🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
Note: At 7:29pm this evening I published a story based on a Craigslist post (it has since been flagged and is no longer visible) that contained photos and serious allegations about a bike thief working in Southeast Portland. In the past hour I have heard from several personal friends of the alleged thief and they … Read more
Fall colors and back roads. (Photo © J. Maus) What are you doing this weekend? Rain, fog, or shine, check out our weekend event guide, lube up your chain, and let us know what you end up doing.
Two new job openings were posted to our Jobs board this week. The City of Wilsonville is seeking a Bicycle/Pedestrian Project Coordinator and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance is hiring a part-time Finance and Office Assistant. See details below. Bicycle/Pedestrian Project Coordinator — City of Wilsonville Finance and Office Assistant — Bicycle Transportation Alliance
Farmer Juvencio Arqueta chats with Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten during a tour of the area on Monday. Arqueta’s farm is on land that the County wants to designate for future development. – Slideshow below – (Photos © J. Maus)
The City of Vancouver announced today that they’ve installed a new bike lane along SE 20th Street (from 176th to 192nd) that includes a “buffer area between the bicycle and the travel lane.” This is the latest in a string of bikeway news from Portland’s neighbor to the north. Last month we reported about a … Read more
Graph from BTA survey results.
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