🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
Traffic analysis shows about 50% of car traffic on Willamette goes 40 mph (the limit is 35).(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is considering other options for how to improve bike access on N. Willamette Blvd after hearing loud and clear from adjacent homeowners that they don’t want to lose on-street … Read more
When local cargo bike manufacturer Metrofiets unveiled their “Hopworksfiets” back in September 2009, it was a sensation. The bike, custom made for Hopworks Urban Brewery to be a beer bar on wheels, was a media darling and even made it onto the Discovery Channel. The bike itself was a smash hit, but it also saw … Read more
Research will put numbers behind biking customers.(Photo © J. Maus) A research project at the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC, housed at Portland State University) is taking a closer look at how bike-riding customers and bike infrastructure (or lack thereof) impacts the business bottom line. The principal investigator is Kelly Clifton, an associate … Read more
Get ready to Hammercise — the most fun you’ll ever having biking around for impromptu, synchronized, MC-Hammer-inspired, jazzercising.A scene from last year’s ride.(Photo © J. Maus)
The “We Go Cargo” entry into the Cirque du Cycling Bike Parade.(Photos © J. Maus)
NYC Is buzzing about an incident involving a skirt.(Photo © J. Maus) Here’s the bike news from around the world that caught my eye in the last week: – What do you do if your city isn’t home to a summer season of grassroots bike fun, like Portland’s Pedalpalooza, Vancouver B.C.’s Velopalooza, and now Calgary’s … Read more
Take a tour of Latino art and artist studios on the Latino Art Bike Tour.(Photo © J. Maus) After a wild and wooly weekend, here’s what’s on tap for Pedalpalooza today… 11:00am Nude Beach Ride Ride to Sauvie Island’s clothing optional beach. A beautiful ride, at a moderate pace, to a lovely beach. About 20 … Read more
It will take speed, stamina and a bit of insanity to win the Zoobomb Century today.(Photo © J. Maus) 8:30am Birding by Bike Grab your binoculars and go for a ride to various birding areas in the Columbia slough! We’ll meet up at Peninsula Park and ride north to the Vanport wetlands before heading west … Read more
New Pedalpalooza stickers… showing up at a ride near you. I hope you’re pacing yourselves. It’s only day 3 of Pedalpalooza and there are 21 rides today! If you’ve been waiting for an excuse to ride naked, or to venture north into Washington, today is your day. Check out the full list below and see … Read more
It’s tempting when there’s no viable alternate route.(Photo © J. Maus) This morning’s news that the Morrison Bridge multi-use path will be closed to both directions of bicycle traffic from this Monday until mid-September, was just the latest in a string of closures that impact vital connections in our bikeway network. This post will hopefully … Read more
“Comments I made at the May 25 MPAC meeting created a stir in the bicycling community.”— Jerry Willey, Mayor of Hillsboro At a meeting of Metro’s Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC) late last month Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey raised eyebrows when he said “bicyclists” need to “participate” in paying for the costs of transportation infrastructure mandated … Read more
“By extending the community process to be more inclusive, by listening with respect to all voices, and by striving for a project that meets the multiple objectives we’ve identified, I believe we can arrive at a preferred project alternative that is well-supported and technically feasible.”— Ellen Vanderslice, PBOT The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) issued … Read more