The Oregonian reported yesterday the City of Portland will pay $338,477 to settle a distracted driving lawsuit. The suit involved a police officer who glanced at his on-board computer and did not see an 80-year old woman walking across the street in front of his car. The woman suffered serious injuries and spent five days … Read more
Job Title Website Copywriter This position has been filled. Company/Organization Indie Bike Job Description The Website Copywriter will be responsible for writing copy for, but not limited to, cycling apparel products and content sections of our website. We are looking for someone that can take control of a situation and make it into their own. … Read more
The Eastside Streetcar Loop project has radically transformed Portland streets and citizen activists think more should be done to improve bike safety.(Photos © J. Maus)
Metro announced $533,000 in Regional Travel Options grants today. According to Metro, the federally-funded grants are given to projects that “reduce the number of people driving alone to improve air quality and address community health issues.” Grant winners this cycle include a wide range of projects — from bike parking to “transportation mobility counseling.” One … Read more
Got this via press release today. Hadn’t seen it before. Looks interesting. Started in Boulder, CO, but it can be used by anyone in the U.S.: BICYCLE ACCIDENT GROUP ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF VICTIM FUNDS BOULDER, CO USA (December 13, 2010) The Bicycle Accident Victim’s Fund announces the establishment of two Funds dedicated to providing financial … Read more
The agenda for the monthly meeting of the City of Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee has just been made available. The meeting is Tuesday 12/14 from 6-8pm in the Lovejoy Room at City Hall (1221 SW 4th Ave) Welcome to New Members Committee Chair Matt Arnold and Vice-Chair Robert Pickett introduce and welcome new committee members … Read more
A Metro task force wants to emulate success of light rail corridors in making decisions about active transportation funding.(Photo © J. Maus) A Metro task force put together to decide how the agency’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) should spend $23 million in federal “flexible” funds, has agreed that the money set aside … Read more
The op-ed in AAA World that started it all. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has spent over three months gathering signatures on a petition to persuade the automobile advocacy group AAA to support the continued federal funding of bicycling and walking programs. On Monday, their campaign will culminate when they bike over 50,000 signatures right to the … Read more
A source that works for the City of Vancouver (WA) sent this info over the other day (photos of the new lockers below): “Three weeks ago we installed 4 more Bikelink lockers in our downtown area, bringing the total number of lockers to 9. This project was part of our Destination Downtown project, and was … Read more
A design mock-up of SW Barbur with a dedicated and separated bikeway. Illustration is by Owen Walz, a planning student and co-founder of “Friends of Barbur.”
Crank, a new shop on SE Ash, will have a grand opening tonight.(Photos: Crank Bicycles) Southeast Portland will welcome a new bike shop to the Laurelhurst Neighborhood tonight when Crank Bicycles throws open its doors for a grand opening party. Crank is the new shop opened by business partners Chris Harbert and Justin Tutor, the … Read more
Portland resident and River City Bicycles employee Wendy Williams celebrated a hard-fought victory at the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Bend yesterday. BikePortland contributing photographer David Haines was there and snapped this podium shot… Wendy Williams, Masters women 40-44 National Cyclocross Champion.(Photos: David Haines)