🚨 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 🙏
Mounted Patrol Unit in action downtown.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in January, we reported that in order to save $585,000, the Portland Police bureau was considering a transfer of their horse-mounted units to bike patrol. The idea is to shut down the Mounted Patrol Unit (MPU) and redeploy four formerly horse-mounted officers to work bike … Read more
Portland’s Dropout Bike Club turns five this weekend.(Photo © J. Maus) Hope you’ve got some time this weekend to enjoy one of the great events below. From a race team launch party to getting your hands dirty planting trees — enjoy the diversity of events Portland offers up to you… Friday, March 19th 5:30pm: Hanami … Read more
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Did this lock belong to Tyler Brady?(Photos by Dan Schafer) Several local media outlets are reporting that the autopsy results of 22-year old Tyler Brady showed that he died of an accidental drowning. Brady was reported missing on February 27th, was last seen riding his bicycle in Southeast Portland, and his body was found in … Read more
Pedalivery’s flatbed trailer delivery bike.(Photo: Evan Ross) Evan Ross, owner of Portland Bicycle Tours, has added yet another bike-based business to his repertoire — Pedalivery. Ross already offers bike tours, rentals, bike-share, service and repair from a shop space in Old Town (that he shares with Portland Pedicabs and Icicle Tricycles). Now he’s got a … Read more
Newly installed bike shelter at Boise-Eliot.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is putting a roof over the bike parking at four local schools. The work is being done through PBOT’s Safe Routes to Schools program and construction is set to be completed by the end of April. One of the … Read more
(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s bike-friendly vibe continues to wear off on Keen Footwear. When they moved their corporate headquarters here in 2006, they wasted no time in putting bikes in their product catalog. Two years later, they promised to expand their cycling-oriented product line. They’ve kept their promise. They started by putting an SPD-compatible … Read more
Fred Hansen.(Photos © J. Maus) The Oregonian reported last night that TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen has decided to resign from the agency. Hansen has been TriMet’s GM since 1998. In light of Hansen riding the MAX into the sunset, I checked the BikePortland archives and found that his name popped up several times. The … Read more
The City of Portland’s new CivicApps program is looking for software developers to take city data and turn it into applications “that address civic issues and benefit the greater Portland community.” The contest comes with the release of more than 100 open source datasets from jurisdictions around the region, like Metro, City of Portland, TriMet, … Read more
Tyler Brady A body pulled from the Willamette River near the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry today has been identified as 22-year old Tyler Brady. Brady, who was last seen riding his bicycle in Southeast Portland, was reported missing on February 27th. On Monday, the Police released the last known images of Brady and … Read more
Rob Sadowsky, photographed in Washington D.C. last week.(Photo © J Maus) It’s been a big day for bikes in Portland. This morning City Council unanimously passed a funding plan that will give a $20 million “kickstart” to building bike boulevards identified in the 2030 Bike Plan. A few hours later, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) … Read more
Rob Sadowsky, the new leader of Oregon’s largest bike advocacy organization.(Photo © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has announced that Rob Sadowsky will be their new executive director. Sadowsky comes to the BTA from Chicago, where he is currently the executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance (formerly known as the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation).