Last Friday, City Commissioner Sam Adams told the Portland Tribune that he has decided to not refer his Safe Sound and Green Streets transportation funding initiative to voters. Instead of including the proposal in the May primary elections, Adams will seek approval directly from City Council in January.
The funding proposal includes new street maintenance […]

[*Updated 12/19, 9:42 am]
Wednesday night at 6:00pm, (*NOTE: This Council session has been rescheduled) City Commissioner Sam Adams will present a resolution and report about bike safety to City Council that outlines “initial City policy improvements and engineering enhancements undertaken to increase bicycle safety in response to recent bicyclist fatalities.”
The document includes a resolution, a […]

Flashing lights when a bike is present.(Photo: Zakkaliciousness)

From Cycleliciousness (the “Copenhagen Bicycle Culture Blog”), comes word of two interesting bike safety measures.
Given that we are in the midst of making some major bike safety improvements at dangerous intersections, I thought it might be useful to take a look at new technology being considered […]

[Updated: 12/11, 11:01pm (see below)]

Location of assault Google Map link

At 7:45 yesterday morning (12/10) a woman on a bicycle was thrown to the ground by a man in a car as she pedaled to work on NE Emerson Street and 35th Place (near New Seasons Market).
The man then stopped his car, robbed her, […]

In light of our tragic October, many folks wondered how we could do a better job educating bicyclists about how to ride more defensively.
Below is a notice about some training courses by the League of American Bicyclists that are being offered in Eugene in February:

League of American Bicyclists Instructor Certification Courses Coming to Eugene
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Help bring […]

“We want to take a leadership role with this, and we hope that other bureaus and divisions in the city take note.”–Jeff Guard, risk specialist with the Portland Water Bureau

As part of a proactive effort to increase bike safety around their Interstate facility, The City of Portland’s Water Bureau will issue a mandate to employees […]

Goodbye blue…hello green?

Even though funding has now been approved and the political will exists to move forward, the Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) still has a few wrinkles to iron out before installation begins on colored bike boxes and bike lanes that are slated for 14 dangerous intersections around the city.
PDOT is currently researching two […]

Draft engineering drawing of the intersection where Tracey Sparling was killed.

Last night, as part of a nearly $6 million surplus budget allocation process, Portland’s City Council approved $200,000 to fund bike safety improvements at 14 intersections.
These improvements include new, colored bike boxes and bike lanes at intersections found to be dangerous and in need of […]

Download report here (PDF).

The City of Portland Auditor’s Office has released its seventeenth annual Resident and Business Surveys. The lengthy survey includes an assessment of all City services, including the Office of Transportation.
The results show a 1% increase in bike commute mode share over last year and a major dip in the perception […]

Print this coupon and save some cash on a new light!

As part of their See & Be Seen safety campaign, the City of Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) wants to encourage more bicycle riders to use lights.
In addition to a marketing campaign and special events, now they’ve got a bike light coupon program that […]

(Photo courtesy PDOT)

The City of Portland’s new “I brake for people” pedestrian safety campaign is off and running (or should I say walking).
The graphic and slogan can been seen around town on bus, MAX train, and bus bench ads. In addition are a series of 15 second sound bites running after traffic reports on […]

(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

A story in the Portland Tribune today, Fall bounty piles on problems, profiles a Laurelhurst couple who are concerned that leaf piles in their neighborhood might “someday cost a bicyclist or a pedestrian or a motorist his life.”
At issue are huge piles of leaves raked into the street by homeowners. They […]

Thought I’d share the latest bike safety marketing campaign from those creative and innovative advocates in San Francisco.
A reader passed along this series of ad graphics which touch on several recurring issues we’ve been discussing a lot lately here in Portland like: blind spots, crossing streetcar tracks, using lights at night, and respecting bike lanes. […]

A Chris King wheelset (Mr. King is in the green shirt).(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Last week, the Bike Gallery announced the formation of a bike safety fund as a memorial to Brett Jarolimek.
Barb Grover, who’s managing the fund, says donations from the community have already begun to roll in. She was particularly excited about a […]

The “Enforcement” slide from a presentation by PDOT at last night’s bike safety forum.View entire presentation here

Last night in the Portland Building, Commissioner Adams and his Bike Safety Committee heard public testimony on bike safety issues and gave a presentation titled “Bike Safety in Portland” (view presentation).
From all reports (I was not able to attend […]

Here’s a sneak peek at a new public service announcement made to go along with PDOT’s “See & Be Seen” campaign.
The short and sweet film (a love story about visibility) was created (and donated to PDOT) by filmmaker Savannah Teller Brown of Teller Films. It will debut tomorrow at PDOT’s monthly Bicycle Brown Bag presentation […]

Matthew Machado of PDOT traffic operations.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

At last night’s meeting of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee, PDOT unveiled their initial concepts for adding new bike boxes and blue bike lanes to fourteen Portland intersections.
Commissioner Adams dropped in on the meeting and said he wants to move “quickly but prudently” and hopes to have […]