Eliot neighborhood gets temporary diverter on Rodney as part of Williams work
“I’ve received quite a few phone calls in the past week,” the project manager said.
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BikePortland Articles by Michael Andersen (Contributor)
Portland’s pedal-powered street library blooms into a beloved institution
“This year everybody has been reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I just cannot keep him in there.”
2,000 missing homes: Prices soar in bikeable areas as Portland’s rental shortage deepens
New construction in the central city hasn’t come close to relieving one of the country’s harshest rental housing shortages.
The Monday Roundup: Seattle’s showcase, bait bike success in Texas & more
Seattle’s great new downtown bike lane leads off the week’s best bike links.
Comment of the Week: The missed opportunity of Tilikum Crossing
Problems with the west-side landing of Tilikum Crossing.(Image: Ted Buehler) The new transit/bike/walk bridge opening across the Willamette next year has become one of Portland’s go-to examples of how we continue to do great things. And it’s certainly true that it’s a massive investment in active transportation. But as reader Ted Buehler argued in a … Read more
For one weekend, Old Town will test a huge plaza, bike lanes and cafes along 3rd Avenue
The three-block project will be one of the country’s largest pop-up projects ever.
Census shows big leaps for biking in a few cities, but Portland inches backward
Is America’s latest bike boom coming to an end? Or is it just moving to different cities?
Pittsburgh is (in many ways) the city that Portland wants to become
Pittsburgh is successful today in part because of its catastrophic economic collapse. Can Portland have the good without the bad?
Reinventing taxis, part 2: A Q&A with Uber’s #1 critic, Steve Entler of Radio Cab
A frank discussion about the modern taxi business.
Reinventing taxis, part 1: A Q&A with Uber’s Northwest regional manager
Brooke Steiger, Uber’s Washington general manager.(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland) Portland is now one of just two major U.S. cities where you can’t hail a ride with either Uber or Lyft — and that’s something the car-summoning companies would, of course, love to change. The services essentially let anyone who passes their background checks become a paid cab … Read more
The Monday Roundup: Saving yourself from texting, playable cities & more
A new way to fight the deadly urge is one of our favorite bike links of the week.
Student biking to Portland State is down by a third over two years
The popularity of driving to PSU classes rose last year for the first time since 2000.