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
Like carfree streets filled withpedal-powered music? Come out to Sunday Parkways this weekend.(Photo © J. Maus) There’s a lot of buzz around town for the City of Portland’s third Sunday Parkways event this weekend. PBOT and scores of volunteers will create a nine-mile, people-powered festival through Southeast Portland that is sure to draw thousands to … Read more
The Oregonian is reporting that 31-year old Kevin Stevenson is in serious condition after a traffic altercation resulted in him being dragged 150 feet by a vehicle near NE Couch Street and Sandy Blvd. We have not confirmed any details of the story with the Portland Police Bureau, but according to The Oregonian the incident … Read more
From the Kalkhoff USA website. In the latest sign that e-bikes are becoming more mainstream, a new retail bike shop is set to open soon in the Pearl District. According to sources, a company named Greenlight LLC will open the shop. They are the U.S. distributors of Kalkhoff Bikes, a German brand that has been … Read more
Tonight’s screening of the new movie, Freedom Riders, has local off-road riding advocates pumped up. The movie — which creators call “the Dogtown and Z Boys’ of mountain biking — chronicles the eight-year journey of a group of mountain bikers in Wyoming who established the first network of freeride trails in the lower 48 states … Read more
Joe Scalise is a bike patrol officer in Charlotte, NC and the training coordinator for LEBA. (Photos © J. Maus) If the streets feel a bit safer this week, it’s because Portland is playing host to a Law Enforcement Bicycle Association (LEBA) training conference. The Portland Police Bureau is hosting LEBA for one of their … Read more
Well-known Portland activist Bonnie Tinker died after colliding with a dump truck on the campus of Virginia Tech last month. From initial reports, it seemed she was victim of a right-hook, but according a story published today by The Roanoke Times, Tinker lost control of her bike prior to the right turn. Here’s an excerpt … Read more
PBOT Drawing of new streetscape on Burnside. Portland Mayor Sam Adams and a host of dignitaries and bureaucrats held a groundbreaking ceremony for the East Burnside-Couch couplet project yesterday. The $17.8 million project will transform the streetscape of Burnside and Couch by turning them into one-ways, adding traffic signals, bike lanes, trees, curb extensions, and … Read more
Riders on Williams could get a wider bike lane with new city funding.(Photo © J. Maus) City planners are working to determine which projects should be funded with the new, $500,000 “Affordable Transporation Fund” included in Mayor Adam’s budget. The money — which is to be dedicated specifically to bikeway network improvements — became available … Read more
Over the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you bits and pieces of Portland’s forthcoming Bicycle Master Plan for 2030. The plan is being updated for the first time since 1995 and it will contain many important bicycle policy guidelines (and more) that will eventually be folded into Portland’s Transportation System Plan. The plan is … Read more
Parks advocate and Gateway Green project backer Linda Robinson outside City Council Chambers this morning.(Photos © J. Maus) The Gateway Green project has taken a major step forward. Friends of Gateway Green — the non-profit group working to convert an ODOT-owned, 35-acre parcel between I-205 and I-84 into a bicycle recreation area — has announced … Read more
Velodrome backer Steve Brown and Jay Isaac with the Trail Blazers see potential for a velodrome at this location.–Google Map here–
Still from Performance.(Watch it below) Local road racers Robin Moore and Jake Salcone have put together a hilarious music video called Performance that skewers the fashion and behavior of roadies and fixed gear riders. The video is set in Portland and the song contains some stinging lines about fashion-conscious fixed gear riders by a roadie … Read more