🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
Clark County Cycling Coalition founder Eric Giacchino.(Photo: Marcus Griffith) The greater Portland metropolitan area is one step closer to having another regional non-profit bike education and advocacy organization. The necessary paperwork to receive official non-profit status for the Clark County Cycling Coalition (C-4), southwest Washington’s newest bike organization, is complete and ready to be mailed, … Read more
Will close Monday.(Photo © J. Maus) Multnomah County announced yesterday that the multi-use path on the Morrison Bridge will close to all traffic beginning Monday (6/13) and the multi-use path that serves both directions of bike traffic will be closed until mid-September of this year. The closure is for a $4.2 million construction project that … Read more
Famed filmmaker Casey Neistat’s latest video creatively tackles the issue of riding in bike lanes in NYC (and getting ticketed for it). It’s so well done that the video has exploded on the web. Watch it below…
Whether you’re into apparel, product design, or bike repair, some excellent job opportunities were listed this week. See the list of jobs and get all the details below. Good luck and make sure you tell folks you heard about it on BikePortland. Design Engineer — Yakima Products, Inc. Bike Mechanic — Discover Bicycles, Hood River … Read more
Spontaneous public dancing and loud music at the Bowie vs. Prince ride last year. It happens again tonight.(Photo © J. Maus)
Tonight’s kickoff parade in Northeast Portland.(Photo: djfisher74 on Instagram)
The Portland Parks & Recreation Bureau announced this morning that the riverfront path in Waterfront Park south of the Steel Bridge is closed to all traffic. The closure began today at noon and will remain in effect until noon on Monday. See the statement from PP&R spokesman Mark Ross below:
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My money would be on this guy.(Photo © J. Maus) The annual Cirque du Cycling bike fest on N. Mississippi Avenue is this Sunday. The event brings together many facets of Portland’s bike scene and this year organizers have added yet another — a cargo bike race. It was bound to happen as Portland’s cargo … Read more
Tammy Baney The Oregon Transportation Commission, an influential group appointed by the Governor to establish state transportation policy, will welcome two new members at the end of this month. Legislators in Salem voted yesterday to approve the nominations of Mark Frohnmayer and Tammy Baney. Frohnmayer is the son of former University of Oregon President David … Read more
This is how Portland will look for the next 17 days.(Photo © J. Maus) This is not a drill. This is it folks. Shift’s 17-day Pedalpalooza starts today… err… this morning actually. The “Sisyphean Cruller Crawl” starts bright and early at 7:00 am is the first of 12 events today. But the big one today … Read more
Mayor Adams’ Prius at the scene of the collision. Photo: Beth Slovic/The Oregonian