🚨 Please note: BikePortland is currently on hiatus and only publishing guest articles. Learn more here. Thank you. - Jonathan 🙏
Photographer James Mason as a young boy in Beaverton in 1953.– See his photos below – (All images © James Mason) A few months ago, a man named James Mason popped up on the always interesting OBRA email list. He shared a link to photographs of bicycle racing in Portland he took back in the … Read more
Riding on SE 53rd Ave.(Photo © J. Maus) Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the 50s Bikeway open house event last week (we were sorta busy). If you were at the event, can you share your impressions with us? If you missed it, yet are still interested in learning more about this major bikeway project, … Read more
“Before we draft any legislation these meetings will provide the Committee with valuable insight and information.” — Rep. John Mica, Chair, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee — a key body that sets the transportation agenda on Capitol Hill — has announced a series of “field hearings” on changes … Read more
Max Kirchoff and his delivery vehicle.(Photo © J. Maus) Over the past two holiday seasons, Portlander Max Kirchoff has established a successful business delivering trees by bike throughout the city. His Trees by Bike concept launched in 2009 and last year it grew by leaps and bounds. Now Kirchoff is extending the idea to Valentine’s … Read more
“Since July 1, 2010, our officers have issued 226 citations to motor vehicles parked illegally in bike lanes.” — Cheryl Kuck, PBOT spokesperson Last week I shared the problem of cars parking in vehicle lanes which are legally set aside for bicycles (a.k.a. bike lanes). That story generated a lot of helpful discussion. I’ve also … Read more
This morning I posted a story stating that Senator Ginny Burdick was introducing a bill (SB 604) that would allow bicycle operators to roll through stop signs and flashing red lights – a.k.a. the Idaho stop law. Now I have confirmed that Burdick never intended to push for the bill as it was introduced yesterday. … Read more
Still from helmet cam footage taken in SW Portland by Seth Alford. According to a BBC article published yesterday people wearing helmet cams while bicycling is becoming more common in the UK. For many, the article says, the helmet cams are a way to capture bad drivers in the act. As helmet cam quality goes … Read more
Graphic from WWeek.com. One of our local alternative weekly magazines, The Willamette Week, made an interesting choice for their weekly “Rogue of the Week” feature. They’ve given the label to the “haters” of the 50s Bikeway who showed up to last week’s first public open house on the project. Here’s a snip from the Willamette … Read more
Rep. Mike Schaufler proposed the bill. House Bill 2602 (text), which would create a new law to prohibit the use of headphones while operating a bicycle, has just been scheduled for a public hearing. The bill is on the agenda of the House Judiciary Committee for Thursday, February 10th at 1:00 pm.
“We strongly urge that the state look to other sources for funding this vital project.” — BTA’s Rob Sadowsky in a letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission Last week we shared the news that TriMet is making a major funding request for ODOT’s $21 million pot of Federal Flexible Funds. The request is for a … Read more
UPDATE: We have learned from the BTA that the entire text of the bill is just a placeholder that Sen. Burdick plans to swap out for different language. According to the BTA, Burdick plans to address the issue of rolling through an intersection when the light does not have a bike sensor and/or fails to … Read more
