A group of concerned citizens look out over I-405 at the future location of a Flanders Street overpass.(Photos © J. Maus)

A group of citizens and advocates led by the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance will host a rally and walking tours of the area around the proposed location of a new I-405 [...]

PRESS RELEASE
What: Rally to support the Sauvie Island Bridge relocation, followed by foot and bicycle tours of the proposed relocation site
When: Thursday, April 17. Press event at 5:00, tours leaving at 5:15 and 5:30.
Where: NW 15th and Flanders, Portland, Ore.
Who: Concerned citizens, northwest Portland residents, transportation and neighborhood advocates
Why:
The community will rally to support [...]

"It's nice spin... but it's flat out wrong." --Portland Mercury News Editor Amy Ruiz, on Mayor Potter's comments about the funding for the Sauvie Island Bridge re-use plan

The situation with the effort to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span in Northwest Portland is changing by the hour.
The two late developments of the day are an [...]

Mayor Potter listening to testimony in support of the Sauvie span at City Hall last week.(Photos © J. Maus)

Mayor Potter has issued a statement to help further clarify his decision to vote against a proposal that would have allowed PDOT to turn the old Sauvie Island Bridge span into a new crossing of I-405 [...]

"We intend to demonstrate to elected officials that there's huge support for re-using the Sauvie span."--the BTA's Karl Rohde

While City Hall tries to work out its differences on the effort to move the old Sauvie Island Bridge span to NW Flanders street, bike advocates and citizen activists are moving forward in a push to raise [...]

Tomorrow, Portland City Council will decide whether or not the City will re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span for a bicycle and pedestrian-only crossing of I-405 at Northwest Flanders street.
The owner of the span, Kuney Construction, is currently under contract with ODOT to demolish the bridge. Therefore, if PDOT wants to continue their effort [...]

[NOTE: *I have updated this post at 12:30pm on 3/12 to correct my errors in the funding numbers and sources for the project.]
The effort to re-use the old Sauvie Island bridge span for a bike and pedestrian-only bridge over the 405 freeway at NW Flanders has been renewed and backers of the project say they've [...]

(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

Thanks to a partnership between Kryptonite and the City of Portland, bike parking just got a lot easier for students at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Last Friday, work crews installed 9 staple racks (that's room for about 18 bikes), in what was formerly one car parking spot. The new [...]

Racers blur past spectators at the '06 event.(Photos by Jonathan Maus)

Imagine standing a few feet from a whirring pack of racers as they speed by, elbow-to-elbow, at over 40 miles per hour, throwing sparks from their pedals as they hammer into sharp turns.
Tomorrow night is your chance to experience this when some of the nation's [...]

Pedicab operators try to pick up a rider at the North Park Blocks.(File photo)

First they gave a free bike to new condo buyers, now Hoyt Street Properties in the Pearl District continues to promote car-free transportation options for visitors and residents.
The company has partnered up with Rose Pedal Pedicabs and PDX Pedicabs to offer free [...]

It's been over a year since I reported on the status of an idea to re-purpose the Sauvie Island Bridge as a super-sized bicycle and pedestrian crossing over the 405 freeway at Flanders Boulevard looking East.
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Employee Peter Drake(File photo)

The storefront on NW 21st Avenue that had been occupied by Northwest Bicycles for 32 years has re-opened after a complete renovation.
The new shop is 21st Avenue Bicycles and about the only thing that remains of the old shop are veteran employees Jose Cano and Hugh Nixon.
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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 [...]

As part of the Bicycle Master Plan update process, city bike coordinator Roger Geller is leading monthly rides to survey what works and what doesn't in our existing bikeway network.
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[I noticed the "Ride. Relax. Repeat" graphics on the window and the cruiser bike in the rack and I knew something was up at The Encore sales office in Northwest Portland.]

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[Car-less Northwest Portland.]Photo by Kate Gawf

Portland blogger Kate Gawf recently snapped some photos of a rare occurrence in Northwest Portland; car-less streets. Thanks to the annual "Leaf Day" clean-up, all cars in the usually "parked-up" and densely populated neighborhood vanish for just a few hours.
Here's more from Kate, followed by another photo:
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The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services will dedicate a new riverfront path on Swan Island tomorrow.
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[Former owners Matt Labadie andRon Hinckley]

After 32 years, the owners of Northwest Bicycles have decided to move on. The well-loved shop in the heart of Northwest Portland (21st & Lovejoy) has been sold and a new bike shop will open in its place November 1st.
According to co-owner Ron Hinckley, the shop has been pruchased [...]

[Update: According to a rep from Friends of Forest Park—who were instrumental in making this trail happen—some minor work remains to complete this trail.]
Last Saturday was the second of two trail work parties to complete a new mountain bike trail in Forest Park. The trail, which extends off an existing firelane, is the [...]

Earlier this month, citizens, community groups, and city employees came together to raise awareness of traffic safety issues at the intersection of NW 9th and Lovejoy (more background here).
I've published a report and photos at IShareTheRoad.com.
IShareTheRoad.com is a new site I'm working on for the City of Portland as part of their ongoing [...]