The latest map of proposed bikeway recommendations for Southwest Portland.(Click to enlarge)

A group of bicycle advocates in Southwest Portland have unveiled their latest map of proposed bikeway improvements. The group, SWTrails, has been working for nearly a year to come up with recommendations that they plan to present to the Portland Office of […]

Front page of today’s Oregonian

The Oregonian has a front page story this morning about a new potential bridge that would cross the Willamette River south of the Marquam Bridge.
Writer Dylan Rivera reports that it would be “Portland’s first new bridge in 34 years,” and that it would be unique among other Willamette River bridges in […]

Bikes parked on Lewis & Clark campus.(Photo: Jonathan Maus)

The “problem” of not enough bike parking has reared its head at yet another place in Portland: Lewis & Clark College.
With growing bike use, a new school year, and the Bike Commute Challenge going full steam (L & C is a perennial front-runner in the 500+ employees […]

Karen Stiles is worried about efforts to limit bicycle useon the Willamette Greenway Trail.(File photo)

Business is good for Karen Stiles who owns Waterfront Bicycle Rentals on the RiverPlace Esplanade just south of the Hawthorne Bridge. Part of the reason is because the popular Willamette Greenway Trail is all that separates her storefront from the […]

Detail of route map with notes. Full map here (PDF).

The seventh ride in PDOT’s monthly Bike Master Plan ride series will tackle the sometimes daunting routes in southwest Portland.
City bike coordinator Roger Geller says the focus of August’s ride will be on Terwilliger and Barbur and will look at some of the challenges that […]

Leader of SWTrails, Don Baack.(File photo)

The serpentine, hilly, and narrow roads that make up most of southwest Portland are a far cry from the idyllic bike boulevards of inner southeast Portland.
But that hasn’t stopped a year-long effort by citizen activists and a group called SWTrails from working to create similar bike-friendly streets in […]

Recommended Red Electric Trail Route.Click for PDF

After three and a half years of planning, Portland Parks and Recreation is ready to officially present their 47-page Red Electric Trail Planning Study to City Council. Next week they’ll present the recently completed plan that was undertaken to,
“…investigate potential routes for an east-west trail that would extend […]

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After months of planning, residents of southwest Portland, led by super-citizen trail advocate and Alice Award nominee Don Baack, have come up with a map of a new southwest bike network.
Baack, who leads the group Southwest Trails, has been working hard to garner neighborhood feedback and collaborate with PDOT […]

[Watch video coverage byCrankMyChain Cycle TV.]

Yesterday I got a sneak peek at how bikes mix with the gleaming and futuristic new Portland Aerial Tram. Built by a cooperative effort between PDOT and OHSU, the new tram carries people from a new OHSU health center on the South Waterfront up to OHSU’s Kohler Pavillion.
I was […]

[The Ace Hotel is coming and they’re bringing Dutch bikes with them.]

The Ace Hotel — Seattle’s “leading design hotel” — is set to open in Portland on January 30th of next year.
I confirmed today with jorg&olif CEO Rob MacDonald that he is partnering up with the hotel to have a standing fleet of 6-10 Dutch […]

Lawyer Mark Ginsberg has his work cut out for him on Monday. His office will finally get trials on all the remaining fixed-gear cases they’ve been handling (except for one which is scheduled for the next day).
Here’s the word from Mark:

“We have a total of about 10 cases, the majority are fixed-gear […]

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the new “hotel zone” bike lane markings on SW Broadway in front of the Heathman and Benson Hotels.
Since that post I’ve been observing both hotels to see how quickly they try to remove vehicles from the bike lane and how proactive they are in preventing encroachment in […]

[Screenshot from PortlandMall.org]

TriMet has launched a new website to, “provide you with detailed information about the Portland Mall MAX Light Rail Project.”
In addition to construction updates, photos, progress reports, monthly contests, and so on, the site has tips for cyclists navigating the construction:

5th and 6th avenues: Lanes will be open on 5th and 6th […]

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Carye Bye noticed something strange in the bike lane on SW Broadway this morning. There are new markings in the bike lane as it crosses SW Oak Street and in front of the Benson that read, “Hotel Zone Ahead,” and “Slow, Hotel Zone.”

[New markings on SW Broadwayoutside the Benson Hotel]Photos: Carye […]

Yesterday was International Walk and Bike to School Day and 25 schools from all over Portland took part in the event. I caught up with some of the action at Sunnyside School in southeast Portland and just like last year I was thrilled and inspired to see so many kids walking and biking […]

[Southwest Trails logo]

Don Baack of SW Trails is spear-heading an effort to bring a more connected, safe and accessible bike route network to the hills of SW Portland.
He’ll lead a bike ride through SE Portland on Saturday (9/30) to take a closer look at that area’s successful network of low-traffic, bike-friendly streets known as bicycle […]

[Future site of a bike trail?]

This just in from Jessica Roberts (formerly of the BTA, now with Alta Planning):
I’m sure you know all too well how dangerous and unpleasant it is to ride a bike on Highway 43 between Lake Oswego and Portland. In fact, the BTA listed this project as one of the primary […]