‘Fog seal’ treatment has covered up about 100 sharrows; but they’ll return
A city spokesman said paving has created “about 100 sharrows that need to be replaced” but that the city plans to do so “by the end of September, weather permitting.”
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Dreaming in Dutch: Six young planners’ visions for Portland
Dozens of curious Portlanders visited bike-culture hub Velo Cult last night to pore over a series of ideas for how to transform our city in the way the Dutch people decided to start reshaping theirs thirty years ago.
Radically sensible: 8 questions for Elly Blue, Portland’s pop bikenomist
Blue has organized years of observations about the economic benefits of biking into a 194-page book of deeply rational arguments that’s poised to make a splash.
Portland truck factory replaces electric carts with pedal-powered trikes
Leave it to the logistics experts at Daimler to calculate that human-powered machines make good sense on the floor of a truck factory.
Will Portland’s biggest apartment project wake the sleepy Lloyd District?
Dozens of big new apartment buildings that will cater to low-car Portlanders are popping up all over the inner east side, but the one where work started two weeks ago will be the biggest one of all.
10 key details from Portland’s bike share proposal and contract
As public bikesharing systems continue to become standard public services in cities around the country, what’s the deal with Portland’s?
The Monday Roundup: Putty bike hacks, ‘The new Jane Jacobs’ & more
The folks who make self-setting rubber Sugru have a list of 12 ways their product can improve your bike, starting with a bell on your brake lever and including a “removable smartphone bike mount.”
With shouts and smiles, Breakfast on the Bridges expands to the Burnside
The Burnside Bridge often goes unsung and unappreciated by bikers. But as of today, the Burnside won’t be going unfed.
Complaints about TriMet operators using phones behind the wheel plunge 85%
TriMet’s stepped-up rules that forbid the use of electronic devices while driving seem to be working, though some of the transit agency’s operators still seem to flout the rule.
‘Nerds vs Jocks’ and more fun rivalries on the way in Bike Commute Challenge
Fall is coming, and in Oregon, unlike in the many places that foolishly declare May to be their official bike month, that means it’s time for the annual Bike Commute Challenge. A major annual project of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, it’s grown into one of the most popular and successful bike-to-work challenges anywhere, spawning fun … Read more
Portlander designs low-cost bikeshare station for apartment buildings
Portland’s public bikeshare system is too expensive to have stations everywhere. But what if the city had a low-cost private system, too?
September meetings will help plan Salmonberry Corridor Rail Trail
A proposed Salmonberry trail would link to the existingBanks-Vernonia Trail 25 miles northwest of Portland.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) A proposed 86-mile rail-to-trail project that would link Washington County to the Pacific Coast is the subject of two public meetings next month at either end of the future route. The trail, whose cost would run into the tens … Read more