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New faces nominated for BTA board*: Martina Fahrner Randy Miller Rick Potestio Susan Remmers Cecil Reniche-Smith Kenji Sugahara David Forman David Kottkamp *View full list of nominees and ballot statements below. The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has unveiled their slate of board nominees. With eight new faces up for election and six current members up … Read more
The Oregonian’s John Canzano is sad that Portland’s Triple A baseball team (the Beavers) played their final home game on Sunday; but instead of using his column to reminisce about innings past, he decided to take a few swings at bike lanes. What do our bikeways have to do with baseball? Nothing. But that doesn’t … Read more
The morning commute on N. Vancouver, just before Weidler. Photo taken on Wednesday, 9/1.(Photos © J. Maus)
Mr. Sadowsky is settling in.(Photo © J. Maus) The BTA’s new executive director Rob Sadowsky has been at the helm for about two months now. Between getting to know a new city and state (he moved here with his family from Chicago), setting the BTA’s course for the future, and trying to build an effective … Read more
This is how Steve Bozzone envisions NE Ainsworth St.
What happened? (Photo: Bill Jackson) Richard Krebs, the man who was involved in a collision with a TriMet bus on SW Morrison and 6th on August 12th, has come forward with his side of the story. He takes issue with several important parts of TriMet’s official statement and says he was under medication from his … Read more
Happy Birthday cycle track!(Photos © J. Maus)
Ainsworth can be a very tight fit.(Photo: Peter Welte) This week’s question comes from reader Kinya Hanada. Kinya touches on a question I’ve wondered myself for several years now. She loves riding on NE Ainsworth because it’s a “nice, direct route,” but wonders if there are any plans to make it more pleasant to bike … Read more
Burley’s Travoy brings home the gold (and the groceries). Burley Design, a Eugene-based company known for its bicycle trailers, has won big at the Eurobike trade show that kicked off today in Friedrichshafen, Germany today. Eurobike announced today that Burley has won a 2010 Eurobike Gold Award for their new Travoy cargo trailer. The Travoy … Read more
Wider, smoother shoulders would be nice.(Photo © J. Maus) On Monday, the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) — an influential group of state DOT directors — announced a report calling on Congress to prioritize funding for expanded rural highway capacity in the forthcoming re-write of the transportation bill. Spending hundreds of billions … Read more
Even though cargo bikes are becoming increasingly common, there is still very little standardization in their design. Case in point is the new “Mopion” cargo bike from Puma Bikes (designed by Biomega). Puma’s other bikes caught my eye when they debuted back in June, and this one does too… The “Mopion” from Puma/Biomega. And here’s … Read more
Sounds reasonable to me. Streetfilms has a new video on 20’s Plenty for us, a campaign in the U.K. working to make 20 mph the standard speed limit in residential areas. The campaign is catching on quickly, with more and more U.K. cities adopting the policy all the time. Given that PBOT might be considering … Read more