Comment of the Week: Making Beaverton the country’s #1 biking suburb
Comfortable biking in suburbs arguably holds even more potential than it does in older, denser cities.
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Weekend Event Guide: Tabor, brewpub tour, a ‘stampede’, and more
Biking goes to the dogs this weekend at the Tour de Lab.(Photo: TourdeLab.com) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. Consider what’s on tap this weekend: From a dirt road journey through rugged and beautiful Oregon backroads, to cyclocross races (two of … Read more
Comment of the Week: A little perspective on city rankings
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.
Comment of the Week: A good review for Director Treat
Portland’s top transportation bureaucrat is part of a class of bike-friendly Generation Xers moving into the top perches of government.
Weekend Event Guide: Parkways, community building, a kermesse, and more
You never know what you’ll see at Sunday Parkways Southeast.(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. Summer might be waning, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop riding bikes! Whether you miss Pedalpalooza or you want to test … Read more
Comment of the Week: How self-driving cars are actually going to work
“Car, take me to IKEA.”
Weekend Event Guide: BMX, century, Milwaukie, and more
Discover the hidden bike path gems of southern Clark County Washington at the Portland Century on Saturday).(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. How’s your summer riding been going so far? Are you ready for a century ride — … Read more
Comment of the week: ‘The stream carves its own bed’
“Build it and they will come” can’t beat “we’re here, get used to it” pragmatism.
Comment of the week: Five spicy new ideas for Sunday Parkways
Some interesting tweaks from a reader.
Comment of the week: How paying for on-street bike parking could be awesome
A vision for paid on-street bike parking that almost won me over.
Weekend Event Guide: Parkways, a picnic, the ‘ultimate urban bike’, & more
Don’t miss out on Sunday Parkways this weekend.(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. Now that we’ve gotten this storm out of our system, the forecast for the weekend couldn’t be better. 70s and 80s and lots of sun. … Read more