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My low-budget re-creation of this morning’s collision at SW Bertha and B-H Hwy. (Bike = green, car = blue.) 28-year old Jessie Belter suffered a broken leg when she was struck by someone driving a car as she rode in the bike lane on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway this morning. According to the Portland Police Bureau, the … Read more
Oregon State Police survey the scene. Dayley’s bike can be seen in the upper right. 65-year old Camas, Washington resident Steven Dayley was bicycling along the same route as the Reach the Beach ride on Saturday when he was struck from behind by a man driving a pickup. Dayley died from his injuries later that … Read more
A bicycle counter similar to this one will be installed on the Hawthorne Bridge later this summer.(Photo: Eco-Counter) At long last, Portland is set to install an electronic bicycle counter. The new tool, which will be placed on the Hawthorne Bridge, will provide a daily and annual, ongoing count of the number of people who … Read more
Back on top where we belong. Bicycling Magazine has just released their 2012 Bike-Friendly Cities rankings and Portland sits atop the heap once again. Portland was ranked #2 in 2010, which was the last time the rankings came out. Prior to that Portland had earned the top spot every year since 1995. Our defeat to … Read more
The corner of SW 3rd and Madison filled with people who came together to remember Wednesday’s tragedy.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
The BTA wants to make guards like these (installed on Water Bureau trucks in 2008 in response to a fatal collision) mandatory.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland With the death of Kathryn Rickson still fresh on the minds of many (the community will gather at the intersection tonight at 5:30 pm), there is already a strong chorus … Read more
Detail from PBOT drawings of proposed changes on NE Multnomah St.
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley at a Bike to Work Day event this morning.(Photo: Jeff Merkley’s office)
Castelli will donate $60 dollars to OBRA for every one of these jerseys they sell (price is $100). The Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) is just about $5,000 short of meeting their goal for the first phase of a fundraising effort to replace the pock-marked and cracking concrete surfaces on the venerable Alpenrose Velodrome in … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland Mayor Sam Adams just issued a statement about last night’s fatal collision on SW 3rd and Madison. Adams’ office has posted the statement on his blog, under the headline: Statement from Mayor Sam Adams on Bicycle Accident at SW 3rd and Madison. Here it is: Last night, a terrible tragedy … Read more
Bike Walk Vote excited an active (transportation) base of Portland voters.(Photo © J. Maus) Tuesday night’s elections were full of good news for Portland’s re-energized Bike Walk Vote political action committee. After being founded in 2004, then lying dormant for several years following the 2008 elections, Bike Walk Vote came roaring back last winter. Boasting … Read more
Most of N. Williams Ave will be converted into this cross-section.(Graphics: Fat Pencil Studios) Finally. This Saturday (5/19), PBOT will host the final open house for their North Williams Ave Traffic Operations Safety Project. As we shared back in March, after 13 months of public process, a citizen committee finally made a decision last month … Read more