🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
Detail of Oregon portion of new Sierra Cascades Bicycle Route. The Adventure Cycling Association will officially launch their new Sierra Cascades Bicycle Route tonight at the REI store in the Pearl District. As I reported back in February, the new route stretches nearly 2,400 miles from Canada to Mexico. It will also give Oregon a … Read more
Detail of trail system plan. View larger version here.
Detail of Sunday Parkways route through Northwest Portland.Download full size PDF here
“More cars on more roads may not be the best way to move people more effectively.” — Ray LaHood, US Secretary of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is doing more than his part to dismantle our nation’s car-centric status-quo. After his “end of favoring motorized transportation” proclamation last month, LaHood is now … Read more
“There’s a lot going on in Portland, but there are other cities having more astonishing success at this point.” — Loren Mooney, Editor-in-Chief Bicycling Magazine Bicycling Magazine’s annual list of America’s top bicycle cities puts Portland in unfamiliar territory: second place. Since 1995, Portland has consistently been ranked as the #1 biking city, earning the … Read more
Event flyer Leave it to Portland’s very own Team Beer to do what might possibly be the most outlandish bike team sponsorship promotion ever: The Team Beer/WaxOn Wax Off. According to Team Beer spokesman John Howe, the event is a way to get some attention for their newest sponsor, WaxOn Spa on East Burnside. Howe … Read more
Cookies by bike. There are so many bike-centric business sprouting up in Portland these days that I need a business editor just to keep up. Adding to the long list of Portland businesses that are either operated from bicycles or focused on the people who ride them are Cookie Pedalers and The Bicycle Chiropractor. The … Read more
One lucky person will win this collectible helmet signed by Bill Walton.(Photo © J. Maus) All the pieces to the big Bike to Blazers event are coming together. The rally, ride, and mini-expo at the Rose Quarter are all set. The big news is that the bike section is sold out! We had 100 seats … Read more
Jeff Bernards is getting tough on studded tires.(Photo © J. Maus) Remember Jeff Bernards? He’s the citizen activist I wrote about in early March who wants to push the state legislature to finally do something to curtail the use of studded tires. Since that story published, Bernards has been busy. After many years of writing … Read more
Portlander Bethany Berson
Bike corral on N. Russell near Widmer Brewery.(Photo © J. Maus) In an effort to assess the usage rates and demand for on-street bike parking, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation will conduct its first ever bike parking counts this summer. The counts will be done annually and the idea is to tally the … Read more
Mike Luther and his grandson, Lucas.(Photo: Family of Mike Luther) Last August, Portlander Mike Luther was intentionally run over by a car driven by a man incensed with road rage. Luther survived, but he and his family have suffered ever since. The road to recovery has been difficult because Luther is still unable to work … Read more