My view of NE Sandy this morning.(Photos © J. Maus) On crowded Portland streets, where taking the lane isn’t comfortable or necessary, people on bikes are usually expected to ride in a 4-5-foot wide bike lane. With cars speeding closely by on one side, and sometimes with cars parked just inches by on the other, … Read more
Metro Councilor Robert Libertygets the prize for best-dressedbiking politician today.(Photos © J. Maus) It’s not everyday that you get a free spread of food, coffee, free bike tune-ups, and a shot at raffle prizes just for biking into work. And it’s not everyday that you can see your Congressional representative, your Mayor, and two members … Read more
Screen shot from MyCommuteSucks.org “Don’t you wish there were a place where you could just vent all your transportation troubles? Well, the wait is over. Let it all out and take action.” That’s the battle cry from MyCommuteSucks.org, a new site launched today by non-profit group Transportation For America. According to E-advocacy Coordinator Stephen Davis, … Read more
Last year, the Lloyd Bikettes madetheir debut on Bike to Work Day.(Photos © J. Maus) Today is Bike to Work Day! Here in Portland, the day isn’t met with the same kind of fanfare as in some other cities (where the idea of biking is much more of a novelty). But even so, there’s at … Read more
Looking east on Prescott. Green paint in foreground marks where bike came to rest.(Photo: Elly Blue) This evening around 5:30 pm, a 36-year old man on a bicycle was fatally wounded when he attempted to cross NE Prescott Street at NE 57th (view map below). According to investigators, Sandy Bass Jr. was headed north on … Read more
Performance will open at SW 18th and Alder this weekend.Google Street View) Performance Bicycle, Inc., the nation’s largest chain of retail bike shops and a juggernaut in the industry with their online and catalog sales, will have a grand opening for their new downtown Portland store this weekend. As we reported back in February, Performance … Read more
The Sellwood Bridge affects the bikeability of Milwaukie. (Photo © J. Maus) We’ll be bringing our next BikePortland Get Together event to Milwaukie, Oregon, our neighbor to the immediate south. Anyone who lives, works, commutes, rides through, or otherwise spends time in Milwaukie (or its general vicinity) is invited to join us. Milwaukie seems to … Read more
Markings on the Hawthorne.(Photos © J. Maus) So far, in our coverage of the Hawthorne Bridge Crash, we’ve heard from an eyewitness and the two people who collided. We’ve also discussed both infrastructure and behavior-based solutions. But one important party to this issue has been left out: pedestrians. It’s hard to determine what exactly caused … Read more
Riders on a multi-day trip near Champoeg State Park.(Photo: Matt Picio/CycleWild) The State of Oregon’s “Scenic Bikeway” program has taken a nice step forward. This week, the State’s Bicycle Recreation Coordinator, Alexandra Phillips, unveiled a website that features detailed maps and route information on the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway. The Willamette Valley route is the … Read more
Download the study here. Portland-based Upstream Public Health has just released an important new statewide study that draws a clear connection between transportation policy decisions and people’s health. The study — Oregon’s first-ever statewide Health Impact Assessment (HIA) — was commissioned by Upstream and funded by the Northwest Health Foundation. Upstream collaborated with Oregon Health … Read more
City Traffic Engineer Rob Burchfield presented the new cycle track tothe bike advisory committeeat City Hall last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Last month, when Mayor Adams and the Bureau of Transportation announced the new, cycle track pilot project on SW Broadway, many people in the community were excited. The removal of an entire lane of … Read more
Ryan Hashagen, owner of Portland Cascadia Pedicabs.(Photos © J. Maus) -Video below- Today in City Council chambers, Commissioner Dan Saltzman proposed an amendment to the City of Portland’s proposed changes to the Private For Hire code. The amendment, which passed unanimously, will create an ad-hoc committee to address the issue of how the City regulates … Read more