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RIDE TO THE WATERFRONT (PORTLAND BY CYCLE RIDE) Laurelhurst Park, SE 37th Ave and Oak St 6:00pm – 8:00pm from PDOT’s Portland By Cycle program: Enjoy a balmy summer evening along the Willamette – heaven! Helmets required. Timo Forsberg, timothy.forsberg at pdxtrans daht oh are gee, www.GettingAroundPortland.org/, 503-823-7699
One of my photos from an exhibition that will open Thursday night at The Breeze Block Gallery. I hope you haven’t made plans for this Thursday night. Besides the usual fun of Last Thursday on Alberta, this month’s event will be officially carfree (more on that later). But if that’s not enough to get out … Read more
There will be a special bike art show and a performance by the Sprockettes at Last Thursday this week. The bike art and performance (flyer below) will be at the Breeze Block (1011 NE Alberta, also home to the Bye and Bye). And did I mention… no cars!
The stretch of SE Clinton where the incident occurred.(Photo © J. Maus) Johnny Eschweiler, the man who intentionally drove his car into Ben Ramsdell as he biked down SE Clinton Street nearly one year ago, has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Escweiler was initially charged with three counts of Assault … Read more
Today on NPR’s Talk of the Nation program, San Francisco bike plan critic Rob Anderson — whose opposition earned him coverage in the Wall Street Journal last week — will debate the merits of his positions against Noah Budnick from NYC-based advocacy group Transportation Alternatives. The show starts at 12 noon P.S.T. — Read more … Read more
Thief surveys his target.See more photos below.(Photos: PDOT) Central Precinct officers are on the lookout for a suit-wearing thief that nabbed an unsecured bike from the racks in front of the City of Portland Office of Transportation’s headquarters in downtown Portland (1120 SW 5th, across the street from City Hall). The theft occurred around 2:00pm … Read more
The 2nd annual Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC) have opened for registration. The event is scheduled for November 8-9 and will take somewhere in or near Portland (awaiting confirmation of exact location). Dani Dance of the Portland Single Speed Collective and an employee at Portland-based River City Bicycles is the woman behind the race. … Read more
PSU Pres. Wim Wievel (L) and Commissioner Sam Adams after their ride into work this morning.(Photos © J. Maus) Newly hired Portland State University President Wim Wievel (say “Vim Vee-vul”) got an up-close look at what 2,000 of PSU’s students, faculty and staff experience every morning — a commute by bike. Wievel, 57, rode approximately … Read more
13 year-old Leo Westwind, just minutes after getting his new bike.(Photos © J. Maus) A very tough year for 13 year-old Leo Westwind was made a bit brighter on Friday. Leo suffers from a genetic liver ailment known as Alagille Syndrome and last winter his condition worsened severely. In December, his mom Kyrstin (owner of … Read more
Riders cross a bridge on the Springwater Corridor Trail during Sunday’s Portland Century ride.(Photo: Bob Crispin) In just its third year, the Portland Century seems to have found its sweet spot. Ride organizer Ayleen Crotty with Good Sport Promotion says they’re still going through the paperwork from Sunday’s ride but initial estimates put the number … Read more
A reader (thanks Dan K.!) sent in this photo of a billboard in Eugene. The billboard touts Dodge’s new Journey model and an image of the vehicle is next to the word, “Gasolean” and the phrase, “Best in Class MPG”. Underneath that phrase a graffiti artist has painted an arrow that leads to a bicycle. … Read more
News Release from: Oregon State Police This incident does not involve anyone on a bike, but since it has to does with another vulnerable roadway user group (runners), I thought it might be worth noting. Below is the statement from the Oregon State Police (emphasis mine):