A Sunday Parkways primer
When streets are open for people, strange and wonderful things emerge — like this fish bike spotted at Sunday Parkways in Southeast Portland in August 2009.(Photo © J. Maus)
Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
BikePortland Articles by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
Portland Police seek bike-riding volunteers to help with Grand Floral Parade
Last year, the Mayor and his staff rode in the parade.(Photo © J. Maus) In a bid to save money, the Portland Police Bureau hopes to replace some of its sworn officers with volunteer bike riders in this year’s Grand Floral Parade. Lieutenant John Brooks with the PPB’s East Precinct is in charge of the … Read more
Fundraising success: River View Cemetery bike route coming soon
Detail of bike route through River View Cemetery. It took less than a month for the community to raise $5,000 to fully sign and stripe a new bike route through River View Cemetery. The route through the privately-owned cemetery is a popular shortcut through Portland’s southwest hills. Public access is allowed, but that access has … Read more
Three films to stoke your Bike Month
How’s Bike Month going for everyone? Have you noticed more bike traffic than usual? Have you encouraged a friend to join you? I’ve come across three short films lately that I thought could serve as inspiration, validation and/or motivation to keep on pedaling.
The bikes of Lahania, Maui
Rollin’ on Front Street.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) Just got back from a week in Maui. While there — besides swimming with dolphins and turtles and hanging with family and friends — I spent some time in the island’s most famous town, Lahaina. As per usual when I explore a new town (see my reports … Read more
‘Ride Oregon’ website wins top tourism award
The site features interactive route maps of the best rides in Oregonand much more. RideOregonRide.com, a website that promotes bike tourism in Oregon is set to receive the 2010 President’s Award from Travel Portland. The Ride Oregon site was first officially conceived at the Oregon Bike Summit in 2008, where attendees said having one place … Read more
Event of the Week: Epic Wheel Works’ ‘Live the Revolution’ party
Hard to believe it’s been a year since Jude Kirstein launched her custom wheel building business, Epic Wheel Works. Since then, Jude’s learned a lot about wheel building, running a small business, and what it means to work and ride in the vibrant bike ecosystem that thrives here in Portland. This Thursday, Jude will celebrate … Read more
Updated — Citizen bike patrol coming for I-5 Delta Park area
Detail of map showing one of the paths through Delta Park near I-5. The City of Portland plans to start up a citizen bike patrol to work the paths around Delta Park and Interstate 5 in North Portland. According to an announcement for the upcoming training event that happens Tuesday (5/11), members of the new … Read more
Cobblestones, ‘skinny tires’, and how the Dutch really do it
Cobbled bikeway in Maastrich, The Netherlands.(Photo: Alex Hamlin) Since our story last week, people are still weighing in about the Bureau of Transportation’s decision to remove old cobblestones on NW Marshall in order to lay down new bike lanes. The story struck a chord with reader Alex Hamlin, who rode his bike around Holland for … Read more
PBOT director Sue Keil issues statement on Couch bike lane
Director of PBOT, Sue Keil.(File photo © J. Maus) Here’s the latest in the East Burnside Couch Couplet story. Yesterday PBOT released an official statement about the dangerous bike lane from head of that bureau, Sue Keil. In the statement Keil writes, “It has come to the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s attention that the bike … Read more
Rogue bike trail deja-vu: More bad PR for trail builders
KGW-TV video of bike trail discovered in Madrona Park in North Portland. If video does not load, see KGW story here.