Some human help at a very dangerous intersection
A flagger working with PBOT paving crews stops car traffic at Broadway and Williams to make sure people on bikes get through safely.(Photos © J. Maus)
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Thoughts on TriMet and a personal message from ‘Al M’
If you haven’t been following along in the coverage and comments (nearly 300 of them) about TriMet in the last few days, let me try and bring you up to speed. On Monday, I reported about a collision between a bike and a bus on Hawthorne. A guy on a bike claimed a bus came … Read more
Friday Opinion: Advocacy groups should do more to leverage oil anxiety
[Publisher’s note: I’ve got a lot of opinions, but it’s perilous for me to try and weave them into the daily news stories here. So I’m going to try and start writing them up, once a week, in the form of the Friday Opinion column. Here goes…] Seen on Mississippi Ave. over the weekend.(Photo © … Read more
Job of the Week
This week’s featured job listing seeks a Director level rain maker for local advocacy group, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Full time with benefits, plus you will be working alongside the new Executive Director, Rob Sadowsky. Follow the link and tell them you saw the job on BikePortland.org. Good luck!
Pedalpalooza Daily: Friday, June 18th
Twenty-three hours of scheduled events today beginning with Breakfast on the Bridges and ending with an all-nighter out the Springwater corridor. Many fun options in between with lots of chances to make friends, eat well and have fun! Share the fun with our Ride Report Form. We’ll be posting some of these and other Pedalpalooza … Read more
Be a ‘Superhero’ and help save Sunday Parkways!
Beth Hamon, Sunday Parkways volunteer.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) OK Portland, it’s time to step up and take care of a good friend in need. That good friend is Sunday Parkways, an absolute gem of an event that we are all very lucky to have. Word from organizers is that the event is in need … Read more
TriMet releases video of Hawthorne ‘squeeze’ incident
This frame from onboard camera shows Sebastian Case on the sidewalk.-Watch video below- TriMet has released the onboard video from a collision between a bus and a bike that happened on SE Hawthorne earlier this week. The video clearly shows Sebastian Case — who was featured in an Oregonian story about the incident — riding … Read more
Commissioner Fish announces initiatives for Forest Park
Commissioner Nick Fish.(Photo © J. Maus) City of Portland Commissioner Nick Fish, who oversees Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R), has just announced five new management initiatives that will “address ecological and recreational concerns about Forest Park.” Fish is reacting to mounting public pressure to do something about the deteriorating health of the park. This pressure … Read more
Interesting new bikes we might be seeing in Portland
The man behind The Gary Fisher Collection.(Photo © J. Maus) Two big announcements in the bike world this week could result in some interesting new bikes showing up on the streets of Portland. The first is from the biggest bike brand in the world, Trek. Trek announced Tuesday that they will shelve the Gary Fisher … Read more
Naked Bike Ride: Know before you go -UPDATED
Last year.(Photo © J. Maus) Just a few days left until Portland’s annual skin-only cycling soiree, the World Naked Bike Ride. Last year, an estimated 5,000 took part (more than doubling the 2008 total), making it the largest naked bike parade in North America (if not the world?). If recent growth trends continue (see graph … Read more
Pedalpalooza Daily: Thursday, June 17th
Lots of good stuff on tap today including a Columbia River Gorge ride, GPS art project, Waterfront starting points for skaters/beginners/tutu wearing foodies all topped off by the Midnight Ridazz playland romp. Share the fun with our Ride Report Form. We’ll be posting some of these and other Pedalpalooza news on our Pedalpalooza Special Coverage … Read more
Landslide closes Leif Erikson Trail in Forest Park (photos)
Detail of slide location and detour map.–Download PDF/Photos below- Portland Parks & Recreation says a landslide in Forest Park has closed Leif Erikson Drive, resulting in a closure of the gravel road that is popular for biking, hiking and running. According to PP&R spokesperson Beth Sorensen, the road is now closed between milepost 7 and … Read more