Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland September 4th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
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
Comfortable biking in suburbs arguably holds even more potential than it does in older, denser cities.
Like best-guitarist-of-all-time rankings, best-bike-city rankings are mostly just for fun. But in a week when Portland reportedly got a serious demotion from the granddaddy of bike rankings, reader MaxD’s reaction probably spoke for a lot of us.
Portland’s top transportation bureaucrat is part of a class of bike-friendly Generation Xers moving into the top perches of government.
“Car, take me to IKEA.”
“Build it and they will come” can’t beat “we’re here, get used to it” pragmatism.
Some interesting tweaks from a reader.
A vision for paid on-street bike parking that almost won me over.
Today’s BikePortland comments, tomorrow’s news.
“I was honestly terrified at the idea of riding across Powell near my house – not because of saftety, but because I’d have to wait for the light, wait for traffic to stop, and then ride across in front of all those people.”
“Where did we get the idea that a bike is too expensive to buy and maintain but a car is not?”
What’s it like to drive a bus in a city full of bikes?
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project