🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan 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)
Proper “take the lane” form.(Photos © J. Maus) Many of you already know that you have the legal right to “take the lane” when necessary. What’s less understood is what this actually means, both in practice on the road and in the law. “Take the lane” is a common phrase, almost a rallying cry in … Read more
One block of SW Ankeny will be carfree for four months starting in June.(Photo © J. Maus) The Oregonian reported yesterday that the Portland Bureau of Transportation has worked with business owners to negotiate a permit that will make SW Ankeny Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues carfree from June 21st to October 21st. This … Read more
“100 years ago architects were fascinated by cars and how cars would transform cities… Now, architects are quite naturally looking at bicycles.” Steven Fleming is an architectural historian, lecturer, theorist, and urban planning philosopher with a thing for bicycles. The well-traveled academic (he calls Newcastle, Australia home) is currently researching a book on what he … Read more
Preliminary concept drawing of Tracey Sparling Memorial Pedal Garden.(Drawing by David Boekelheide and Evan Holt/PNCA)
Heading to the ‘Couve? Remember your helmet.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in 2008, Vancouver (WA) passed an all-ages, mandatory helmet law. While enforcement has been nearly nonexistent since then, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says that’s about to change. Hoping to increase compliance with the law, VPD spokesperson Kim Kapp tells us new police patrols, … Read more
Len Rubin has a dream to mass produce these trailers in Portland, and he’s asking the community to help him make it happen.(Photo: Tamara Rubin) Remember Len Rubin? He’s the Sellwood resident whose one-of-a-kind, custom folding bike was stolen and then recovered a few weeks later. Now Rubin is asking the community to help him … Read more
The Dekum Building could become Portland’s first major public bike parking facility.(Photo: Naito Properties) The Dekum Building on SW 3rd and Washington in downtown Portland was built in 1892. It’s the oldest office building in the city and the former home of famed global ad agency Wieden + Kennedy. Now, building owner and manager Naito … Read more
