🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
Metro has unveiled the list of “regional experts” that will sit on a task force to make recommendations on how the agency should dole out about $24 million in federal transportation dollars. Back in July, there was a heated debate at Metro’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation over how best to divide up those … Read more
Concept drawing of a proposed two-cycletrack on Valencia Street in San Francisco.(Image: RG Architecture)
“We wish this were not the case, however, it will give the City an additional year to hopefully implement bike detour safety treatments in anticipation of the Springwater Corridor trail closure.”— Anne Nelson, Bureau of Environmental Services A project by the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services on the 170-acre Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge … Read more
A bike fit for a 7-ft NBA center.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) 7-foot 1-inch backup center Joel Przybilla of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers is the proud new owner of a fully-custom, 29-inch wheeled steel mountain bike made by Signal Cycles (a small, two-man shop based in a residential neighborhood in North Portland). I got … Read more
Temporary bike parking like this will be used at the Convention Center tomorrow.(Photos © J. Maus) President Obama arrives in Portland tomorrow to stump for gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber at the Oregon Convention Center. The event starts at 5:00 p.m., at the peak of evening rush hour and in a part of town that is … Read more
Lots of development has followed a boring, cheap and narrow bike lane on Williams Ave in North Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) The Railvolution conference kicked off this morning in Portland. About 1,000 transportation professionals, politicians, and other bigwigs are expected to take part in a dizzying array of workshops, networking sessions, and panel discussions. The … Read more
A large crowd turned to the Share the Park Ride and Rally at Forest Park on Saturday Morning. – Video/Slideshow below- (Photos © J. Maus)
This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a new “10-minute newsmagazine” and wiki about low-car life in Portland. Cars, bikes, buses (and MAX) share the transit mall.(Photo © J. Maus)
Streets like N. Concord Avenue would have 20 mph maximum speed limit.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland has released their draft 2011 Legislative Agenda. As we hinted might happen back in July, that agenda includes an initiative to reduce neighborhood speed limits to a maximum of 20 mph on certain streets. Mayor Adams … Read more
Remember local citizen activist Kiel Johnson? Back in August he organized a conference to educate parents and school administrators about the concept of bike trains (where folks meet up in the neighborhood and ride into school together). About three weeks later Kiel created a website and had six schools signed up for bike trains. His … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye last week: – In response to constituents’ complaints, a Manhattan official has conducted an unscientific study of the city’s bike lanes, and found that they are being equally disrespected by all mode users. – During a period of heavy construction leading up to the UK Olympics, a plumber … Read more
SBU creator Daniel Wood.(Photo © J. Maus) Remember the SBU — the electic Self-Balancing Unicycle made just north of Portland in Camas, Washington? I got acquainted with it back in February when I ran into its creator, Daniel Wood of Focus Designs, at a local e-bike shop. Daniel dropped me a line the other day … Read more