County’s bridges may plan $33 million for biking and walking upgrades
One possibility being discussed: converting one or more of the bridge decks to biking or walking traffic.
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Cycling beyond 80: Providence sponsors trike ride for senior residents (photos)
A cohort of residents at local senior housing facilities took a roll through North Portland in style Wednesday, including one 96-year-old taking her first cycle trip ever.
For ninth edition of Bike There map, Metro chops print price to $6
The number of mapped bike routes in the Oregon side of the Portland metro area has shot up 71 percent since 2010.
Portland has mapped every reported traffic injury from 2004-13
This might be the best such map yet.
Guest post: What you can do to improve bicycling in Portland right now
Five ideas from the BTA for immediate action.
The Monday Roundup: Tampa’s ‘Bicycle Blitzkrieg,’ London’s bombsite races and more
Alphonso King’s homebuilt bike was confiscatedby police who couldn’t believe he hadn’t stolen it.(Screen grab from Tampa Bay Times) Here are the bike-related links from around the world that caught our eyes this week: “Bicycle Blitzkrieg”: A Tampa woman walking her bike home after cooking for an elderly neighbor, carrying a plate of fish and … Read more
Summer stops by for a weekend, and Portland explodes with bikes
A day like Saturday really lights Portland’s bike lanes up.
An uncapturable night ride, the world’s best medicine
Some great things happen when it’s light. Some great things happen when it’s dark.
Comment of the Week: When ‘bike culture’ bites back
Priceless branding.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) Biking has been a big part of the brand identity that has made Portland a come-from-behind economic success over the last 20 years. But now that prosperity has arrived, at least for some Portlanders, where’s the love? And if it’s missing, do people who function as “props” in Portland’s triumphant narrative have … Read more
In 1934, The Oregonian’s ‘Let’s Quit Killing’ campaign declared a war on traffic deaths
The nationally-known campaign was strikingly similar to today’s Vision Zero.
Possible cuts to Amtrak service raise stakes of Salem’s transportation limbo
The Cascades line is arguably the bike-friendliest in the country.
Owner of Foster storefront wrecked by drunk driver was already a leading voice for street safety
He has been one of the most prominent backers of safety improvements to Foster Road, and also of a citywide street fund.