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Publisher’s note: Back in July 2010, southeast Portland resident Karl Moritz suffered a harrowing crash while riding through Ladd’s Addition. It remains unclear what happened in the seconds before Karl collided head-on with a car traveling in the opposition direction; but what is clear is that the crash changed his life forever. Karl sustained many … Read more
*Portland Parks & Recreation has decided to temporarily close the section of the Esplanade near the ramps and floating docks. Scroll to end of story for the latest.* Reader photo shows current angle of ramp.
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – In Mexico City, the year-old bike sharing system ECOBICI is at capacity with a waiting list for memberships, and is said to have contributed to a 50% jump in ridership of privately owned bikes. – Jakarta, Indonesia gets its first bike lane, and 5,000 people … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) Hey everyone. It’s been yet another very busy week here at BikePortland (we’ve published about 30 stories and over 600 comments just since Monday.) Now we’re set to step away from the machines for a bit. Barring any major stories or stuff that just can’t wait, we’ll be quiet here (and … Read more
The right lane of this block of Vancouver between Broadway and Weidler will become a bus/bike only lane.(Photos © J. Maus) The Stakeholder Advisory Committee for PBOT’s Lloyd District Bikeway Development projects has reached a decision on how to improve North Vancouver/Wheeler Avenues between Broadway and the Rose Quarter. This project — which includes what … Read more
“When we went back to figure out how the League got their low numbers, we discovered that they use a definition that is very narrow and doesn’t capture all funding.”— Travis Brouwer, ODOT federal affairs Oregon’s 8th place “Bike Friendly State” ranking by the League of American Bicyclists raised a lot of eyebrows around here. … Read more
You never know who — or what — will show up at the Human Power Challenge; but I guarantee you it will be interesting. See more photos below to get an idea of what to expect.(Photos © J. Maus)
Still from video of 150+ person strong bike train at Beach School this morning.– Watch video below- What happens when you combine a City that prioritizes neighborhood bikeways, parents that are passionate about biking to school, and school administrators that not only encourage — but participate in it? You get a bike train that stretches … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) TriMet has just announced that they’ll discontinue the audible warning system they’ve been testing in an effort to improve safety of people biking and walking near buses. In a statement, TriMet said they stopped the test, “because the announcement didn’t activate at the appropriate time—either too soon or too late in … Read more
Hillsboro MayorJerry Willey. Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey is concerned that some measures being considered by our region to reach Oregon’s climate change goals are too expensive and that it’s time to ask “the bicycle community” to pony up to pay for some of them. Willey’s comments came during the Metro Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC) meeting … Read more
Clackamas County plan drawings show the new diagonal bicycle crossing with a dedicated bike signal that will be installed for Springwater Corridor bike traffic. (Purple line by BikePortland to show Springwater Corridor location)
