One of the biggest lots on inner North Portland's Williams Avenue corridor would become one of the city's biggest new housing-retail projects under a proposal made public last week.

Are our beloved rail-trails doomed? Here's what the big Supreme Court decision means for Oregon.

Cutting Portland street fatalities is likely to require some help from the police. Will that happen in Portland?

Riders at Sandy Ridge say an older couple is roaming the trails looking for trouble — and they've got mace and a loaded gun if

Another reason Portland should prioritize infrastructure projects that improve bicycling: it makes us fit. In fact, what we've already done has helped make us "America's Fittest City" according to one national magazine.

Two festivals of bike-themed short films from around the world are ready to ring in the warm season at the Clinton Street Theater.

From a new bike maker to a bike-based florist, we've got the details on the latest crop of Portland's ever-growing list of bikey businesses.

Oregon's latest bicycle tourism innovation involves full-service pods to make camping a bit easier and more enjoyable.

Now what? (Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland)

(Publisher's Note: We've split this article into two parts because Ray is an authority on this topic and he gets into some important details. Come back tomorrow for the finale. Also worth mentioning is that Ray's firm, Swanson, Thomas, Coon & Newton, is a BikePortland advertiser and this column is [...]

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