A common sign on multi-use paths. Why don't we use these on other transportation facilities that are narrow and have users that need to use caution around one another?(Photos © J. Maus)

The other day I was riding out to Southeast Portland along the I-205 multi-use path and I came across a sign I'd seen many [...]

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Cars on the Sunday Parkways route yesterday irked some. Was it another sign of catering tocar use convenience?(Photo © J. Maus)

An article published in the New York Times Science/Environment section Sunday points out something that many U.S. bike insiders and advocates have known for a long time: The reason European cities (and in the case [...]

Whose cars? Our cars!

An economy putting the pinch on pocketbooks, rising gas prices, foreign oil imported from terrorist havens, a bankrupt federal infrastructure budget — all of these factors (and others) are creating a perfect political storm that could lead to a significant change in U.S. energy policy.
With about 2/3 of our country's oil consumption [...]

Last night, The Oregonian's commuting reporter and columnist Joseph Rose published an article about Portland Mayor Sam Adams' budget decisions. The article, Portland Mayor Sam Adams boosts funding for bike projects, but now there's less for paving streets, attempts to make the point that Adams' decision to allocate a larger percentage of discretionary revenue to [...]

"Wealthy people often tend to see cyclists as losers and indigents; after all, if cyclists could afford cars, they would drive them."— Al from PA, BikePortland commenter

Last week we shared the news that several entities have spoken up in opposition to various motor vehicle restrictions being proposed as part of an effort to improve bike [...]

Chris Smith

[This article is written by Chris Smith. Smith is a former City Council candidate and current City of Portland Planning Commissioner with a long list of transportation activism palmarès.]

"Many of the economic interests at the table are simply unwilling to agree (or sincerely unable to believe) that we can grow the Central City economy [...]

Time to get it off the shelf.(Illustration: Mark Markovich)

I just returned from an open house for the Lloyd District Bikeway projects. Unfortunately, my hunches about the direction each of them is headed have been confirmed.
At this point, I think it's time to take the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 off the shelf and give it [...]

"The... project has the opportunity to be a cycle-track the whole length if we don't let the traffic engineers reserve too much space for cars... First, we have to have the guts to try it and then we've got to make it succeed."— Chris Smith

At a stakeholder advisory committee meeting later today we'll learn how [...]

Looking west into the gulch. The yellow lines are proposed trail alignments from a 2004 study.(Photo: Portland State University)

Last week I directed your attention to the Sullivan's Gulch project. I wanted more people to be aware of a meeting held last night by the Portland Parks Board which included the project on its agenda.
The [...]

(Photo © J. Maus)

It's got to be pretty disappointing to transportation advocates that after years and years of beating the drum about the truth behind infrastructure spending and extolling the virtues of bicycling, the Republican party is still proposing the same old, cars-only approach.
The GOP's budget (released yesterday) is titled the "Path to Prosperity," but [...]

Distracted driving is arguably the most important traffic safety issue facing America today. Amazingly, while we have many advocates and other smart people working to address the issue, the auto industry seems to be promoting it by turning cars into rolling computers.
A few things came across my desk this morning that show how these [...]

With so many links and stories coming across my desk, sometimes they make for interesting juxtapositions. Take the two stories I woke up to today: a state legislator in Georgia who wants to abolish driver's licenses and a suspect in a fatal hit and run in Portland Wednesday who was found to be a "habitual" [...]

[Publisher's note: This article was written by transportation activist Alexis Grant and it was originally published on the Active Right of Way blog.]

(Photos © J. Maus)

At the annual Transportation Safety Summit on Tuesday, February 6, 2011, at Marshall High School, Mayor Adams started off the summit by asking "Why is safety our highest priority?" [...]

Actually, people in cars should stop and look (not to mention, that's the law).Photo taken on Sunday in Portland's Pearl District.(Photo © J. Maus)

My friend (and Streetsblog founding editor) Aaron Naparstek sent along an unbelievable story that ran in the Washington Examiner today with the headline — Exercise, iPods could be causing pedestrian deaths.
The [...]

I-5 south where it goes under NE Broadway.(Photo © J. Maus)

I hope you've read my post yesterday about a report from ODOT on how they see the "problem" and potential "solutions" to bottlenecks along I-5 near the Broadway/Weidler interchange. This area is a key hub in Portland's bikeway network: We must get this right.
With [...]

Whether or not people should wear — or be mandated to wear — helmets is the bike world's pro-choice/pro-life debate. From Europe to Australia and definitely here in the U.S., people are passionate about the topic and they cling adamantly to their positions. Personal anecdotes about a life saved due to a helmet [...]

A relaxing stroll on SW Ankenyduring Carfree Day event in 2006.(Photos © J. Maus)

While riding from the South Park Blocks to Pioneer Courthouse Square with my daughters and several other families and kids on Saturday, a recurring thought popped up: Despite all our livability accolades, Portland lacks carfree streets — places where people can [...]

A small, but important fix.(Photos © J. Maus)

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