Now includes a bike race, naturally.

The Festa Italiana, a week-long event that has brought together the local Italian community for 20 years, now includes a bike race.
The Giro di Portland will feature the area's best racing talent on a high-speed, multi-lap criterium through the Pearl District — and the Festa Italiana is the presenting sponsor.
Festa [...]

New box at Lovejoy and 9th to facilitate "Copenhagen Left" (instead of crossing new streetcar tracks at a dangerous angle).(Photos © J. Maus)

The Portland Streetcar Loop Project has brought major changes to bikeways in the Pearl District. With new tracks, new medians and a new recommended route for bikes, PBOT has released a detailed [...]

Cobbled bikeway in Maastrich, The Netherlands.(Photo: Alex Hamlin)

Since our story last week, people are still weighing in about the Bureau of Transportation's decision to remove old cobblestones on NW Marshall in order to lay down new bike lanes.
The story struck a chord with reader Alex Hamlin, who rode his bike around Holland for two weeks [...]

New bike lanes on NW Marshall. See whatit will look like when completed below.(Photo: Paul Peterson)

New bike lanes are being constructed on NW Marshall between 12th and 14th Avenues in the Pearl District -- but these aren't just any bike lanes. What's notable about this project is that the new lanes are being cut [...]

The crew at 21st Ave. Bikes needs a new logo. Make it awesome!(Photo © J. Maus)

21st Avenue Bicycles in Northwest Portland needs some help designing a new logo so they've launched a contest to see which local designer can create the best one.
The designer of the winning logo will see their work all over [...]

Detail of Sunday Parkways route through Northwest Portland.Download full size PDF here

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SmartTrips decal outside a cafe in St. Johns.(Photo © J. Maus)

The Transportation Options Division within PBOT has released a report on their 2009 SmartTrips Business program that focused on North and Northwest Portland. In a survey about the program's effectiveness filled out by 72 (out of the 192) businesses involved in the program, 68% [...]

A customer on a test ride in front of Kalkhoff retail store in the Pearl.(Photos by Adams Carroll)

Back in August we reported that a new e-bike store was prepping to open its doors in the Pearl District. Now, although the dust has not yet settled in their combined corporate office and retail space, Kalkhoff Bikes [...]

From the Kalkhoff USA website.

In the latest sign that e-bikes are becoming more mainstream, a new retail bike shop is set to open soon in the Pearl District.
According to sources, a company named Greenlight LLC will open the shop. They are the U.S. distributors of Kalkhoff Bikes, a German brand that has been in existence [...]

Could this freshly paved section of NW Nicolai St, where railroad tracks used to be, become a new cycle track? (Note: This paved section is on a curb, above the roadway.)(Photo: Anonymous reader)

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PBOT will remove and then reconfigure these racks on NW 13th atPNCA. They will also add 13 more. (Photos © J. Maus)

Mayor Adams can tick an item off his list of promises to fulfill in his first 100 days as Mayor.
Adams' office has announced the first of four new bike corrals that will [...]

An "insane accident" says the victim.(Photo: Marion Rice)

The victim of the crash at NW Lovejoy and 9th yesterday morning, left a comment last night saying she has been discharged from the hospital and has suffered no major injuries. The woman's name is Asha and she's a student at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). [...]

A very cool new sign.(Photos: Adam Reiser)

Custom Bicycles of Portland -- the new Guru Bicycles concept store we profiled a few weeks ago -- had their first official day of business on Saturday.
The store offers a unique, Dell Computer-like approach to bike retail. Only one brand is offered and customers can choose [...]

"If I was not running for Mayor and challenging City Hall’s spending, my opponent would have continued to ram-rod this pet project through"--Sho Dozono

Not surprisingly, Commissioners Adams' opponent in the race for mayor, Sho Dozono, has issued a statement in response to Adams' decision to pull the plug on the plan to re-use the Sauvie [...]

Adams addressed the media in his office this morning.(Photos © J. Maus)

In a cramped meeting room in his office a few minutes ago, Commissioner Adams explained how rising gas prices have impacted PDOT's transportation budget and that the Sauvie Island Bridge span reuse project is the first casualty.
Standing next to PDOT Director Sue Keil, Adams [...]

"I don't feel comfortable moving forward at this point."--Commissioner Sam Adams

City of Portland Commissioner Sam Adams will announce tomorrow (5/7) that he will pull the plug on a plan to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span as a bicycle and pedestrian crossing over I-405 in Northwest Portland.
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New logo unveiled today

Commissioner Sam Adams held a press conference today to officially launch Flanders Crossing: Sauvie Island Bridge Relocation Project.
The event was an attempt to clarify the proposal for the project that will be voted on by City Council next week, to outline why the the project is necessary, and to demonstrate [...]

Looking across NW Flanders over I-405 -- not quite an intersection, yet.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland Mayor Tom Potter has issued a statement clarifying his opposition to the plan to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span as a human-powered vehicle crossing over I-405 in Northwest Portland.
Perhaps wanting to build some momentum for his position [...]

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release Contact: Tom Miller, 503-823-1121
April 23, 2008 Or: Shoshanah Oppenheim, 503-823-1125
ADAMS, LEONARD, AND SALTZMAN FILE ORDINANCE TO ACQUIRE AND RELOCATE SAUVIE ISLAND BRIDGE
(PORTLAND, OR) – The Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) announced today that City Commissioners Sam Adams, Randy [...]

KGW-TV broadcasted live from the rally.(Photos © J. Maus)

Last night, a group of Northwest Portland neighborhood leaders, grassroots activists and bike advocates met on NW Flanders Blvd. for a rally to demonstrate support for re-using the Sauvie Island Bridge span over I-405.
Also joining the crowd of about 100 were city council candidates Jim Middaugh, Jeff [...]