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Jeremy Jordan was arrested Saturday afternoon.(PPB booking photo)

The Portland Police Bureau’s Major Crash Team was called to the scene of a serious injury hit-and-run that occurred at 2:44 am this morning (Saturday, 5/10) at the 6900 block of NE Fremont St. (just north […]

Bike traffic on the Hawthorne Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus)

Bicycling Magazine has released their list of the “Best Cities for Cycling” and Portland is once again on top.
Here’s what Bicycling’s Brian Fiske writes about Portland in their June issue:
“What perennially puts Portland atop our list is that you don’t need to know anything about bike […]

This just in…
Bicycling Magazine Names the Best Cities for Cycling
Boston moves off “The Worst” list and on to “5 For the Future”; Portland is “Still the Greatest” and New York and DC are “Most Improved”
–Top International Cities for Cycling Also Named–
In its June issue, Bicycling magazine names the best American cities for cycling. Portland Oregon, […]

This just in from PDOT…
What: CLINTON STREET BICYCLE BOULEVARD ENHANCEMENT PROJECT OPEN HOUSE
When: Wednesday, May 14th 2008
Time: 4:30 - 7:30pm - drop by anytime
Where: St Philip Neri Parish Church - Carvlin Hall
[…]

After a downtown time-trial on Tuesday, racers will tackle Mt. Tabor.(Photos © J. Maus)

The sixth annual Mt. Hood Cycling Classic will kick-off in Portland early next week. The event be the most prestigious professional cycling race ever held in the city.
Race director Chad Sperry says the race will be a qualifier for […]

Green bike lanes, like this one on SE 7th in Portland, are also being installed in Seattle.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland isn’t the only city in the region to go green for bikes. The Seattle Department of Transportation installed that city’s first green bike lanes earlier this week.
According to a press release from SDOT, green […]

One Million Bicycles, the ambitious event that plans to hold 100 bike rallies in 50 states and recycle and donate 1 million bikes by August 2009, is rolling full steam ahead.
Organizer and author/activist Joe “Metal Cowboy” Kurmaskie is assembling his staff, registration is now open at OneMillionBicycles.org and a kick-off video has just been released […]

Event flyer.Click to enlarge (390k, jpg).

I get a lot of emails here at BikePortland.org headquarters — but yesterday was the first time I ever got one from a Deacon.
It was a personal invitation from Deacon Thomas Gornick, Director of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Portland, to attend “the Blessing of the Bikes to be […]

This just in from Archdiocese of Portland’s Department of Evangelization…
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For More Information, Contact:
Deacon Thomas Gornick
(503) 233-8335
tgornick [at] archdpdx [dot] org
Blessing of the Bikes
The Parish Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (St. Mary’s) and the Archdiocese of Portland’s Department of Evangelization announce the Blessing of the Bikes, on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 2 […]

The Beaverton Police Department’s Public Information Officer Sgt. Paul Wandell says a statement about bike safety printed in a city newsletter has been “blown out of proportion.”
The advice — that bicyclists should, “walk your bike across busy intersections and streets” — was printed as a bike safety tip and it has touched a nerve among […]

Cover of the newsletter.

“Public Safety” is the theme of a special edition of the City of Beaverton’s Your City newsletter (Beaverton is about 7 miles southwest of Portland).
When BikePortland reader Alan Bennett read through it he was shocked to see that under the heading of, Riding Safe: Bicycle Tips, it was recommended that when biking, […]

Commissioner Adams during an interview in October 2007.(Photo © J. Maus)

In a letter sent out this morning to subscribers of his email newsletter, City Commissioner Sam Adams summed up PDOT’s budget woes and made some final statements on the defunct Sauvie Island Bridge re-use plan (I think the statement will also be published as […]

Here is the complete text of a letter sent from City Commissioner Sam Adams about the budget crisis at PDOT (read the full story on the Front Page):
Friends,
I want you to be aware of impacts of massive new transportation challenge facing our City.
Gas prices are up 17%.
Bio-diesel is up 20%.
Yesterday, crude oil went for a […]

“If I was not running for Mayor and challenging City Hall’s spending, my opponent would have continued to ram-rod this pet project through”–Sho Dozono

Not surprisingly, Commissioners Adams’ opponent in the race for mayor, Sho Dozono, has issued a statement in response to Adams’ decision to pull the plug on the plan to re-use the Sauvie […]

This just in from City of Vancouver:
Improvement work to begin on west end of Burnt Bridge Creek Trail
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Contact: Terry Snyder, (360) 619-1118
E-mail: terry.snyder@ci.vancouver.wa.us
Vancouver City Council awarded a bid Monday, May 5, to Integrity Excavation & Construction of Battle Ground, for improvements to the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail between Fruit Valley Road […]

Green thermoplastic material has just been re-applied (it used to be blue) on this bike lane at SE 7th just before Morrison.(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland’s bike boxes have gotten a lot of attention, but selected bike lanes around town have also been getting the green makeover.

The green material — made from the mineral corundum […]

I’ve got a thing for Hungary. My wife Juli was born there and we’ve visited her family several times (they live in Budapest). The old-world romanticism, the food, the history — I just love being there.
I also like catchy, bike-related PSAs that use creative hooks to get the message across. I’ve highlighted […]