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Last year, the Lloyd Bikettes madetheir debut on Bike to Work Day.(Photos © J. Maus) Today is Bike to Work Day! Here in Portland, the day isn’t met with the same kind of fanfare as in some other cities (where the idea of biking is much more of a novelty). But even so, there’s at … Read more
Looking east on Prescott. Green paint in foreground marks where bike came to rest.(Photo: Elly Blue) This evening around 5:30 pm, a 36-year old man on a bicycle was fatally wounded when he attempted to cross NE Prescott Street at NE 57th (view map below). According to investigators, Sandy Bass Jr. was headed north on … Read more
Performance will open at SW 18th and Alder this weekend.Google Street View) Performance Bicycle, Inc., the nation’s largest chain of retail bike shops and a juggernaut in the industry with their online and catalog sales, will have a grand opening for their new downtown Portland store this weekend. As we reported back in February, Performance … Read more
Markings on the Hawthorne.(Photos © J. Maus) So far, in our coverage of the Hawthorne Bridge Crash, we’ve heard from an eyewitness and the two people who collided. We’ve also discussed both infrastructure and behavior-based solutions. But one important party to this issue has been left out: pedestrians. It’s hard to determine what exactly caused … Read more
Riders on a multi-day trip near Champoeg State Park.(Photo: Matt Picio/CycleWild) The State of Oregon’s “Scenic Bikeway” program has taken a nice step forward. This week, the State’s Bicycle Recreation Coordinator, Alexandra Phillips, unveiled a website that features detailed maps and route information on the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway. The Willamette Valley route is the … Read more
Download the study here. Portland-based Upstream Public Health has just released an important new statewide study that draws a clear connection between transportation policy decisions and people’s health. The study — Oregon’s first-ever statewide Health Impact Assessment (HIA) — was commissioned by Upstream and funded by the Northwest Health Foundation. Upstream collaborated with Oregon Health … Read more
Reader Jimmy C. tells us that local custom frame builder Rob Tsunehiro of Tsunehiro Cycles has bikes on display at Legare’s (1532 SE Clinton St.). They’ll be there through the end of this month. If the event flyer below is any indication, this is something worth taking a look at….
City Traffic Engineer Rob Burchfield presented the new cycle track tothe bike advisory committeeat City Hall last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Last month, when Mayor Adams and the Bureau of Transportation announced the new, cycle track pilot project on SW Broadway, many people in the community were excited. The removal of an entire lane of … Read more
Ryan Hashagen, owner of Portland Cascadia Pedicabs.(Photos © J. Maus) -Video below- Today in City Council chambers, Commissioner Dan Saltzman proposed an amendment to the City of Portland’s proposed changes to the Private For Hire code. The amendment, which passed unanimously, will create an ad-hoc committee to address the issue of how the City regulates … Read more
Shop owner Reggie Dean helps a customer diagnose a wheel problem.–More photos–(Photos © J. Maus) Reggie Dean’s bicycle career has taken him all over the country. Now, with the opening of Lucky 13 Bikes at 5020 SE Division, he hopes to finally settle down. The 38-year old bike industry veteran has worked as a bike … Read more
This just in, from the Office of U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer: Tomorrow, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Co-Chair of the Congressional Bike Caucus, will join with fellow Caucus members for the Congressional Cycling Fair. In honor of National Bike to Work Week and to show their support of bike issues and bike to work opportunities on … Read more
Approaching the Hawthorne Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus) Since last Thursday, readers have left nearly 500 comments on our stories about a horrific crash on the Hawthorne Bridge between two bike riders. The discussion has revolved around who’s at fault, the design of the sidewalk/path (it’s still unclear what it is, technically), how people should behave … Read more