[BikePortland is down in Salem today for the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. We’ll be reporting from Salem today and tomorrow.] Still in beta. Daniella and Elliot Crowder, owners of the Bike Newport bike shop, unveiled their plans for a new iPhone app today. The new ‘Cycling the Oregon Coast’ app is currently in beta form … Read more
Citizen activist Kiel Johnson is one of four winners announced today.(Photos © J. Maus) I got an unexpected email this morning from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. The local bike advocacy group is working on their major fundraising event of the year, The Alice Awards and Auction (set for April 23rd); but instead of announcing the … Read more
Rap-tivism at its best.(Still from video by Joel Batterman) – Watch the video below – As an advocate, what do you do when you feel passionate about a project and want to convince others to share your perspective? If you’re former Portland resident and now Detroit-based transportation activist Joel Batterman, you get out some Legos … Read more
Signs are currently the only thing warning people that humans might be present on this section of Barbur.(Photo © J. Maus) Southwest Portland transportation advocates have been pressing the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to improve the dangerous crossing of SW Barbur Blvd near the Rasmussen Apartments for many years. Now, after the death of … Read more
Heather McCarey at the 2010 Bike to Blazers ride.(Photo © J. Maus) Heather McCarey has been hired to be the next executive director of the Westside Transportation Alliance (WTA). McCarey takes over for Karen Frost, who retired from the position last month. Based in Beaverton, the WTA is a non-profit Transportation Management Association (TMA) founded … Read more
Ray LaHood’s speech was the defining moment of last year’s Summit.(Photos © J. Maus) As I write this, hundreds of bike advocates and industry bigwigs from across the country are making their way to Washington D.C. to attend the 11th annual National Bike Summit. They’ll hear inspiring speeches from national transportation figures and elected officials, … Read more
PBOT Traffic Safety Manager Mark Lear is a member of new TriMet safety committee.(Photos © J. Maus) TriMet announced the formation of their Safety Education Advisory Committee last night. The committee is part of a renewed effort to improve safety following a high profile, double fatal crash last April. Earlier this month, TriMet began testing … Read more
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has released a one-year report on the City of Portland’s 2030 Bike Plan. In it, the non-profit group points out where PBOT has lived up to their lofty goals and where they need to do more.
Sec. LaHood is coming to Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has nabbed a personal visit from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. At the BTA’s request, LaHood is slated for an invite-only event that will take place in Portland on March 21st. BTA Executive Director Rob Sadowsky says they initially … Read more
Bikes Belong announced today that cyclocross pro Tim Johnson will take a week long bike tour with a small group of riders from Boston to Washington D.C. in order to raise awareness for bike funding. The destination is the National Bike Summit. It’s great to see someone from the racing world get behind advocacy like … Read more
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has just released their latest video in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness about bike light usage… and it’s the best one yet in my opinion. It features Master of Light Mark Allyn and Jim “K’Tesh” Parsons in all of his Klingon glory. Tell Us About Your Bike Lights! from BICYCLE … Read more
All lit up.(Photo: Jeff Bernards) In case you haven’t heard, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) is working on a campaign to increase awareness of the need to use lights while biking. They debuted a hilarious video PSA a few weeks ago (and more are in the works) and now they’re teaming up with the City … Read more