Comment of the Week: How to fight bike theft
Bryan Hance might know more about bike theft than anybody in the country.
Michael Andersen (Contributor)
BikePortland Articles by Michael Andersen (Contributor)
Five smart things our regional planning agency is doing to fight climate change
Metro, the only directly elected regional government in the country, is a major force behind Portland’s success as a city.
On Michigan greenway, diverter reduces driving but biking boost is modest
The city’s counts for auto traffic on Michigan south of Rosa Parks have fallen by an average of 25 percent.
State report shows Portland’s economic surge outpacing Washington County
The central city, not its more auto-oriented suburbs, has been leading the region’s charge out of the recession.
Volunteers prep for Friday’s three-day ‘Better Block’ demonstration on 3rd Ave
Boris Kaganovich of Better Block PDX with a half-built planter in the rooms where he and other volunteers have been preparing for a “pop-up” plaza and protected bike lanes on 3rd Avenue.(Photos: M.Andersen/BikePortland) Working every evening for two weeks in a warren of unfinished rooms three stories above Old Town, more than a dozen enthusiastic … Read more
Biking and walking groups endorse ‘driver cards’ for undocumented immigrants
The ballot issue would allow people who came to Oregon illegally to once again take driving tests and buy car insurance.
A remembrance of Cathy Hastie, through the stories she shared with us
Our lifestyle columnist, who died this week, left behind four truly remarkable columns about the relationship between her personal transportation choices and her body’s physical decline.
As engineering starts on 20s Bikeway, a few pieces are still shifting
The final plans are coming together for the first on-street bike connection between Portland’s northern and southern borders.
The Monday Roundup: Reclaiming street play, bad parking shaming and more
This week’s great bike links start with a striking statistic about children’s play in Edinburgh.
Comment of the Week: The Four Types of Bikeways
But what if we turned the four types of bicyclists concept on its head?
New TriMet path carves better route to South Waterfront, but PSU link still awkward
Almost everybody who bikes into the South Waterfront should probably be using this path now.
Sunday vigil set to honor and remember Steve Fritz
All of Portland is hurting for Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz’s family this week.