🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
Cover of ‘On Bicycles’.(Art by Matt Fleming) Amy Walker, co-founder and former creative director of Vancouver BC-based Momentum Magazine has been working on a new book: On Bicycles: 50 Ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life. The book is a collection of essays written by 33 contributors, six of whom are from Portland. … Read more
Catch the Sprockettes at a pre-party in North Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) The World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) is this Saturday night and there are some late-breaking developments to share. The big news is that locally-based craft beer icon Bridgeport Brewing has stepped up to be the sponsor and host of the official WNBR after-party. … Read more
Ankeny during a carfree event in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Last month we shared the news that the City of Portland, with full support from adjacent businesses, planned to move forward with a pilot program to make SW Ankeny Street carfree between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. The City plans to re-program the space by prohibiting … Read more
Vic Alfonso, owner of Alfonso Cadillac, explains his concerns with PBOT project manager Ellen Vanderslice after this morning’s meeting.(Photo © J. Maus) After six months of meetings, analysis and negotiations, the City of Portland appears poised to implement changes that will improve bicycle access on and around the 12th Avenue bridge over I-84 in the … Read more
This just in from Portland Parks & Recreation (see our story from Tuesday for background): Eastside Floating Walkway to Remain Closed at Least Over the Weekend (Portland, OR) – A team of PP&R operations supervisors and engineers on-site this morning has determined that the floating walkway along the Vera Katz Eastside Esplanade from north of … Read more
Tutus! Birds! Alleys! Serious wonking! French Bikes! There really is something for everyone on the Pedalpalooza menu today. View the full list below… 7:00am Sisyphean Cruller Crawl – East Side Join us for a mythic climb up one or two of Portland’s finest hills. We’ll haul breakfast to the top for anyone that makes it, … Read more
The 50s Bikeway Project aims to create a 4.3 mile, family friendly bike corridor.(Photo © J. Maus) The long-awaited 50s Bikeway Project — which will use $1.5 million in federal funds to build a low-stress bicycling environment along a 4.3 mile corridor from SE Woodstock to NE Thompson (near Sandy) along 53rd and 52nd Avenues … Read more
Make a clean sweep of grime.(Photos: Daniel Sharp) When you break it down, your bicycle only needs to do two things: Go and stop. In our last column we discussed the go (chains), today we’ll delve into the stop (brakes). The Pacific Northwest is known for many things, but one of the most insidious is … Read more
Approximate route of new bike boulevard coming to east Portland. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is close to the start of construction on a new “neighborhood greenway” that would parallel 82nd Avenue in northeast and southeast Portland. PBOT has put out a request for proposals to find a construction firm to start and the … Read more
The ‘Broads with Babes’ ride is today at 2:00.(Photos © J. Maus) 12:45pm The Outer Limits Join Hidden Portland author Carye Bye and Portland Native Kate on a daytime tour of Portland’s Outer Limits! We’ll start at the Fairley’s Pharmacy & Soda Fountain (still going since 1913!) at 72nd & Sandy. Then head East. Some … Read more
Inside BikeBar on Williams.(Photos © J. Maus) Hopworks’ new BikeBar on North Williams Avenue seems to be an instant hit. The small restaurant in the ground floor of the Ecoflats apartment building between N Shaver and Failing, is just the latest new bike-centric business to spring up on what Hopworks’ owner Christian Ettinger calls the … Read more
The Esplanade has been closed for 14 days due to high water.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland Parks & Recreation officials say they continue to monitor the water levels on the Willamette River and that a re-opening of the Eastbank Esplanade could come by the end of this week. The floating portion of the Esplanade path … Read more