🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
Tourism draw.(Photo: Evan Ross/Portland Bicycle Tours) Travel Portland has announced that the Banks-Vernonia Trail is a recipient of a 2011 Tourism and Hospitality Industry Award. Travel Portland recognized the trail with a “President’s Award,” for, “creating a new opportunity for our visitors to experience the natural beauty that is so accessible from Portland.” The trail … Read more
Say it ain’t so, John.(Photo © J. Maus) National advocacy groups are having a busy spring thanks to numerous threats to important pots of federal bike infrastructure funding. From the Recreational Trails Program to Safe Routes to School, many crucial funding pots that have provided millions to bicycling and walking projects over the decades are … Read more
Open!(Photo: bobcycle) The North Vancouver Avenue Bridge has finally been re-opened. The bridge, which provides a crucial north-south link for bicycle traffic over the Columbia Slough, was closed for nearly a year for much-needed repairs to its foundation. The closure caused headaches for people who bike between Vancouver and North Portland because the detours around … Read more
Portland Parks & Recreation has given local off-road biking advocates official word that the Ventura Park Pump Track project will move forward. The project will be Portland’s first official pump track and it will be managed in a partnership between Portland Parks Bureau and local non-profit group, the Northwest Trail Alliance.
Time to get it off the shelf.(Illustration: Mark Markovich) I just returned from an open house for the Lloyd District Bikeway projects. Unfortunately, my hunches about the direction each of them is headed have been confirmed. At this point, I think it’s time to take the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 off the shelf and … Read more
NE Holladay, initially proposed to be completely carfree, could maintain full auto access.(Photo © J. Maus With the fire on North Williams Avenue somewhat under control for now, many people in the community who care about bicycling are now raising red flags about the situation in the Lloyd District; where what started out as three … Read more
National Train Day is SaturdayThere’s a ride for that!(Photo © Russ Roca) This weekend starts early (as they all should!) with an exhibition of custom bikes and photographs tonight. Casual, informative, kid-friendly and potentially heart pounding rides ensue throughout the weekend from Vancouver to Eugene. Enjoy! Thursday, May 5th 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Het … Read more
River View Forest will soon be owned by the City.(Photo: City of Portland) Calling it the “largest land acquisition in recent decades,” two City bureaus (Parks and Environmental Services) teamed up with Metro to purchase 146 acres of natural area known as the “River View Forest” in Southwest Portland. The $11.25 million deal was announced … Read more
Current conditions on Williams show the need for major changes to the bikeway.(Photos © J. Maus)
This sign greets visitors to the American Red Cross in North Portland. It reads, “If you need a lock, please contact security inside the lobby.”(Photo © J. Maus) You know the feeling… Just as you roll up to your destination, you realize you forgot to bring a lock for your bike. If you’re with friends, … Read more
OBRA volunteer Stewart Campbell helped pressure wash Alpenrose Velodrome.(Photos: David Boerner) The word is in from Alpenrose Velodrome Director Mike Murray: track racing will start this week at the popular track nestled in Portland’s southwest hills (weather permitting, of course). The announcement comes after a week and a half of weeding, scraping, patching, sanding, and … Read more
“The… project has the opportunity to be a cycle-track the whole length if we don’t let the traffic engineers reserve too much space for cars… First, we have to have the guts to try it and then we’ve got to make it succeed.”— Chris Smith At a stakeholder advisory committee meeting later today we’ll learn … Read more