Portland Fox TV affiliate station KPTV has published an article on their website titled, No Texting In Car? Doesn’t Work For Mom: Car Becomes Mobile Office. The article is written by Laura Lewis Brown, a syndicated columnist who writes for LifeWhile.com. The article is a bit shocking given the massive national effort to combat distracted … Read more
“1 in 55 Americans will die in a car crash*. My job is to say it out loud. Why do we allow these deaths to occur?” — Peter Jacobsen, P.E., public health consultant and researcher As I mentioned yesterday, public health consultant and research Peter Jacobsen, P.E., will be in Portland Friday to spread the … Read more
Forest Park.(Photo: J. Maus) Commissioner Nick Fish’s big decision to put off improved bike access to Forest Park may have come and gone, but the issue is still in the news. Oregon Public Broadcasting is set to air a special episode of Oregon Field Guide tonight on Forest Park and the Northwest Trail Alliance has … Read more
The new bike signals at Broadway/Williams. As you can tell by the encroachment of this motor vehicle, it will take some time for folks to get used to the changes.
Peter Jacobsen Noted “Safety in Numbers” researcher and public health consultant Peter Jacobsen will bring the “Vision Zero” traffic safety concept to Portland on Friday. Jacobsen will speak about the topic as part of a seminar at Portland State University’s Center for Transportation Studies. Jacobsen is currently in Salem where he’s taking part in the … Read more
Roger Geller.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland’s Bicycle Coordinator, Roger Geller, is in Melbourne this week to deliver the keynote speech at the 2010 Bike Futures conference. Armed with Portland’s biking success story, he’s making headlines and spreading the gospel of separated bikeways. In a story published this morning in the Sydney Morning … Read more
New location on SE 40th and Hawthorne.(Photo: New Seasons) Local grocery store chain New Seasons Market will open its tenth store tomorrow on the corner of SE 40th and Hawthorne (former location of Daily Grind), smack-dab in one of the most bike-centric parts of town. According to a press release sent out by the company … Read more
A big crowd turned out on Saturday.(Photos © J. Maus) Last weekend’s Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show (see my slideshow and mini-report here) made it clear that our region’s custom bike building industry is stronger than ever. Below are my notes from conversations I had with builders who displayed at the show… Tony Pereira / Pereira … Read more
A creative bicycling promotion campaign in Malmo, Sweden is worth our attention. According to Copenhagenize, the campaign has been “a massive success” over the past several years. It would be very exciting if we had a similar effort going on here in Portland. Check out the excellent video below to learn more about it… No … Read more
Traffic on Grand Ave. north of Burnside.(Photos © J. Maus) Mayor Sam Adams emceed an event this morning to mark the official grand opening of the East Burnside/Couch Couplet project. The project (which is still not quite finished) began nearly eight years ago and the estimated cost is about $17.8 million. Adams touted the project … Read more
Racers young… and old gave it a go at Rainier.(Photos © J. Maus)
Riding north on Going Street on the new two-way cycle track. – Video and slideshow below- (Photos © J. Maus)