The Monday Roundup: Australian epic, bike share vs. bike shops & more
Photos from a 3,000 ride across the Outback in 1914, and other great bike links of the week.
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PedalPalooza planner: 9 rides worth checking out (and one to blow off) for June 15-21
What a weekend! Portland’s summer bike festival continues. Here are some of next week’s highlights. (And one
The Friday Profile: Jim Chasse, East Portland’s quiet, conquering bike warrior
“It just makes too much sense,” Chasse, 58, said in an interview at McMenamins Mall 205. “I mean, Yeah, light rail is great. And bus service is absolutely critical. But I mean, I quit driving.”
Five years later, buffered bike lanes are a fact of life on outer Holgate
It was one of the boulders that broke Portland’s bike wave: a redesign of SE Holgate Street that converted one mixed traffic lane in each direction to a huge buffered bike lane between I-205 and 122nd Avenue.
What we could learn from the Walmart parking lot at 82nd and Holgate
Most Americans drive through areas that are models for traffic calming almost every day of their lives. But we don’t call them greenways or woonerfs or home zones.
This weekend, ‘Popcorn plazas’ will add tiny parks to the street outside Clinton Street Theater
A group of locals are celebrating the summer by trying something new for one day at 26th and Clinton.
A north-south lifeline: The 130s Greenway is coming soon
The 130s Greenway is scheduled to be built next fall, and the 100s and 150s greenways are in the works.
Four things east Portland teaches us about central city biking privilege
For biking, the difference between east Portland and central Portland is about the same as the difference between central Portland and Amsterdam.
What would it take to make 122nd Avenue great?
122nd Avenue between Stark and Market.(Photo M.Andersen/BikePortland) 122nd Avenue is part of Portland. But it doesn’t look like “Portland.” Instead, it looks like America. And that means it’s a pretty big opportunity.
The Monday Roundup: Self-defense with a bike, Tokyo bike culture and more
How to use your bicycle as a weapon against criminals, and other great bike links of the week.
Five things to know about tonight’s World Naked Bike Ride
2) Nobody cares that your body is not perfect. Nobody’s body is perfect, so for one night, everybody’s body gets to be perfect.
PedalPalooza planner: 9 rides worth checking out for June 9-13
Welcome to the first installment of the 2014 PedalPalooza planner. Each of the next three Saturday mornings, we’ll be highlighting some of the most promising or unusual rides from Portland’s summer bike festival.