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Detail from flyer of Bicycles for Humanity event. The collection is this Saturday (4/24) from 10am – 4pm at Washington-Monroe High School on SE 14th and Stark. This Saturday, Portlander Jenny Leonard hopes to collect 400 used bikes and send them to South Africa in a shipping container. The event comes after over a year … Read more
Is driving to a bike race all that bad?(Photo © J. Maus) This week’s question touches on a topic I’ve had many conversations about over the years. It comes from reader Steven Case: “I do most of my commuting by bike and I also do a fair amount of bike races. In some interactions I’ve … Read more
Looking west on NE Couch at 12th. Will “interested but concerned” ride on this?(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland recently polished off rolled out the latest changes on a major project in the Central Eastside. The East Burnside/Couch Couplet project turned Burnside into a one-way street going east and Couch into the main … Read more
Tonight’s open house will look at several options for improved bike access in Forest Park.(Photo © J. Maus) Tonight is the long-awaited open house to view bike trail access options recommended by the Forest Park Single Track Cycling Committee. At the event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about all the options on the table, … Read more
Biking through the cemetery.(Photo: mumblion/Flickr) A fundraising campaign has begun to pay for signage of a popular bike route through River View Cemetery. People on bikes prefer the route through River View because it’s a safe and pleasant alternative from the high-speed auto traffic on Taylor’s Ferry and other major roads nearby. Cemetery staff have … Read more
Flyer from Ed’s show last month. Tomorrow night (Tuesday, 4/20) biking will be the focus of the The Ed Forman Show, a live comedy/talk show held weekly at Dante’s in downtown Portland (1 SW 3rd Ave). I’ll be a guest on the show along with Shift volunteer and general bike fun activist extraordinaire Meghan Sinnott … Read more
Alison Hill Graves at a presentation held in the Portland Building on Thursday.(Photo © J. Maus) It’s been over a year since the Community Cycling Center embarked on an effort to better understand why Portland’s bike riding masses lack racial diversity. In a story published here back in October, CCC executive director Alison Hill Graves … Read more
The article below is a guest post by U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer. Blumenauer (right) and US DOT Sec. LaHood at the National Bike Summit.(Photo © J. Maus) When I first came to Congress in 1996, the concept of cyclists as a powerful advocacy group was, at best, near fetched. Now, almost fifteen years later, I … Read more
A section of the Springwater Trail on the Willamette River near the Sellwood Bridge that has been closed since September officially re-opens today. The Bureau of Environmental Services had been working on a sewer pipeline project that had closed the trail from SE Spokane St. to Umatilla. To celebrate the re-opening of the trail, BES … Read more
What have you got planned for the weekend? (Photo © J. Maus)
If you want to see more of this in Forest Park, come to the openhouse on Tuesday.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland Parks & Recreation will host an open house on Tuesday (April 20th) to hear feedback on how to improve access to single track mountain bike trails in Forest Park. The event comes after eight … Read more
The bridge is currently open to bike traffic.(Photo © J. Maus) A popular bike route in North Portland is about to be closed until the end of December. The Vancouver Avenue bridge over the Columbia Slough has been closed to motorized traffic since the end of 2008 (due to a fire that damaged wooden supports), … Read more