🚨 Please note: BikePortland is currently on hiatus and only publishing guest articles. Learn more here. Thank you. - Jonathan 🙏
[Publisher’s note: This article is by first-time BikePortland contributor Lucy Burningham, a local freelance writer and familiar face at bike events. Burningham writes here about the new book release of her fellow Lonely Planet travel guide author Ellee Thalheimer — who you may recognize from her past contributions to BikePortland.] Ellee Thalheimer doing important research … Read more
Philadelphia could follow Baltimore’s lead (seen here)in converting parking meter polesinto bike racks like this one.(Photo © Elly Blue) A long list of interesting news articles in the last week, spanning the transportation spectrum: – US Transpo Sec’y LaHood writes on his blog that 55 mpg is not enough — “If we want to reduce … Read more
What are your plans this weekend? There are a ton of organized events going on — check out yesterday’s Weekend Event Roundup for a partial list. If you’re still looking for something fun tonight, check out the fun-sounding Rubber Side Down Exploratory Ride or, if you’ve got young’uns, Kidical Mass in the early evening. Later … Read more
The Forest Park Conservancy recognizes that off-road cyclists are a legitimate user group whose needs are not currently being met.— from the introduction of White Paper on Off-Road Cycling in Forest Park The Forest Park Conservancy (FPC), in collaboration with a range of stakeholders, has released the final version of its White Paper on Off-Road … Read more
Jed Lazar and SoupCycle have delivered over 4,000 soups by bike since last year.(Photos © J. Maus) In this economy, small business success is hard to find. But for Jed Lazar and his partner Shauna Lambert — the duo behind locally based SoupCycle — the first year in business has been as healthy as their … Read more
“County commissioners, back away from the bicyclists and focus on more important issues.” Two days after the Columbian newspaper reported that all three Clark County Commissioners seemed to think a bike license fee was worth looking into, the paper’s editorial board has decided that the idea is a “stinker”. In an editorial published in today’s … Read more
[Editor’s note: Please welcome news intern Halley Weaver! Halley comes to BikePortland from a background in blogging. She jumped head first into the Portland bike scene as lead designer for the 2009 Pedalpalooza Kickoff Party. Her first story for us is a feature on a burgeoning new bike organization in town, the Bike Temple.] Design … Read more
Heading out of town.Slideshow below/Gallery(Photos © J .Maus) On the July 4th weekend, my girls and I joined two other families for a camping trip unlike any other we’d ever done. Instead of loading up the mini-van and driving for a few hours to the mountains or the coast, we loaded up our bikes and … Read more
Since I’ve temporarily disabled the event calendar function on the site (long story) and I don’t have as much time these days to do individual posts for upcoming events, I’ve been feeling the need to give more love to big weekend events. So on that note, below is a quick roundup of upcoming bike events/rides … Read more
Proposed plans for SE Holgate. (Note: Final design might differ slightly from this drawing.)
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.
Map detail of Northeast Sunday Parkways event planned for this Sunday.