4/25: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. See this post for the latest update. I'll work as I can and I'm improving every day! Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Ton Daggers (in blue shirt) had a great time at Sunday Parkways.(Photo © J. Maus) Metro will host a presentation today titled, “Active Transportation in The Netherlands and South America”. The event will feature visiting experts Ruud Ditewag and Ton Daggers. Mr. Ditewig is the current Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Utrecht, Netherlands (which … Read more
We need more like him.(Photo © J. Maus) This week, Portland is playing host to the Safe Routes to School National Conference. The event is hosted by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and they report that over 500 attendees have registered. Attendees include biking and walking advocates, health care providers, city planners, transportation experts and … Read more
Bikes for sale at A Better Cycleon SE Division.(Photo © J. Maus) An article published Monday in the popular New York Times blog, Freakonomics, claims that used bikes in Portland are overpriced. In, Bicycle Inflation in Paradise, reporter Robin Goldstein sets out to buy a used bike during a recent visit to Portland and then … Read more
Electra’s new “Ticino”.
The Tour de Fat parade is always full of fun.-Slideshow below/Gallery–(Photos © J. Maus) New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat rolled through Portland on Saturday. The event has been coming to town since 2003 and somehow, it just keeps getting better. Maybe it’s the huge bike parade that always attracts a high percentage of freak/art … Read more
Portland Opera has found another way to tap into the local bike scene. Back in May, we brought you the story of how they actively encourage visiting Opera stars to borrow bikes while they’re in town. Now, they plan to bring the Opera directly to the bikeways with a new event they call Bikes, Bohème, … Read more
Edwin Skaug stands inside his new store.(Photos © J. Maus) When 30-year-old Edwin Skaug realized convenience stores aren’t exactly convenient for people who ride bikes (they typically lack bike parking and they don’t sell any bike essentials), he figured he’d open one up that was. The result is his new business — A Convenient Cycle.
Oh, the things people will do when they can play in the streets. Jumping over a kiddie pool at SE 47th and Taylor.-Slideshow below/Gallery–(Photos © J. Maus) Southeast Portland received the gift of Sunday Parkways today. And — like they have in the previous two events this summer — people turned out in droves to … Read more
As we mentioned last week, tomorrow’s Sunday Parkways will be made all the bike fest-ier this time around because the Ginger Ninjas and their Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Tour are in town. We just heard details from the band on where the performances will happen throughout the day. There will be five locations where various … Read more
Burgerville: Fresh, Local, Sustainable… and now bike-able! Chalk it up as another big win for citizen activism. Portland writer and self-described “family biking evangelist” Sarah Gilbert’s account of being denied service in the drive-thru of a local Burgerville restaurant while on her bicycle (which was then picked up by local media and Twittered all over … Read more
“… bridge planners must examine the bicycle-pedestrian plans very closely to see how costs could be shaved… The core purpose of the project has been and, we predict, will remain getting trains, cars and trucks across the river more quickly.” The Oregonian Editorial Board published an editorial piece today that calls the funding of a … Read more
On Tuesday, we shared the story of a local bike shop that created its own, Portland-style version of the Obama Administration’s Cash for Clunkers program. In a nutshell, Southeast Portland’s Joe Bike will accept an old, clunker bike, donate it to charity, and then give customers a discount on purchase of a new bike. Now, … Read more