Powell Butte could become a nicer place to ride.(Graphic: City of Portland)

The Portland Water Bureau is constructing a second reservoir at Powell Butte Nature Park and the project comes with an exciting opportunity to improve the park's off-road trail network.
The 600-plus acre extinct cinder cone in outer southeast Portland already allows multiple uses -- including [...]

Detail of new "channelizing islands" recently installed on SE Spokane St.(Photos © Adams Carroll)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is just weeks away from unveiling one of the most important bike-related infrastructure projects in years. Their new bike boulevard on SE Spokane Street in Sellwood is the first of their "next generation" bike [...]

Backpedal Cycleworks now open for biz!(Photos: Adams Carroll for BikePortland)

Story and photos by BikePortland news intern Adams Carroll
Rick Shaputis, owner of SE Portland's newest bike shop, Backpedal Cycleworks, knew it was crazy to open a bike store in the middle of a recession. He knew it was even crazier to open up his shop in [...]

Concerned citizens and traffic safety advocates held signs on SE Foster last night at a notorious crossing just east of 80th.(Photos © J. Maus)

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Mayor Sam Adams.(Photo © J. Maus)

As we hinted at yesterday, Mayor Adams has released a statement in response the fatal collision on SE Foster last week.
Adams was expected to share plans for "immediate changes" to a crossing of SE Foster that was the site of two collisions last week (one woman died and another remains [...]

The Springwater Corridor(Photo © J. Maus)

The city has issued an advisory that there will be a temporary detour early next month on the portion of the Springwater Trail that runs through the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, just north of the amusement park.
The 75 foot long detour will run directly parallel to the trail, only a [...]

Bikes and beer will be celebrated in true Portland style this weekend at Biketobeerfest, a carfree event being thrown by Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB). The event is Saturday, September 19th, from noon to 10pm. And it's totally free and open to the public.
There's one catch -- the event is carfree. There will be plenty of [...]

Looking east on SE Holgate.(Photos © J. Maus)

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Like carfree streets filled withpedal-powered music? Come out to Sunday Parkways this weekend.(Photo © J. Maus)

There's a lot of buzz around town for the City of Portland's third Sunday Parkways event this weekend. PBOT and scores of volunteers will create a nine-mile, people-powered festival through Southeast Portland that is sure to draw thousands to [...]

The Recyclery is moving out of this location.(Photos © J. Maus)

Popular used bike shop The Recyclery is leaving their current home in a Quonset hut on the corner of SE Madison and SE 7th and opening up at two other bike-friendly locations in the coming weeks.
I caught up with shop owner Robby Fenstermaker at their [...]

A new residential bike parking shelter on SE Washington near Laurelhurst Park.(Photos © J. Maus)

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The hot, eerily empty Springwater Trail yesterday.(Photos by Erin Greeson)

Today, while commuting home midday to finish my work from an air-conditioned office, a great thing happened. Just when I thought I’d prepared smartly for the 100-degree ride — dousing my head in cold water beforehand and chugging water all morning long — my lack of [...]

This "bicycle mandala" graphic is one of the treatments PBOT is proposing to install in an intersection along SE Clinton Street to make it clear to people in cars that they are on a bicycle boulevard.

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Bike corral on SE 28th.-Slideshow below/More images-(Photos © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation completed the installation of another on-street bike parking corral last week.
This one -- on SE 28th at Pine in front of Ken's Artisan Pizza and Bamboo Sushi -- is the 20th on-street bike parking facility installed by the City [...]

Lents looks to be more bike-friendly.

A potential new baseball stadium isn't the only hot topic in the Lents neighborhood these days.
Residents have teamed up with community organizations and the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation to start identifying a network of low-traffic bike boulevard streets.
It all started when PBOT traffic/bike safety specialist Greg [...]

I think it's safe to say thisis the most bikes ever parked in front of the Rumpus Room.(Photos © J. Maus)

Last week we held our third monthly Get Together event. In previous months we've held them in North (St. Johns) and Southwest Portland (Multnomah Village) and this time we rolled to the Rumpus Room [...]

A group merge during a Bicycle AdvisoryCommittee tour of east Portland last July.(Photo © J. Maus)

You're invited to our next BikePortland Neighborhood Get Together in the Powellhurst neighborhood of outer Southeast Portland -- that's right, we're going east of I-205.
Anyone who lives, works, commutes, or otherwise spends time in outer Southeast Portland is invited [...]

The Bike Exchange on SE Division

If you love finding good deals on vintage and classic American and Euro bike parts, you'll be happy to hear that The Bike Exchange (4937 SE Division) is all set to host a bike swap meet this Sunday. It's the first of five such events that shop manger Tom [...]

With its calm streets, SE Lincoln is a popular bikeway. That is, until you get past SE 50th.(Photos by Spencer Boomhower)

The bike boulevard on Harrison and Lincoln Streets between SE 12th and SE 60th Avenues is one the most popular in Portland, and with good reason: it offers a pleasant ride in a [...]

(Photos © Elly Blue)

Portland-based New Deal Distillery will unveil a new label for their signature Portland 88 vodka next month.
The label features an illustration of a woman standing valiantly astride a fat-tired cruiser bicycle, sporting striped kneesocks, a flowing dress, and a playing card in the spokes. Think of her as Portlandia (Portland's patron [...]