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Old New The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has begun installation of new wayfinding signage along the growing network of bike boulevards. The new signs — which include arrows, distance, and travel times to key destinations — have a slightly different design than existing ones.
Sunshine, bike racing, and big crowds came together on the North Park Blocks on Friday. – Gallery/Slideshow below –(Photos © J. Maus)
Robert Liberty wants to talk about alternatives to the current CRC design.(Photo © J.M Maus) Metro Councilor Robert Liberty, the man who likened the new I-5 bridge proposed by the Columbia River Crossing Project to a “monster project” that we should leave behind in favor of “smarter, cheapter, greener solutions,” is putting action behind those … Read more
A strange torpedo child trailer is just one of many interesting images of bike traffic in The Netherlands via a 1950s era video below. Happy Monday everyone. Ms. Blue is on her big Bikestravaganza tour, so I’m doing the Monday Roundup for the next few weeks. Here goes… – The “fixie craze” is being taken … Read more
This mister in front of Citybikes was very popular.–Gallery/Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) PBOT’s carfree extravaganza, Sunday Parkways, made its fourth of five stops this month and Southeast Portland welcomed it with open arms. Thousands pedaled and walked along the six-mile route that stretched from SE 52nd in the shadows of Mt. Tabor to SE … Read more
Aftermath of a collision at SE 10th cand Hawthorne yesterday.(Photos: Christopher Perez) The collision on the transit mall downtown wasn’t the only bike-involved crash yesterday. Reader Christopher Perez was the first person on the scene of a collision on SE Hawthorne about two hours before Richard Krebs was struck while crossing SW Morrison. Perez witnessed … Read more
Detail of new trail.s The Sandy Ridge Trail System just gets better and better. The trail network, already a huge hit with off-road biking enthusiasts around the region (check out our coverage of it here), has just added a new bridge and a new section of trail. According to the Northwest Trail Alliance, a temporary … Read more
It’s a rare media outlet that can cover something like the World Naked Bike Ride with a good balance of professionalism and good-natured fun, but the crew at G4 TV seems to have done just that. Their coverage (watch it below) of Portland’s 2010 World Naked Bike Ride features some familiar faces including “Route Czar” … Read more
Bike-sharing bikes from Montreal’s Bixi.(Photo © J. Maus) As public bike-sharing systems continue to be launched in cities around the country (including a novel new system being developed in New York City), the City of Portland still sits on the sidelines. But that hasn’t stopped the Lloyd District Transportation Management Association from exploring a system … Read more
Photo from the scene.(Photo: Bill Jackson) At about 7:30 this evening, a TriMet bus operator collided with a man biking on 6th Avenue in downtown Portland. According to TriMet spokesperson Mary Fetsch, the bus was traveling north on 6th and was taking a left turn onto SW Morrison when the collision occurred. The person on … Read more
“By the 1970s, less than thirty of the two hundred seventy… buildings downtown remained…When did Portland start to trade its most unique built feature for acres and acres of pay by the hour asphalt?” — Dan Haneckow, historian A recent post on local historian Dan Haneckow’s Cafe Unknown blog, delved into a sad part of … Read more
In their ongoing effort to make the biking and walking path adjacent to I-205 into a “world class facility,” the Oregon Department of Transportation has just announced the “Equity Bike Ride” to show off what they’ve done and what’s planned for the future. Shelli Romero, ODOT’s Public Policy & Community Affairs Manager, has been doing … Read more