🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
The first BikePortland social in 2008(Photo © J. Maus) What is the state of bicycle advocacy in the nation’s most bicycle-friendly city? Join us this Thursday for an informal discussion of just that. Come talk and learn about recent staffing shake-ups at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, the Community Cycling Center’s efforts to reach out to … Read more
Hit and run on a bike; bike laws (pro- and anti-); how to save the bus system; high speed rail; seat belts on the motorcoach; Rosa Parks revisited; the art of bike safety Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Prominent medical journal The Lancet has published a study that includes a … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Over one third of US young people between the ages of 17 and 24 are unfit for military service — primarily due to obesity and poor health. – The Netherlands may soon become the first European country to charge a kilometer tax (with higher fees … Read more
[This story was co-written by Elly Blue and Jonathan Maus] Scott Bricker(Photos © J. Maus) Last week the Board of Directors of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) — Oregon’s largest bicycle advocacy organization — fired Scott Bricker after he served just two years as the organization’s executive director. “What’s going on down there?” we were … Read more
It’s time to gear up and hunker down — this weekend, take a ride to a nice, warm, indoor location. Build up your repair and riding skills, learn to make informed investments in winter gear, or have a warm drink while enthusiastically debating the big picture. Or take the opportunities below to just head out … Read more
A little something to fight the chill.(Photo © J. Maus) BikeCraft V is right around the corner. The daylong affair on Saturday, December 5 from 10am to 5pm, will be an unprecedented gathering of bike-themed, Portland-made arts and crafts. Since we announced the event, we’ve had over 35 crafters sign up to participate, including old … Read more
Here’s the word on PSU Cycling’s new website: The launch of PSU Cycling’s next generation website is pretty cool for a number of reasons: a new design and re-branding of PSU Cycling, community-building features for members, officer tools, and a powerful and extensible back end. These add up to what PSU Cycling believes is the … Read more
From the Bicycle Transportation Alliance: Let’s keep our friends biking safely, comfortably, and happily through the winter months; I know it’s a big part of what keeps me physically and emotionally healthy through Portland’s winters. . . Here are three free opportunities next week for folks who’d like to learn more about year-round biking skills, … Read more
Portland-based Blind Pilot, shown here playing at KBOO studios, is hitting the big time.(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – The US government is crossing bureaucratic boundaries to create policies (and funding) aimed at creating complete streets around transit hubs. – After a tight race, Mike McGinn, who … Read more
Party with Metropolis to celebrate their first year of business!(Photo © J. Maus) We’ve been wondering when the bike event season would start winding down, and with only three events popping out at us on the calendar this weekend, it looks like it might finally be happening. Not that you’re off the hook — there’s … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Warren Buffett has made his largest investment ever: $34 billion to purchase the BNSF rail company. He eloquently praises the promise of rail freight transportation, calls the move “a bet on the country.” – An interesting article about how politically progressive inner cities are primarily … Read more
Raingear comes in all styles, forms — and budgets. (Photo © J. Maus) Now that the rain has arrived in earnest, it’s time to get the daily wet weather riding routine down pat. For many of us, that isn’t going to include shopping for a new, name brand rain jacket and pants, fancy washable wool, … Read more