[Updated: 8/15, 2:51pm]

BTA bike parking at the Blues Festival in 2005.(File photo)

If you tried to park your bike at the recent Waterfront Blues Festival or the Bite of Oregon (after Bridge Pedal), you might have expected the BTA to be there, providing free valet bike parking like they have in years past.
But many people have […]

[Editor’s note: This article was written by new BikePortland contributor Jessica Roberts.]

Staple racks on SW Fourth Ave.(File photo)

Did you park your bike at a rack outside your favorite store or café recently? If so, you might have been using facilities paid for by Portland’s Bicycle Parking Fund.
Created in 2004, the Bicycle Parking Fund […]

No free spaces near the tram.(File photo)

Yesterday I had a meeting at the new OHSU Wellness Center (near the tram) and I was amazed at the number of bikes parked around the building.
They overflowed the available racks and were locked up to light posts, benches, anything that was metal. In the general […]

Ride your bike to ¿Por Que No? and get a free taco. Today from 3-6pm only.(File photo)

I just published a story about the DIY on-street bike parking in front of ¿Por Que No? taqueria on N. Mississippi Avenue.
Then, in a strange coincidence, at nearly the exact moment I hit “publish,” a reader (without knowing […]

[Update: The owner is hoping for on-street bike parking. Read here for the latest.]

Sign says, “Today’s Special: Bike Parking”(File photo)

A little taco joint on Mississippi Street in north Portland has taken a DIY approach to on-street bike parking.
Directly in front of ¿Por Que No? taqueria, a few bikes have been parked in the […]

Last week, the Belmont neighborhood welcomed two new on-street bike parking facilities to SE Belmont Street. I published photos from Bill Stites the day they went in but at that time the staples hadn’t been installed.

Now the staples are in and Bill sent me a photo showing just how quickly they’ve filled up…

(Photo: Bill […]

Back in February I shared the news about an effort to bring two new on-street bike parking “corrals” to SE Belmont.
This morning, PDOT crews began the installation! Here are a few photos sent to me by Bill Stites, who has been instrumental in making this happen:

Looking west from SE 34th St. (in front of […]

U-lock maker Kryptonite is partnering up with the City of Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) to develop and install two new on-street bike parking “corrals” in the Pearl District.
The new bike parking structures will go in front of Pacific Northwest College of Art at NW 13th and Johnson and in front of Acorn Cafe at […]

New bike oasis on SE 36thand Hawthorne.(File photo)

This morning on the northwest corner of SE 36th and SE Hawthorne Blvd., crews installed the long-awaited bike oasis parking structure. The $40,000 project is part of PDOT’s Hawthorne Boulevard Project.
The new bike parking structure sits on a newly-extended curb (that took away 1 1/2 motor vehicle parking […]

Bill Stites accepts grant from APNBA.Photo: APNBA

The Belmont Area Business Association has received a $5,000 grant that will go towards a project to install two on-street bike parking facilities on SE Belmont Ave (you might recall my story on this project from back in February).
The grant was awarded April 23rd at the annual […]

I noticed some peculiar bike parking downtown the other day.

Diagonal staple racks on SW Fourth Ave.File photo: 2/17/07

On the 300 block of SW Fourth Ave, there’s a set of four standard, blue staple racks placed at a diagonal. The photo isn’t at the best angle, but I think you can see what I mean.
I’m […]

As many of you know, the downtown bus mall is currently under major re-construction. I’ve had several readers wonder what the plans are for bike parking, both during the upheaval and once it’s complete.

TriMet recently announced their plans to add motorized vehicle parking, but what about bike parking?
I asked TriMet’s Erik […]

Andrea White, Executive Directorof Bikestation

Bikestation is a non-profit that has helped develop secure bike parking facilities in many cities across the country. There are currently six Bikestations, one in Seattle and the others in California.
The city of Portland has discussed a potential Bikestation facility for many years. Last night I bumped into their […]

[On-street bike parking, like this one at N. Shaver and N. Mississippi Streets, could be coming to SE Belmont.]

If all goes as planned, SE Belmont Street between 33rd and 34th will gain two new on-street bike parking facilities. The facilities would be similar to ones already in place in the Mississippi St. neighborhood near the […]

[Detail of covered bike parking map.]

Due to the behemoth Portland Bus Mall reconstruction project, downtown traffic is snarled and gnarled all over the place.
For smart Portlanders this is a perfect time to consider biking into work. But no one wants to leave their bike out in the wet and cold…so what to […]

[*UPDATE: According to project manager Jean Senechal-Biggs, my source for this story misunderstood the plans. PDOT is building the foundations for these right now and the actual structures aren’t scheduled to be installed until Spring.]

[Rendering of a Bike Oasis by Browning Shono Architects]

Way back in September 2005, I wrote about a series of exciting […]

[New on-street bike parking!]

On my way up Mississippi Street today I passed by a brand new, on-street bike parking facility at N. Beech Street, right in front of Amnesia Brewing. It’s very exciting to see this because it’s been in the works for over two years!
Ever since a similar bike-parking facility was put up […]