Blumenauer outside his office in March 2008.(Photo © J. Maus)

U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer shared his daily ride to his office on Capitol Hill with a reporter from National Public Radio yesterday.
Here’s one of the exchanges they had while riding the streets of D.C.:
NPR:
“Why hasn’t Congress been able to do anything on climate change?”
Blumenauer:
“There […]

“This has left many in the mountain biking community very frustrated.”–Shane Gould, Portland United Mountain Pedalers

Mountain bikers throughout Oregon, with support from the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and the Oregon Mountain Bike Alliance (ORMBA), are miffed at a recent proposal by Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) to ban mountain bikes from the Boulder Lake and […]

How many bikers do you see?(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland is expanding the scope of their annual bike counts and they need volunteers to help them do it.
Denver Igarta, a transportation planner with PDOT, says they want to cover 140 locations this year. That’s an increase over the 98 locations […]

“This is definitely the future of cities…of civilization frankly.”–from Streetfilms’ video on Sunday Parkways

OK folks, just as your tears of joy were finally drying up from the awesome Sunday Parkways event in North Portland, Clarence Eckerson of Streetfilms has posted his video of the event.
Watch this great video below and feel the magic all over […]

Artists rendering of new I-5 bridge.(Graphic: CRC)

Portland City Council has added their voice to the list of agencies and organizations that want the replacement bridge and light rail option to receive further study in the $4.2 billion Columbia River Crossing project.
Their unanimous support comes in the form of a letter to the Co-Chairs of the […]

(BikePortland file photo)

30 year-old bike racer Colby Brooks collapsed while participating in the singlespeed race at the Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Series held tonight at Portland International Raceway (PIR).
Race organizer Kris Schamp was riding alongside Brooks just moments before the incident. He told me via telephone this evening that according to several witnesses, […]

Patrick Barber takes in bike photographs at the Tea Zone in Northwest Portland.More photos here(Photos © J. Maus)

It seems like everywhere you turn in Portland these days you see bikes.
As if near daily bike parades and rides weren’t enough to convince Portlanders that this city is absolutely bike-crazy, the Cycle Seen: Picturing Portland’s […]

“We have learned how to survive, now we really need to learn how to live.”–Gil Penalosa at the Carfree Conference last Tuesday

I have finally gotten a chance to upload my audio recording of Gil Penalosa’s keynote address to the Towards Carfree Cities Conference at Portland State University last Tuesday.
Penalosa’s speech and presentation garnered a standing […]

Showers Pass, designers of popular rain-gear, are now based in Southeast Portland (they were previously in the Southwest Hills area). I have been meaning to do a story on them, but I noticed Bicycle Retailer & Industry News Magazine had a story on them today:
Showers Pass Moves, Boosts Management
PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN) — Showers Pass, […]

The Short Track course is long on fun.More photos here(Photos © J. Maus)

Mountain bikers will be the main event at Portland International Raceway (PIR) tonight when the Mountain Bike Short Track Series kicks off. The series will continue each of the next six Mondays through the end of July.
Organizer Kris Schamp says given […]

[Updated 6/23, 10:10am: I’ve updated this story with video coverage. Watch it below.]

Babes on Bryant Street and not a care in the world.Photo Gallery(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland’s first-ever experiment with a large-scale carfree event was a rousing success.
Sunday Parkways transformed the streets and parks of North Portland into a six-mile community block party. […]

Photo GalleryVideo below(Photos © J. Maus)

It’s like Critical Mass without the attitude or the age.
Portland’s first Kidical Mass ride (an import from Eugene) was a big success tonight. About 40 people (and about half were little ones!) showed up for a short loop through downtown.
Ride organizer Angela Koch, the Safe Routes to Schools director […]

Rendering from PBAC memo: “Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee Recommended Pathway on West Side of West Replacement Bridge (Looking North)”

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC, see list of members below) for the Columbia River Crossing project has released a 13-page memo that outlines their recommendations related to bridge design options and details their requirements […]

Sunday Parkways route map.Larger version

Sunday Parkways — the City of Portland’s first-ever, large-scale carfree event — is all set for this Sunday (6/22) from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.
PDOT’s Transportation Options division first unveiled their plans for the event nearly one year ago. Since then, they’ve executed a comprehensive and strategic plan to make […]

Rollin’ on the Esplanade.(Photos © J. Maus)

Yesterday, after the final day of programs at the Carfree Conference, I took a ride on the riverfront with Gil Penalosa (we were joined by Ian Stude, transportation options coordinator at Portland State University).
Penalosa was Bogota, Colombia’s parks commissioner when that city underwent a massive urban transformation and he […]

Bicycling Magazine and Shimano have teamed up once again on their BikeTown program.
Portland is one of five U.S. cities chosen to participate and yesterday was the kickoff of the event at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland.
At the event, 30 Portlanders who won an essay contest were presented with their new Trek Lime […]

“I seriously disagree with… taking an entire neighborhood and denying them the use of their cars, which I think is an evil thing to do to people, even if just for one Sunday.”–talk show host Lars Larson

On the opening day of the Towards Carfree Cities Conference, right-wing talk radio personality Lars Larson invited Meghan Sinnott, […]