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House Bill 2228 would prohibit towing kids under six in a bike trailer.(Photo © J. Maus) The 2011 session of the Oregon State Legislature officially kicked off in Salem yesterday. While it’s too early for any significant action to have taken place, there are already some interesting bills that have emerged. Today, I’ll share two … Read more
Portland is once again rolling forward on bike-share plans.(Photo © J. Maus) After being mum on bike-sharing for about 18 months, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has now taken the idea back off the shelf. At a meeting of the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee last night, PBOT shared plans for a bike-sharing system … Read more
Detail from PBOT grant application for Going to the River project. Dotted lines show locations of new bikeways to be constructed.(Full size image here)
BES has taken an on-street bike corral…(Photo © J. Maus) And integrated it with a bioswale!(Photo: PBOT)
Rapha is now in the bike business.
The existing “transition strips” on the Esplanade ramps. See the new ones below…(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland Parks and Recreation Bureau has installed new bumps — a.k.a. “transition strips” — on one of the ramps (gangways) that leads to the floating portion of the Eastbank Esplanade. The installation is a pilot to … Read more
The Circulus is moving to Portland.(Photos: Emily Lace – More images here) The Circulus, a 132-foot circumference wooden velodrome made as a senior thesis project by an art student in California, will get a second life thanks to a Portland-based bike company. Artist Samuel Starr is a graduate of Pomona College who created the unique … Read more
After the tragedy in Arizona, this graffiti on N. Rosa Parks Way just before a tricky crossing for people on bikes and on foot — is even less funny.(Photo © J. Maus)
Screen grab from new PBOT video about Clinton to the River project. The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is pushing hard to win a $1.9 million federal grant to fund the Clinton to the River Multi-Use Path. To encourage supportive public comments on the project (that can be made online), and to make … Read more
Portlander Tommy Brooks flying his Oregon Duck colors on the way to work this morning.(Photo © J. Maus)
Here’s the news that caught our eye last week… – Gabrielle Giffords, the U.S. Congresswoman who was the target of a mass shooting over the weekend, is no stranger to bicycle transportation issues. She and her husband ride regularly, and she has worked at a state and federal level to pass bicycle safety laws. Read … Read more
Beloved’s commuter, the “Every Day” as seen at West End Bikes last night, will now be fabricated by Chris King Precision Components in northwest Portland.(Photos © J. Maus)