Weekend Event Guide: Gravel, dirt, the moon, balloons and more

Head to Stub Stewart State Park for a full weekend of family-friendly riding, volunteering, friend-making, and fun.(Photo J Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. It really doesn’t get any better this. Spring has sprung, today is the first day of … Read more


Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Comment of the Week: When ‘bike culture’ bites back

Priceless branding.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) Biking has been a big part of the brand identity that has made Portland a come-from-behind economic success over the last 20 years. But now that prosperity has arrived, at least for some Portlanders, where’s the love? And if it’s missing, do people who function as “props” in Portland’s triumphant narrative have … Read more


Comment of the Week: Does Vision Zero require gravel freeways?

A freeway outside Delft, Netherlands.(Photo: Edwin van Buuringen) The most important concept in American streets advocacy right now seems to suggest that all rapid car travel should be abolished. That’s the perspective of BikePortland reader Tait, who argued semi-satirically this week that if preventing one person’s death is truly more important than fulfilling everyone else’s … Read more