Undeterred.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland was pelted with a serious storm this weekend. High winds and heavy rainfall lasted throughout all of Saturday and Sunday and while forecasters say the worst is over, this morning’s commute was far from a cakewalk. But like always when the weather turns tough, there are still a lot of … Read more
Two women and big bike adventure… in 1944! Welcome to Monday! News Editor Michael Andersen is back after his week-long bike tour and we’ve got some great stories planned for this week. For now, check out the best stories we came across last week… – The Lure of the Open Road is a fantastic bike … Read more
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) A big rain storm cancelled many events around Portland today, but not the sixth annual Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show. Inside the Sandbox Studio on NE 9th, dozens of exhibitors showed off their finest creations to an appreciative crowd. While the show seemed a bit smaller than past years (both in the … Read more
Barry Glassner istired of waiting.(Photo: Lewis & Clark) One month after a Lewis and Clark College student was seriously injured in a collision on SW Barbur Blvd, the president of that institution is calling on the City of Portland, Metro, and the Oregon Department of Transportation to take immediate actions that will lead to better … Read more
“The big lesson here is, we don’t need massive and costly road capital projects.”— Governor Kitzhaber in 1997 after a 6-day closure of the I-5 bridge didn’t result in the massive traffic jams everyone predicted. The effort to resurrect the Columbia River Crossing project is making our heads spin. While citizen activists and non-profit groups … Read more
New Seasons on Williams Ave has gear lockers for bike riding customers.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) One of the advantages cars have over (most) bicycles is a secure, dry, roomy place to easily stash stuff. Take a look at the inside of most people’s cars and you’ll see all sorts of essential and random things in … Read more
A scene from a wet Sunday Parkways in northeast Portland in 2011.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation has just announced that they’ve cancelled Sunday Parkways due to the severe weather forecasted for this weekend. The event was scheduled for Sunday and this is first time Sunday Parkways been called off since the … Read more
New research delves into the Williams project process and why it turned into such a controversy.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s been over two years now since the issue of racism and gentrification became part of PBOT’s North Williams Avenue traffic safety project. As the public process for that project morphed into a citywide dialogue about … Read more
SW 26th Ave is not a nice place to walk. The bad news is that the Portland Police responded to yet another collision on SW Barbur Blvd this morning. The good news* is that help is on the way — in the form of a recently awarded, $1.8 million state grant — to add safer … Read more
The Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) at Portland State University continued to raise its national profile with today’s announcement of a $2.83 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. This grant comes on the heels of a $3.5 million federal grant awarded in January 2012 that solidified PSU’s role as one of … Read more
Bicycle riders make up about 20% of the average daily traffic on the Hawthorne Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
