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Lips singer Wayne Coynein his trademark bubble(Photo by Flaming Lips) By now the world has heard that the Flaming Lips were in Portland last month to film naked bikers for a music video for their new album, Embryonic (which incidentally has become the band’s first top 10 hit). The video is now complete, and the … Read more
[UPDATE, 12:28pm: We’ve just published a separate story with more results from this survey that were not initially released.] Results have been released from a survey conducted by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) last August. The intent of the survey, titled Bicycling Perceptions and Experiences in Oregon and Southwest Washington, was to garner feedback and … Read more
Todd Boulanger [This story is by Todd Boulanger, a former transportation planner for the City of Vancouver who has been soaking up the bike infrastructure of Europe. In this report he shares some views of a bike parking project at a public square in Amsterdam.] The bike parking options under consideration for Amsterdam’s city center … Read more
(Photo by Ktesh from the BikePortland Photographers group on Flickr.)
Bike fun at last weekend’s Cross Crusade kiddie race. (Photo © J. Maus) This is just a selection from the many bike events going on this weekend. For more, including regular weekly or monthly events, see the Shift calendar.
An Oregon Department of Transportation repaving project will bring two new mid-block crossings to SE Powell Boulevard. The $4 million (estimated) Powell Boulevard Pavement Preservation project will begin in Spring 2010 and will include repaving Powell from SE 51st Avenue to Interstate 205. In addition, ODOT will build new sidewalks (in compliance with ADA), and … Read more
Plan drawing for crossing of Spokane at SE 13th. Notice new refuge island, semi-diverter (allowing bicycles onto Spokane but not cars), and curb extension. Red boxes are places where on-street parking will no longer be allowed. – Download Spokane Bike Boulevard project details (400K PDF) –
Bike Porn 3 trailer was released last night. –Watch it here-. Portland’s bike porn provocateur “Reverend” Phil Sano is back on the road. Sano and his crew are on their 16 city “Chain Whip” tour showing Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound (note: trailer is NOT safe for work). Sano’s collection of short films features bikes … Read more
Cover of Kurmaskie’s latest book, on store shelves February 2010. Remember two years ago when we checked in on local author and self-described “adventure dad” Joe Kurmaskie right before he and his family embarked on journey across Canada? Well, somehow the family is still together (joke) and Joe has just finished a book about the … Read more
Cops on bikes.(Photo © J. Maus) When it comes to police enforcement of bicycle traffic laws or bicycle collisions, discretion is very important. If you’ve watched the recent bicycle traffic enforcement video produced by the Portland Police Bureau, you’ll notice the concept figures prominently. PPB Bicycle Liaison Officer Robert Pickett opens the video with this: … Read more
The mechanics classroom at UBI’s new location on N. Williams.(Photo: UBI) United Bicycle Institute (UBI) is all moved into their new satellite campus in North Portland (they also have a campus in Ashland) and this Saturday they’ll throw the doors open and welcome the community with an Open House event. According to UBI’s John Baxter, … Read more
This 7.2 mile stretch of the Springwater should be much smoother by summer 2010.(Map: City of Portland) A project to repave the popular Springwater Corridor Trail that was green-lighted by Metro back in March is now scheduled for completion by early June 2010. The $1.8 million project will overlay asphalt on top of the original … Read more