Bike corral on N. Russell near Widmer Brewery.(Photo © J. Maus)

In an effort to assess the usage rates and demand for on-street bike parking, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation will conduct its first ever bike parking counts this summer.
The counts will be done annually and the idea is to tally the number of [...]

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Newly installed bike shelter at Boise-Eliot.(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is putting a roof over the bike parking at four local schools. The work is being done through PBOT's Safe Routes to Schools program and construction is set to be completed by the end of April.
One of the new [...]

New on-street bike corral.(Photo: Jennifer Campos/City of Vancouver)

Back in October, we brought you news of an on-street bike parking facility that was planned for installation on Main Street in Vancouver, Washington (just a short hop over the Columbia River, north of Portland).
I'm happy to report that it has been installed! Leah Jackson, [...]

A new Bikestation is coming to Hillsboro. (Photo is of Bikestation DC).(Photo © J. Maus)

If all goes according to plan, Hillsboro (about 20 miles west of Portland) will be the first city in the Portland region to have a one-stop bike storage, shower, and locker facility -- also known as a Bikestation.
While at [...]

Bikestation DC has a location that's impossible to miss.- Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus)

Today I took a peek at the latest and most conspicuous addition to Washington D.C.'s transportation infrastructure -- Bikestation DC.
Opened for business only since last October (it was under construction last time I was here), the facility is striking in [...]

TriMet has launched an online survey to help come up with a name for their new bike parking facilities. The facilities, funded with $1,000,000 in federal stimulus funds, will provide secure bike parking at the Sunset, Beaverton and Gresham Central transit centers.
The survey includes several names to choose from, including "Bike & Ride," "Bike [...]

One of three new on-street bike corrals installed in North Portland.-Slideshow below-(Photo © J. Maus)

The Bureau of Transportation has just installed three more on-street bike corrals in North Portland. These are just the latest in an ongoing effort to install more bike parking in front of businesses throughout the city.
The new corrals in North [...]

More and more local businesses are eschewing the utilitarian and mundane City-issue bike racks and opting instead for a more artistic version. There are a lot of reasons this might be happening: Perhaps it's a way stand out in the crowd (now that bike parking is no longer a novelty); or maybe it's a [...]

New bike parking in front of Doug Fir.(Photos © J. Maus)

Businesses on lower Burnside now have more parking for their bike riding customers. The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) just unveiled four new on-street bike parking corrals in the area, bringing their total citywide to 40 corrals and 780 spaces.
The latest corrals [...]

Bike parking at Director Park.

The City of Portland opened up a new downtown park earlier this week. Director Park, a former parking lot (that's now underground), occupies a full city block (bordered by SW Park and 9th to the east and west, and Taylor and Yamhill to the south and north). It's a [...]

Bike parking at the GalleryCondominiums in NW Portland.(Photo © Dan Liu)

While the Bicycle Plan for 2030 got most of the attention at last night's Planning Commission meeting, there was another bike-related issue that was discussed.
Also on the agenda was a proposal to amend the City's zoning code to increase the minimum amount of long-term bike [...]

Todd Boulanger

[This story is by Todd Boulanger, a former transportation planner for the City of Vancouver who has been soaking up the bike infrastructure of Europe. In this report he shares some views of a bike parking project at a public square in Amsterdam.]

The bike parking options under consideration for Amsterdam's city center (All [...]

"I'd like to think through a little further of what the impact would be." -- John Carroll, real estate developer with Carroll Investments

On Wednesday, I published an article that incorrectly stated that the Portland Planning Commission had voted to approve a zoning code change that would make a major increase to the minimum number of [...]

[UPDATE 10/16, 9:53am: Planning Commission has not voted in favor of this increase. They are still considering it after some follow-up testimony that was not in favor of it. I received conflicting accounts of what transpired at the hearing and I am working on an update now. Stay tuned for a follow story. [...]

City of Vancouver employees measure out future on-street bike parking.(Photos: Marcus Griffith)

By the end of this year, transportation planners with the City of Vancouver plan to have their first-ever on-street bike parking corral. The new bike parking is slated to be installed in front of Angst Gallery at 11th and Main Streets (maps).
The owner [...]

An example of a curb extensionwith a bioswale (at SE Clay and 11th)(Photo © J. Maus)

The city plans to turn SE Division Street into a "green main street" between SE 6th and SE 39th.
Division Streetscape and Reconstruction project manager Elizabeth Mahon presented draft intersection redesign plans to the city's Bicycle Advisory Committee last night, [...]

New parking for bikes on Russell at Interstate.(Photos © J. Maus)

Last night Widmer Brothers Brewery held a celebration for their newly installed, on-street bike parking corral. A party for bike parking is one thing, but last night's event was a bigger deal because Mayor Adams led a bike ride to it from City Hall [...]

Some folks are confused about these rack-shaped objects on the new transit mall.(Photos: Victoria Gilbert)

Here's a bit of good, bad, and confusing news about bike parking on TriMet's transit mall in downtown Portland (we'll get to the issue of actually riding on it in a separate story).
Back in January, we reported on how stringent design [...]

Crews installed the new bike corral this morning.(Photos © J. Maus)

The folks at Widmer Brothers Brewery are so excited to have a new, on-street bike parking corral in front of their Gasthaus Pub (on N. Russell at Interstate), they're planning a party to celebrate.
On September 2nd they'll host an event called "Bikes and Brews". [...]