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This could be yours for $20.(Photos: NW Trail Alliance) One very special mountain bike could be worth $15,000 to a local non-profit. The Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA) is raffling off a custom bike in order to raise money for their trail work projects and ongoing advocacy to improve off-road bicycling access and conditions throughout the … Read more
Shoulder on Oregon Coast Route north of Gold Beach after an ODOT repaving job.(Photo: Sent in by reader) As we reported on Friday, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has repaved many miles of state highways in a way that shows complete disregard for bicycling and creates unsafe conditions on some of Oregon’s premier bicycle … Read more
Reddit user “SpanishMoles” shows off the damage. A man who was bicycling down Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in northeast Portland on Sunday was allegedly the victim of an assault. After he posted a photo of his injuries to user-powered news site Reddit, a community of strangers has started donating money to help rehabilitate his … Read more
The Vermont St. Bridge on SW Barbur Blvd.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) For months now, the Oregon Department of Transportation has been reluctant to embrace the idea of re-allocating space on SW Barbur Blvd in order to improve traffic safety for all users. ODOT sees the road as a major arterial highway that must move as … Read more
Always a good time at Sunday Parkways southeast.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s going to be a gorgeous weekend here in Portland. In order to point you in the direction of some good bikey fun, here are three big events you won’t want to miss. Portland Design Works Turns Five Hooray for this great local company. … Read more
ODOT failed to extend a new layer of pavement into the bicycle riding area of a long stretch of Highway 101.(Photo: Jeff Smith) A recent repaving job by the Oregon Department of Transportation on the popular Oregon Coast Bike Route on Highway 101 between Yachats and Florence has raised eyebrows among veteran bike tourers, transportation … Read more
CCC CEO Mychal Tetteh. The non-profit Community Cycling Center has announced that Mychal Tetteh will be their new CEO. Tetteh takes over from former executive director Alison Graves, who left the organization back in March. Tetteh is a familiar face in the community and at the Community Cycling Center. He worked at the CCC for … Read more
Three great job opportunities have been posted to our Job Listings this week. Check out more details via the links below… Sales/Mechanic – Seven Corners Cycles! Membership Growth and Rides Coordinator – Cascade Bicycle Club SoupCycler Extraordinaire – SoupCycle
Portland Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick wants to hear from “suburban car commuters” before proposing a road diet on SW Barbur Blvd.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) After yet another tragedy on SW Barbur Blvd last week, people are once again trying to push officials to make it safer. So far, most of the attention has been focused … Read more
A photo shared on Twitter the other day by London-based bicycling advocate and blogger Mark Treasure threw the differences between us and the Dutch into stark relief. Mark pointed out how road designers in Utrecht (in the Netherlands) handled a situation where a road and its bicycle paths went under an overpass. The photo showed … Read more
New and smooth.(Photos: Joe Hamilton) Thanks to a newly built undercrossing of SE Division, people on bikes have one less stop to make while riding on the I-205 path. ODOT put the finishing touches on their $750,000 I-205 Shared-Use Path Division Undercrossing Project earlier this month and they’re hosting a “celebratory gathering” this morning to … Read more
This just in from the PPB: PORTLAND POLICE DONATING BICYCLES FOR WEST AFRICAN VILLAGES On Thursday August 22, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., the Portland Police Bureau will be donating approximately 100 bicycles to Alaffia’s Bicycles for Education Project. This event will be held at and in partnership with Whole Foods Market Hollywood, located at 4301 … Read more