A night on the ‘East Buttes’
Last night I learned the buttes overlooking east Portland are full of hidden gems that are much easier to appreciate with an experienced guide.
Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
BikePortland Articles by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
Jobs of the Week: Stages Indoor Cycling and Speedvagen/The Vanilla Workshop
Looking for a new place to spread you cycling wings? We’ve got five great job opportunities that just went up this week. Learn more about each one via the links below… –> Speedvagen Customer Service – Speedvagen / The Vanilla Workshop –> Customer Service Representative – Stages Indoor Cycling
Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is very skeptical of congestion pricing
It’s not easy to make an Oregon Department of Transportation official sound like a progressive on any transportation issue; but that’s exactly what U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio did at a House Transportation Committee hearing in Washington D.C. yesterday where the veteran lawmaker’s skepticism around congestion pricing was on full display.
Weekend Event Guide: Crater Lake carfree, Tracklocross, bike town hall, and more
All the events fit to print.
PBOT shares progress report on 2030 bike plan
The five-year progress report for the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 is five years overdue. That seems like a fitting allegory for the general lack of urgency and institutional respect for cycling in Portland city government right now. At last night’s meeting of the PBOT Bicycle Advisory Committee, city bicycle coordinator Roger Geller unveiled a … Read more
Oregon Transportation Commission offers Kris Strickler job as next ODOT Director
Strickler was formerly in charge of the Columbia River Crossing project.
Portland radio show hosts: ‘Jerk bikers’ deserve ‘clothesline wire’ for riding through parking lot
A trio of local sports radio show hosts has posted a video where they talk about how they’d like to seriously injure “jerk bikers.” The two men in the video are Isaac Ropp and Jason “Big Suke” Scukanec, hosts of Primetime with Isaac & Suke, which the station bills as, “Portland’s most popular sports talk … Read more
County seeks feedback on future Burnside Bridge design
Cross section proposals.
The Monday Roundup: Untokenizing, emissions omissions, De Blasio’s blunder, and more
This week’s roundup is brought to you by Harvest Century, the last major organized ride of the season which comes to the beautiful roads of rural Washington County on September 22nd.
With eye on Portland-area freeway expansions, ODOT announces new “Mega Projects” office
While some say we should rip out highways, the State of Oregon is poised to make them bigger.
‘Truck Trike’ maker seeks new partner for licensing and production
Know someone who can make these things?