SE Holgate slated for major road diet, buffered bike lanes
Proposed plans for SE Holgate. (Note: Final design might differ slightly from this drawing.)
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Columbian: Clark County commisioners want to look into bike license fee
The Columbian newspaper is reporting that Clark County Commissioners want staff to look into a plan to create a bicycle licensing fee. L to R: Clark County Commissioners Steve Stuart, Tom Mielke, and Marc Boldt.
Sunday Parkways set for first foray into Northeast Portland
Map detail of Northeast Sunday Parkways event planned for this Sunday.
Kruger considers legal options, remains commited to bike races
Don Kruger, owner of Kruger’s Farm Stand on Sauvie Island.(Photos © J. Maus) Farmer Don Kruger, owner of Kruger’s Farm Market on Sauvie Island, says he’s “hanging tough” after the recent Multnomah County decision on his farm stand permit. During a standard permit update process that was triggered by a complaint from one of Kruger’s … Read more
Tigard council says City no longer required to put bike lanes on certain downtown streets
Downtown Tigard. Red lines show streets impacted by amendments to planning code.View Map On June 23th, Tigard City Council voted unanimously in favor of planning code amendments that remove the city’s requirement to have bike lanes on specific downtown streets. Along with that decision, they also voted on a code amendment that allows them to … Read more
BTA backs downtown Salem bike lane; community is split
“The more lanes I have, the more people I have… Once you put a bike lane in, it’s going to cut down a lane of traffic. That is my concern.”— Krishna Bhaptarai, owner of Katmandu Foods and signer of a petition against the bike lane plan Our story about a plan to re-stripe Commercial Avenue … Read more
Fraud hits local customers of online retailer Nashbar
Gabriel Tiller wasn’t smilingafter a security breach at Nashbar.com resulted in fraud.(Photo © J. Maus) Northeast Portland resident Gabriel Tiller is sort of a bicycle renaissance man. He has won a national tall-bike jousting competition, taken top prize at the Zoobomb Century, earned a spot on the gravity-biking podium at the Maryhill Festival of Speed, … Read more
Oregon Manifest builder Q & A: Chris Igleheart
[This Q & A with Massachusetts-based builder Chris Igleheart was written by Portlander Otis Rubottom as part of our ongoing coverage of the upcoming Oregon Manifest event. Igleheart will be in Portland this October to compete in the Constructor’s Design Challenge. We’ll publish more builder Q & As in the weeks to come.] Chris Igleheart … Read more
Best idea yet for revamped “Made in Oregon” sign
This is what the sign looks like today. The effort by University of Oregon to re-design downtown Portland’s iconic “Made in Oregon” sign is once again in the news. Now that they own the building it is attached to, UO wants to make some changes to the sign. The issue created a bit of a … Read more
A sign of bikes going mainstream in Portland
Screenshot of KGW video. It was big news last week when the American Automobile Association (Triple A) announced they would begin offering roadside assistance to people on bicycles*. Triple A is not the first company to offer such a service, but given their past of lobbying for automobiles (often at the expense of biking) the … Read more
Join us for a close-in BikePortland Get Together
Over 50 readers showed up for ourGet Together in Multnomah Village.Can we top that in inner SE?(Photo © J. Maus) We’ve been holding our BikePortland Get Togethers since February now, as a chance to get to know the issues in far-flung parts of the city and connect our readers offline. Every month we get requests … Read more
Adams takes Climate Action Plan to the people
About 50 people attended the North Portland Climate Action Plan Town Hall.(Photos © J. Maus) Last week I attended the Climate Action Plan Town Hall in North Portland. The event was a chance for Mayor Sam Adams to explain the City’s stance on climate change and to address feedback on the draft version of their … Read more