Have a cool bike? Flaunt it at upcoming show
Goddard and his collaborators will set up a raised platform, put on a ‘killer list of cool tunes’ and invite anyone to strut their mechanical stuff.
Michael Andersen (Contributor)
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The Monday Roundup: Unsafe postage stamps, bike sculptures & more
The U.S. Postal Service killed a set of stamps depicting kids enjoying physical activity because some of the activities might be unsafe.
Bike Commute Challenge wraps up with big party at City Hall
The annual Bike Commute Challenge wrapped up last night with cheap beer, free pizza and the results of a month of workplace trip logging.
Video captures dramatic left-cross collision in Milwaukie
It’s always jarring, and sometimes educational, to see a bike-related collision from a third party’s vantage point.
Ted’s cure for hopelessness: How to slow traffic when police won’t help
An unsafe street that isn’t being improved can be one of the most frustrating experiences in city life. One of Portland’s most thoughtful safety activists has some smart ideas on what to do next.
Lured by livability, the eastside’s office building market blooms
The rising appeal of low-car-friendly life on Portland’s eastside grid is busting an old Portland stereotype: that getting a good-paying job means heading west.
As low-car lifestyle spreads, residents praise new bike lanes on SE Division
I learned two things: That everyone I met more or less likes it, and that low-car life is now very common in mid-Southeast Portland.
Is the new Multnomah Street working? Research could resonate nationally
Local academics hit the curbs of the Lloyd District Friday to gather data that’ll examine Portlanders’ attitudes toward the neighborhood’s newest protected bike lane.
The Monday Roundup: Right hooks in Copenhagen, Facebook town and more
A man driving a truck in Springfield, Ore., allegedly chased a man on bicycle down after a road-rage incident and attacked him. The man on the bike then pulled a knife.
Fall sun smiles on crowds at Cross Crusade season opener
It took all most of the day for a grassy sectionto wear down to mud.(Photos: M.Andersen/BikePortland) One of the country’s biggest amateur bike races drew an estimated 1400 participants to the former dairyfields of Southwest Portland Sunday as the Cross Crusade season kicked open. “If you ride ‘cross, the one you have to go to … Read more
New map reveals important key to the future of Portland transportation
Without a truly massive surge of political will, this is likely to be, for decades, the only area of Portland where it’s actually appealing for most people to get around without a car.
Metro seeks applicants for influential transportation committee
The Portland area’s regional government is recruiting three volunteers to join one of the most powerful transportation committees in town.