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The bridge, a vital north-south link in the bike network, has been closed for over 10 months. The Vancouver Avenue Bridge over the Columbia Slough in North Portland has been closed to all vehicle traffic since last May for a rehabilitation project. PBOT initially planned to have it open by December 2010, but project delays … Read more
Proposed plan for new pump track at Ventura Park in Southeast Portland.
Now just an on-street bike lane, the Staples donation will make it easier for Metro to complete the pathway. Metro announced today that office supply company Staples Inc. has donated the easement rights for future development of the Marine Drive trail. Staples owns a distribution center that backs up against Marine Drive just east of … Read more
A Multnomah County Grand Jury decided today that 63-year old Candice Palmer — the woman who told police investigators she reached into her back seat to tend to her dog and then struck and seriously injured a man who was bicycling on SW Multnomah Blvd — should not face criminal charges. Palmer’s car swerved into … Read more
A week may have already passed since the Oregon Active Transportation Summit down in Salem, but our news intern Patrick Croasdaile and I still have notes and photos to share. Of particular note was Patrick’s experience at the big “Lobby Day” on Wednesday. Organized by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Lobby Day consisted of dozens of … Read more
Lindsay Caron Epstein will use her grant to help fund web design classes.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Society, a non-profit that supports women in the bike industry and the transportation field, has announced its first crop of grant recipients. The Portland Society Fund (which is administered by Umbrella, a 501(c)3 organization) will award Portlanders … Read more
Randy Neufeld with the SRAM Cycling Fund will be among the guests on tomorrow’s show.(Photo © J. Maus) You don’t want to miss the monthly KBOO Bike Show tomorrow. Show co-host Michelle Poyourow has put together an impressive panel of guests to give us wide view of what’s going on with bicycling in cities across … Read more
(Photo: Cycle Dog) Since their launch less than two years ago, Portland-based Cycle Dog has grown by leaps and bounds. The company — which makes dog collars, belts (for humans) and other products out of used bicycle inner tubes — boasts dealers nationwide and they took home “Best in Show” honors at the 2011 Global … Read more
This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a “10-minute newsmagazine” and wiki about low-car life in Portland. A big strategy shift was in the air at this year’s Oregon Active Transportation Summit, the two-day conference and lobbying blitz that was, until 2011, known as the Oregon Bike Summit. Woven through the lectures and panels … Read more
[After a hiatus, our Bike Science column is back. Below, carbon fiber master and engineer Shawn Small shares the science behind one of his recent projects. Steven Peace at start line of 2010 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.(Photo: Joy Anderson) Steven Peace was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy in his early 30s when he … Read more
A little biking Blazer fan.(Photo © J. Maus) So much cool bike stuff goes on every weekend here in the Portland region that I thought a quick recap would be one way to share some of it. Cherry Blossom Road Race A lot of Portlanders competed at the first big road stage race of the … Read more
After hearing about the issue from a citizen, PBOT smoothed out the harsh bumps that used to exist on the median at NE Tillamook and 16th.(Photo: Josh Berezin)