Portland to take part in international World Day of Remembrance for traffic victims
The international event will give local advocates an opportunity to press for changes.
Advocacy
PBOT advisory committee reform is underway, but participants have questions
Current and former committee members are frustrated by PBOT’s lack of clarity around how the bodies can be most effective.
Community Cycling Center will update seminal racial equity report
A decade after their groundbreaking report, the nonprofit is once again delving into the topic.
Human-protected bike lane protest draws attention to deadly intersection
Nearly 200 people literally put their bodies on the line to make a point.
Our calendar now lists key regional transportation committees
There are a lot of government advisory committees in the Portland area (too many, some might say) that are open to the public, several of which are extremely relevant to transportation issues. And while they don’t always sound thrilling to attend, a lot can go down at these meetings and they often have a big … Read more
Have bike questions? Get yourself a bike buddy
“We all love biking and we all love to be asked questions that we know the answers to. It feels like an easy win-win.” -Vivek Jeevan, Bike Loud PDX It can feel daunting to start biking in Portland if you’re not accustomed to it. Luckily, thanks to all the knowledgeable and passionate advocates we have … Read more
What Portland bike advocacy looked like in 2000
Usually the only window into this chapter of Portland’s history are photos, letters, and policy documents. But I was recently pointed to a series of videos created in 2000 that give us a fun view into a much earlier era of bike advocacy. The six, thirty-second videos were created by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (now … Read more
WashCo Bikes teams up with housing nonprofit for online bike sales
We love a good collab here at BikePortland, so we were jazzed to hear about one that involves a way to buy good used bikes online while supporting a local nonprofit. WashCo Bikes has a new partnership with Habitat For Humanity Portland. As you might recall, WashCo Bikes has been on the up-and-up since they … Read more
Portland’s all-volunteer ‘Bike Farm’ needs more volunteers
The volunteer-run bike repair education space has cut hours in a bid to survive.
Keith Liden reflects on 30 years of bike advocacy in Portland
Keith Liden is a southwest Portland-based active transportation advocate and land use planner who has been a regular participant in local transportation circles ever since he caught the bug on the advisory committee for the city’s first Bicycle Master Plan, adopted in 1996. More recently, he has served on several advisory committees: the Portland Bicycle … Read more
Guest Article: Why PBOT’s top maintenance staffer joined us for a bike ride
Story and photos by Cathy Tuttle People who bike every day are the folks who ground-truth poor maintenance. We intimately experience gutters filled with leaves and plastic bike lane wands broken in the same locations day after day. We see street trees dying, and giant potholes reappearing over and over on what look like war-torn … Read more
NW Trail Alliance hires first-ever executive director
The Northwest Trail Alliance has hired its first-ever full-time, salaried executive director. Lisa Olivares has over two decades of nonprofit management experience and holds a Master of Urban Planning degree the group says will help them, “move into new areas of land stewardship and trail building.” The Portland-based nonprofit that maintains, builds, and advocates for … Read more