Inside the new River City Bicycles Outlet store
Open for business New logo and wooden sign.– Gallery –(Photos © J. Maus)
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BikePortland Articles by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
Eugene advocate pushes residential bike parking corrals
Demonstration of a residential bike corral in Eugene by Paul Adkins.(Photo: Paul Adkins) A Eugene resident has submitted a proposal to the City of Eugene to install on-street, residential bike parking corrals. On-street bike corrals are common in Portland, but we’ve yet to extend the idea into residential areas. Noted bike advocate Paul Adkins and … Read more
Advisory: Weidler bikeway closed for a month for streetcar work
Below is the latest streetcar construction advisory from PBOT. Note that the bicycle vehicle lane on NE Weidler will be closed and if you are on a bike you will be directed into adjacent lanes… Streetcar work narrows NE Weidler in Lloyd District next week The Portland Bureau of Transportation announced that NE Weidler would … Read more
Two more Portlanders will add their voices to League of American Bicyclists Board
Alison Hill Graves(Photo © J. Maus) Steve Durrant(Photo: Alta Planning)
NE neighborhood coalition to host “sharing the road” roundtable
Riding on NE Alberta.(Photo © J. Maus) The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN, one of several umbrella groups for Portland’s 95 neighborhood associations) will host an event on January 31st billed as, “Sharing the Road: People on the Move.” The event, which will include speakers from the BTA, the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition, and the City’s … Read more
Reader photo: Buick dealer selling bikes on Sandy Blvd
Reader Esther H. sent in the photo below of a Buick dealer on Sandy Blvd at 39th. “We are totally winning,” she wrote. Look closely at the showroom and you’ll see a few bikes for sale… Love it.
Save the Date: Bike to Blazers is April 3rd
Rockin’ the Rose Garden at Bike to Blazers 2010
Press release on PBOT 2010 traffic fatality data
Below is the press release from Mayor Adams’ about the 2010 traffic data (we reported about it yesterday): 2010 traffic data show progress on reducing fatalities in advance of Transportation Safety Summit The Portland Bureau of Transportation released data today on the number of traffic fatalities in 2010. Bureau staff working on traffic safety noted … Read more
BTA Video: Wear pants? Use lights!
Shot from BTA’s new video. – Watch it below – For most of us, there’s only one night a year where we’d even think about hopping on our bike without our pants on. The BTA has put out a new video that uses this idea to encourage the use of bike lights. They unveiled a … Read more
Effort to ban studded tires moves forward: Signature gathering to start soon
Jeff Bernards Portlander Jeff Bernards, a well-known citizen activist who started the “Get Lit” free bike light program and who won a BTA Alice Award in 2006, has made major progress since we last checked in on his effort to ban studded tires in Oregon. Bernards is chief petitioner on a forthcoming ballot measure and … Read more
Kidical Mass set for February; but don’t expect to see Rep. Greenlick
Kidical Mass will end at a puppet show next month.(Photo © J. Maus) After news spread earlier this month about Oregon House Representative Mitch Greenlick’s law proposal that would ban kids six years and under from riding on (or being pulled behind) bikes with their parents, Kidical Mass organizers felt their ride would be a … Read more