rathe has picked up an impressive stage win at the Rutas de America race in Uruguay. Rathe, 20, won the 143km stage in a time of 2:55:26.
Pat Malach of Oregon Cycling Action says Rathe's win at Rutas de America came against some of the top U23 talent [...]

Still from helmet cam footage of light at Laurelwood and Scholls Ferry.(Photo: Seth Alford)

Reader Seth Alford has been taking a lot of helmet cam video lately (his video of a TriMet bus rudely squeezing him out of a bike lane in Hillsdale garnered some attention). About a month ago, he waited over two minutes at [...]

Blumenauer at the congressional reception last night.(Photo: Still from video by Ted Sweeney)

University of Oregon student Ted Sweeney attended his first National Bike Summit this year. Sweeney, an active advocate for bicycling on campus and in Eugene was standing just a few feet away from Congressman Earl Blumenauer at last night's big reception following a [...]

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Elliott and Daniella Crowder, owners of Bike Newport.(Photos © J. Maus)

As tsunami waves begin to reach the Oregon Coast this morning, owners of the Bike Newport bike shop say they escaped the rising waters by sleeping in their shop overnight.
Elliot and Daniella Crowder's shop won a national award as a haven for Oregon coast bike [...]

This week we feature a five month paid internship position where you help folks Discover Wilsonville. Additionally, we are re-posting one item from last week to clarify the details of a job offered by local women's athletic apparel company, Team Estrogen.
Check the links below for full job details and be sure to tell them you [...]

Event Name: BikePortland Get-Together
Event Date: Wed. March 30th 5:30-7:30pm
Event Location: Lents Commons - 9201 SE Foster Rd, Portland 97266
Event Description: The next in our 2011 series of Get-togethers made possible by SKS.
We'll be talking about local issues with the folks who live, work and ride in the area. Please join us. SKS is providing [...]

The bill would open up the Oregon market for personal car sharingservices like Getaround.

HB 3149, a bill that would make it easier for personal car-sharing programs to start in Oregon, passed the House Transportation and Economic Development Committee by a vote of 7-1 yesterday. As we shared last fall, "peer-to-peer" car-sharing is a growing trend [...]

[Publisher's note: The report below was written by Carolyn Szczepanski, communications coordinator at the Alliance for Biking and Walking. It was published on their blog this morning and we've re-posted it below with Ms. Szczepanski's permission. The story has been edited for brevity. — JM]

NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Congressman Earl Blumenauer at the [...]

Funny, yes; but is it good or bad for business?(Photo: IFC)

Bicycling and the culture that has sprung up around it in Portland is a major part of our city's brand. People move here because of our bike-friendly reputation — whether they're drawn to mundane things like our great bike parking and bikeway network or more [...]

Detail of map showing projects that would be funded by new tax district.- PDF of larger map -

Next month, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation hopes to bring a plan to City Council that would create a new "Transportation System Development Charge (TSDC) Overlay District." TSDCs are taxes levied on real estate developers that [...]

Year: 2005Brand: LeMondModel: TourmaletColor:Blue/BlackSize:58"Photo: http://www.bicycle7.com/bike-part/LEMOND-TOURMALET-BIKE-05_B7_97.htmlStolen in Portland, OR 97240Stolen:2011-03-9Stolen From: Pacific Building, 815 SW 6th Ave, downtown in between yamhill and taylorNeighborhood: DowntownOwner: Charles TuggleOwnerEmail: tuggle.charles@gmail.comReward: YESDescription: Blue Black color scheme. All stock except for tan bar tape, black rear fender, and crank brothers pedalsPolice record with: Portland PDPolice reference#: 11-151231This registrant does not have [...]

Oregonians Robert Ping (L), Gerik Kransky, Jerry Norquist and Veronica Rinard during Capitol Hill lobbying day at the National Bike Summit last year.(Photo © J. Maus)

Jude Kirstein in her shop.(Photos © Russ Roca)

Portlander Jude Kirstein, who has spent two years making Epic Wheel Works a successful wheel building business, has decided to change the name of her company after finding out that Specialized Bicycle Components would enforce its trademark rights based on their use of the "Epic" brand.
Kirstein launched her [...]

PBOT's Greg Raisman shared a list of new neighborhood greenway projects last night.(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) released a new list of potential neighborhood greenways last night. The list of projects represents the third phase of implementation in PBOT's ongoing effort to create a complete network of low-stress, family-friendly [...]

Portland's bike polo players and advocates have been selected to host a qualifying tournament for the Cascadia region. Bike polo teams from across the Pacific Northwest will come to Portland May 21-22 for the event. To help with event costs, Portland Bike Polo is selling banner space on billboards that will be placed around their [...]

HB 3150, a bill that would give every city in Oregon the authority to reduce speed limits on "neighborhood greenways" to 20 mph, just passed the Oregon House by a vote of 45-14.
The bill came out of committee last week with a few no votes from lawmakers who said they were concerned about the wording [...]