Weekend Event Guide
A ‘cross racer dressed up like a swamp monster riding through a huge wall of bubbly foam: It must be SSCXWC.(Photos © J. Maus) Better late than never, here are your weekend bike events!
Elly Blue (Columnist)
BikePortland Articles by Elly Blue (Columnist)
Vestments and bike bells: Bicycle Shrine dedicated in Portland last night
Blessing the bikes. (Photo © Elly Blue) A bagpiper stood outside welcoming the world into St Stephen’s Episcopal Parish at SW 13th and Clay last night for the dedication of the church’s new bicycle shrine. Inside, Halley Weaver played the harp; her bike and the custom trailer she uses to haul the instrument was parked … Read more
The research is in: You’re safer in the bike lane (or bike boulevard, or cycle track)
“Results to date suggest that sidewalks and multi-use trails pose the highest risk… and the presence of bicycle facilities (e.g. on-road bike routes, on-road marked bike lanes, and off-road bike paths) was associated with the lowest risk.” There’s a constant chorus — sometimes soft, sometimes overpoweringly loud — in every conversation about bike infrastructure in … Read more
One woman killed, another critically injured at SE Foster and 80th (Updated)
Map of location. Two women who were crossing SE Foster Blvd at 80th Ave on foot last night were struck by a car. One woman, 23 year old Lindsay Leonard, died on the scene. The other, 29 23 year old Jessica Finlay, is in critical condition. According to the Oregon State Police, the women were … Read more
The Monday Roundup
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week. – On Tuesday, a cable on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge snapped. The bridge and its approaches have been closed since, resulting in transportation difficulties and rare photos of huge swathes of urban freeway completely empty of cars. – In the midst of a mayoral election in … Read more
Is our bike scene too white? Local non-profit tackles the issue
“The people riding and making decisions about bicycles is a white, middle class group.” — Alison Hill Graves, Community Cycling Center The staff at Community Cycling Center, a 15 year old Portland-based nonprofit that aims to increase access to bicycling, has been doing some soul searching in the last few years. In the process, community … Read more
Behind the Monday Roundup: Where we get our transpo news
A question we get a lot here at BikePortland is “Where do you get all your story ideas?”. Most of our sources are top secret and will stay that way (just kidding, sort of), but here’s a rundown of a few of the places I go to gather tips for our weekly Monday Roundup post … Read more
Weekend Event Guide
The crowd at the 2007 Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show.(Photo © J. Maus). It’s going to rain, it’s going to be cold, and it’s going to be Halloween. There are plenty of opportunities to get into the spirit, costumed or otherwise. Want to ride into the dawn in celebration of bike fun? Move an antique bedroom … Read more
Halloween is the time to celebrate bike fun (or mourn it)
Gabe Tiller and his coffin bike.(Photos © J. Maus) They say that Portland’s Critical Mass is dead. Now they’re saying that the days of bike fun are numbered. If that’s true, Jacque Authier intends to send it out with a bang (and maybe resuscitate it in the process). She’s announced the Halloween Procession for Poor, … Read more
I-205 path update: Lighting project almost done and a study to make it better
Looking north towards SE Division from I-205 path.(Photos © J. Maus) TriMet is close to completion of their $3.8 million, stimulus-funded project to add lighting and other improvements to a seven-mile stretch of the I-205 multi-use path. The path is also the subject of an online survey and study being conducted by the Oregon Department … Read more
The Monday Roundup
Streetcar funding, ciclovias, contraflow cycle tracks, carrots and sticks, cycle speed bumps, pro-bike Republicans, anti-bike bloggers, a bike hearse, and rude drivers – The National Resource Council has released results from a study conducted in 2005 on costs stemming from health effects of manufacturing cars and burning fuel. The result: $56 billion. – The NY … Read more
Weekend Open Thread
Fall colors and back roads. (Photo © J. Maus) What are you doing this weekend? Rain, fog, or shine, check out our weekend event guide, lube up your chain, and let us know what you end up doing.