It might not be free for long.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Survey results from Clackamas County show that charging people a fee to roll onto the Canby Ferry with their bikes is very popular idea.
The County is in the process of figuring out how to raise money to keep the Canby Ferry afloat. As we reported [...]

"Only 28% of bike theft victims knew their bike’s serial number- making it harder for police to identify the bike if recovered."— From PPB Bike Theft Analysis

The Portland Police Bureau's Crime Analysis Unit has just given us the first look at a new report on bike theft. According to the PPB's statistics, the number of [...]

Old Town's head brewer Scott Guckel is ready to quench your thirst.(Photos: Old Town Brewing)

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(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Seeking to help boost enthusiasm and raise operating funds for our forthcoming bike share system, the leader of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Rob Sadowsky, has joined forces with four other partners to form Portland Bike Share Incorporated (PBSI).
The other founding members of this new non-profit organization include car-sharing expert (currently working [...]

A locally owned business in Northeast Portland is doing its part to support Sunday Parkways.
As we all know, despite being one of our city's most cherished traditions, Sunday Parkways is in need of funding help. City Council has made it clear that they do not have the appetite to fund it to the extent they [...]

Security camera photo of thief in action.-More photos below-

Late Sunday night (4/22), two men broke into the employee bike parking at the New Seasons Market on SE Hawthorne Blvd and made off with three bicycles.
According to store manager Michael Wolff, one of the bikes taken was a custom "cycle truck" cargo bike made by [...]

Your hut awaits.(Photos: Cascade Huts)

Mountain biking on Mt. Hood isn't exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a family-friendly summer bike adventure; but that might change thanks to Cascade Huts.
Since their launch five years ago, the founders of Cascade Huts — James Koski (yes that James Koski) and Don [...]

It's not getting any better on its own.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

It's been about six weeks since cracks started forming and chunks started falling off the busy Springwater path south of OMSI. Since then, the damage has worsened and as rain continues to fall, the Portland Parks & Recreation bureau is still a bit nervous about [...]

The sign (on the Moody cycle track) is done, and the bridge itself is coming along nicely.-More photos below-(Photos © J. Maus)

It's been just about 16 months since the Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge broke ground. And lo and behold, it's set to open late next month.
I took a ride in the Aerial Tram yesterday and [...]

"Typically project scopes of work are influenced by the funding stream. This does not always lead to the best solution to the problem."— ODOT

We've been reporting on an evolution away from a freeway-first mentality and toward a mode-neutral approach that's been taking place at the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) over the past year or [...]

KATU-TV (Portland's ABC affiliate) and Willamette Week hosted a televised mayoral debate on Sunday night. It was a very good debate with questions taken from live audience members, online fans, and seasoned political reporters from both outlets. Then this happened...

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Trailhead's latest.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

In the past I've documented Portland's strong and rich connection between coffee and bikes. I've also shared how this city is absolutely bonkers for cargo bikes in all of their many manifestations. Well, it turns out that those two trends are continuing to push local coffee and bike lovers to new [...]

New or used?(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Bicycle Retailer & Industry News reported on an interesting (forthcoming) study from marketing and research firm The Gluskin Townley Group yesterday. The report compared the demographics and buying habits of buyers of used bikes versus buyers of new bikes. Here's more from BRAIN:
Owners of bikes they bought used ride more, [...]

The central question for study is the role bicycling should play in Portland’s overall transportation system.— City Club of Portland, from the Comprehensive Study Charge

The City Club of Portland is embarking on a "comprehensive study" of bicycling.
For those of you not familiar with this organization, it's a respected, local non-profit institution with 1,500 members [...]

Yellow arrow shows location of old pole. (Photo taken this morning)

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Phil Sano outside the Clinton Street Theater last Friday.(Photo © J. Maus)

Fresh off his "Bike Smut" world tour, filmmaker, nudity activist, and bike fun provocateur Phil Sano (a.k.a. "Reverend Phil") is launching a new weekly show at the Clinton Street Theater.
Here's more from Sano via a press release sent out this morning:
Bike Smut, the homegrown [...]

Well known local rider, bike advocate, and lawyer Mark Ginsberg collided with a MAX train while crossing E. Burnside in January 2011.(Photo © J. Maus)

The intersection of E Burnside, 97th Ave, and the I-205 multi-use path seems to have a worse safety record than I first realized. It's more dangerous than I realized when I [...]

2012 Alice Award Winners:

Gail Achterman
John Landolfe and Brett Dobson
The von Borg Family
Will Vanlue

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has just named their 2012 Alice B. Toeclips award winners... And one of them is BikePortland contributor Will Vanlue! Check the winners and excerpts from the BTA's website about each of them below...
Gail Achterman (Bud Clark Award):
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Gail Achterman's husband Chuck McGinnis (L), his son Daniel McGinnis and daughter-in-law Cheryl McGinnis, plant a tree in her honor along the I-205 path.(Photos: Friends of Trees)

Gail Achterman was honored over the weekend when friends, family, and colleagues planted more than a dozen oak trees in her memory along the I-205 path in SE [...]

Location where MAX tracks cross E Burnside.Crosslin was traveling from the right side of the image to the left.

This morning, the MAX tracks on East Burnside just east of I-205 (at SE 97th Ave) caused Portland resident Thomas Crosslin to crash his bike. Thomas crosses these tracks every day on his commute from East Portland [...]