Show puts Oregon’s thriving bike industry on display
People came from far and wide to take in the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show last weekend. -Slideshow below/Gallery –(Photos © J. Maus)
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One woman killed, another critically injured at SE Foster and 80th (Updated)
Map of location. Two women who were crossing SE Foster Blvd at 80th Ave on foot last night were struck by a car. One woman, 23 year old Lindsay Leonard, died on the scene. The other, 29 23 year old Jessica Finlay, is in critical condition. According to the Oregon State Police, the women were … Read more
Blazers share their Rose Quarter vision (and it includes bikes)
Screen grab from ImagineJumptown.com. The Portland Trail Blazers have released their vision of the Rose Quarter’s future. On ImagineJumptown.com they lay out ideas to create “a world-class mixed-use sports and entertainment district in one of Portland’s most vibrant neighborhoods.”
The Monday Roundup
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week. – On Tuesday, a cable on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge snapped. The bridge and its approaches have been closed since, resulting in transportation difficulties and rare photos of huge swathes of urban freeway completely empty of cars. – In the midst of a mayoral election in … Read more
Want to be like Copenhagen? Think about vacuum cleaners and raging bulls
Mikael Colville-Andersen (L) and PBOT’s Roger Geller took a spin before last night’s event.(Photos © J. Maus) If Portland wants to push cycling into the mainstream, and reach usage levels similar to European cities, we need to make it easy, focus on the positives, tame automobiles, and do our research to counter anti-bike sentiment. That … Read more
Job of the Week
Are you a mechanic with management experience? Are you a manager with mechanical aptitude? A new opportunity was posted to BikePortland’s Job board this week for somebody who wants to manage a local bike shop. See details below. Tell them you read it here. Shop Manager — A Portland Bikeshop
New railcars for WES give TriMet a bike car option
TriMet has purchased two new railcars for its WES line that have a large storage area inside, similar to this one used by Caltrain as a bike car.(Photo © Todd Boulanger)
PBOT issues first ever ‘Bicycle Traffic Advisory’
Some of the “bicycling public” on Clinton.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has just issued an advisory to warn “the bicycling public” (that has a much better ring to it than “bicyclists”) of a construction project that will close a popular bicycle boulevard. According to spokesperson Cheryl Kuck, this is … Read more
Is our bike scene too white? Local non-profit tackles the issue
“The people riding and making decisions about bicycles is a white, middle class group.” — Alison Hill Graves, Community Cycling Center The staff at Community Cycling Center, a 15 year old Portland-based nonprofit that aims to increase access to bicycling, has been doing some soul searching in the last few years. In the process, community … Read more
A look at Copenhagen and Portland traffic, circa the 1930s
Copenhagen, 1937 – Watch videos below – In light of Portland’s ongoing love-affair with Copenhagen, and the fact that Mr. Bicycle Copenhagen is in town at this very moment (prepping for the big event tonight), I thought it’d be fun to take a look at the transportation legacy of our respective cities.
New downtown park gets parking right
Bike parking at Director Park. The City of Portland opened up a new downtown park earlier this week. Director Park, a former parking lot (that’s now underground), occupies a full city block (bordered by SW Park and 9th to the east and west, and Taylor and Yamhill to the south and north). It’s a new … Read more
Behind the Monday Roundup: Where we get our transpo news
A question we get a lot here at BikePortland is “Where do you get all your story ideas?”. Most of our sources are top secret and will stay that way (just kidding, sort of), but here’s a rundown of a few of the places I go to gather tips for our weekly Monday Roundup post … Read more