A sign on the St. Johns Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus)

UPDATED, at 9:55am on 2/11
Just before 6:30 pm tonight, Portland Police officers responded to a collision on the St. Johns Bridge.
According to their report, a 23-year-old man was riding his bike and a 58-year-old man driving a small pick were involved in a collision. Both [...]

PBOT hopes these new markings improve safety at the intersection of N. Vancouver and Graham near Legacy Emanuel Hospital.

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Sample receipt showing VMT charge.(Graphic: ODOT)

At all levels of government, transportation officials are running scared due to a severe lack of funding available to maintain and improve our roads. The major reason for all this anxiety is the failure of the gas tax to evolve with the times. Truly a "dinosaur" of a funding mechanism, [...]

New signs in Paris that tell people on bikes that they can roll throughcertain intersections under certain conditions.

If you only read the media accounts, you'd think that officials in the French capitol of Paris have just given people on bicycles a free pass to wantonly roll through red lights with reckless abandon.
The Oregonian's website reads, [...]

"Terrible", "horrible", "worst ever", "disaster", "defective" — these are just some of the terms that high-profile media outlets and top-ranking officials have used to describe the House transportation bill (H.R. 7, full text here as PDF).
Realizing that the bill is so far off base that no amount of amendments would help, national transportation advocacy [...]

How can PBOT best target safety resources to streets like these?(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has announced three open houses where you can learn more and offer input on their High Crash Corridor Safety program.
High Crash Corridors are roadways that, according to PBOT, "have exceptional concentrations of crash activity." [...]

Northeast Portland resident Slate Olson is general manager of North American operations for UK-based Rapha Performance Roadwear, a company with over $20 million in sales last year.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

It's been four years since UK-based cycling apparel company Rapha chose Portland as its North American headquarters. Since then, the company has grown by leaps and [...]

The BTA's Steph Noll on E Burnside and 16th in 2007.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Last week a reader email spurred me to check up on a project I first wrote about in December 2007.
Reader Kevin B wrote:
"I live in the Kerns neighborhood and my kids go to Buckman Elementary. During our bike/scooter ride each morning to [...]

(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

This morning, TriMet unveiled a proposal of service cuts and fare increases they plan to move forward with in order to make up for a $17 million budget shortfall. If you're a fan of transit, and of making our city one that is less reliant on private automobiles, this is not good [...]

Aerial view of Williams and Failing.

During the monthly stakeholder advisory committee meeting for the North Williams Traffic Operations Safety Project today, PBOT announced that it's "unlikely" they would be willing to redesign the street in the section between N Cook and Skidmore (known as Segment 4) into a one-lane configuration for auto traffic.
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A rapid flash beacon at work.(Photo from beacon manufacturer)

The Oregon Department of Transportation flipped the switch on a new crossing treatment on SW Barbur this morning. The location, south of SW Hamilton Street near Rasmussen Village, is just up the road from where Angela Burke was struck and then killed on December 15th, 2010 by [...]

Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales, and Jefferson Smith on stage at Lincoln Hall.

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Event flyer.(PDF)

The North American Handmade Bike Show (NABHS) is about one month away. I'm sure some of you plan to make the trip to Sacramento; but for those that won't be there, a few local builders have put together a preview party right here in Portland.
"Show Me Yours" is a new event put together by [...]

An amped up cheers a racer during the 'Cross Up' event held at a former bowling alley on SE 82nd Ave on Saturday.(Photo Gallery/Slideshow)

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The thief (thieves) made out with a Surly LHT.

Southeast Portland bike shop Seven Corners Cycles was broken into this morning. The thieves (or thief) made out with one new bike (a large, black Surly Long Haul Trucker), seven Chrome messenger bags, and some lights and locks.
According to shop owner Corey Cartwright, they entered the [...]

Blumenauer does not take attacks on bicycling lightly.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

As arguably the most bike and transit-sensitive member of the U.S. Congress, Earl Blumenauer has had a trying week.
Yesterday, the widely-maligned House transportation bill, a bill that eliminates the Safe Routes to School program and basically strips out all of the pro-bike provisions, moved [...]

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I've got some exciting news about the continued evolution of the annual BikeCraft event.
You'll recall this year I formally handed over the event to Aaron Kaffen and Amos Hunter after running it for six years (sniff, sniff). Amos and Aaron took it to a whole new level and the event was really solid. Now [...]

SW Broadway in downtown Beaverton might soon look like this.(Conceptual rendering by the City of Beaverton)

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Later today, the application period opens for the "Green Lane Project," a promising new initiative funded by national advocacy org Bikes Belong.
The project's aim is to help build "world-class cycling networks" in a select group of U.S. cities that are "poised to make significant progress over the next two years in installing cycle tracks [...]

New markings to warn people of the harsh bump as you roll onto the floating ramps on the Eastbank Esplanade.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Portland Parks & Recreation has added new pavement markings on the Eastbank Esplanade floating ramps to warn people on bikes to prepare for a bump. The new markings are part of a larger [...]