Citizen activist Kiel Johnson is one of four winners announced today.(Photos © J. Maus)

I got an unexpected email this morning from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. The local bike advocacy group is working on their major fundraising event of the year, The Alice Awards and Auction (set for April 23rd); but instead of announcing the [...]

Rap-tivism at its best.(Still from video by Joel Batterman) - Watch the video below -

As an advocate, what do you do when you feel passionate about a project and want to convince others to share your perspective? If you're former Portland resident and now Detroit-based transportation activist Joel Batterman, you get out some Legos [...]

Signs are currently the only thing warning people that humans might be present on this section of Barbur.(Photo © J. Maus)

Southwest Portland transportation advocates have been pressing the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to improve the dangerous crossing of SW Barbur Blvd near the Rasmussen Apartments for many years. Now, after the death of 26-year [...]

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 [...]

Ray LaHood's speech was the defining moment of last year's Summit.(Photos © J. Maus)

As I write this, hundreds of bike advocates and industry bigwigs from across the country are making their way to Washington D.C. to attend the 11th annual National Bike Summit. They'll hear inspiring speeches from national transportation figures and elected officials, they'll [...]

PBOT Traffic Safety Manager Mark Lear is a member of new TriMet safety committee.(Photos © J. Maus)

TriMet announced the formation of their Safety Education Advisory Committee last night. The committee is part of a renewed effort to improve safety following a high profile, double fatal crash last April.
Earlier this month, TriMet began testing an audible [...]

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has released a one-year report on the City of Portland's 2030 Bike Plan. In it, the non-profit group points out where PBOT has lived up to their lofty goals and where they need to do more.
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Sec. LaHood is coming to Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has nabbed a personal visit from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. At the BTA's request, LaHood is slated for an invite-only event that will take place in Portland on March 21st.
BTA Executive Director Rob Sadowsky says they initially asked LaHood's [...]

Bikes Belong announced today that cyclocross pro Tim Johnson will take a week long bike tour with a small group of riders from Boston to Washington D.C. in order to raise awareness for bike funding. The destination is the National Bike Summit. It's great to see someone from the racing world get behind advocacy like [...]

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has just released their latest video in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness about bike light usage... and it's the best one yet in my opinion. It features Master of Light Mark Allyn and Jim "K'Tesh" Parsons in all of his Klingon glory.

Tell Us About Your Bike Lights! from BICYCLE [...]

All lit up.(Photo: Jeff Bernards)

In case you haven't heard, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) is working on a campaign to increase awareness of the need to use lights while biking. They debuted a hilarious video PSA a few weeks ago (and more are in the works) and now they're teaming up with the City of [...]

[Publisher's note: Please join me in welcoming our new News Intern Patrick Croasdaile. We're excited that he has joined our team. This is his first article for BikePortland.]

A grant will help the Community Cycling Center continue and expand their work in communities like Hacienda.(Photos: CCC)

The northeast Portland based non profit Community Cycling Center has received [...]

Postcard mailed to residents.

The buffered bike lanes on SE Holgate are finally getting some love thanks to the grassroots "We Heart Holgate" campaign.
The lanes — which were part of a $30,000 road diet funded by TriMet — didn't get much attention when they debuted back in August 2009. Then, KATU-TV's infamous Bike Lanes [...]

The summit returns to Salem this year.(Photos © J. Maus)

In case you missed it, organizers behind the Oregon Bike Summit — an annual event since 2006 with a goal to make Oregon the best state for bicycling in America — is now known as the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. The event took place in [...]

"Since July 1, 2010, our officers have issued 226 citations to motor vehicles parked illegally in bike lanes." — Cheryl Kuck, PBOT spokesperson

Last week I shared the problem of cars parking in vehicle lanes which are legally set aside for bicycles (a.k.a. bike lanes). That story generated a lot of helpful discussion. I've also gotten [...]

Alison Hill Graves(Photo © J. Maus)

Steve Durrant(Photo: Alta Planning)

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A bit of guerrilla marketing by our friend Kiel Johnson!

I hope some of you will stop by Macadam's Bar and Grill (5833 SW Macadam Ave) tonight for the first Get Together of the year. We'll learn about bike issues, meet others who care about bicycling, give out some great prizes (thanks to our Get Together [...]

From L to R: Wrench Raiders volunteer Jacob Martinez, Larry Carver, Wrench Raiders founder C.J. Speelman.(Photos © J. Maus)

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Artist Buster Simpson's rendering of covered bike rack and green street features. See more at BusterSimpson.net/Dekum

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Stop the CRC, a grassroots volunteer network of activists opposed to the Columbia River Crossing project, has released a new poster. Check it out...

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