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“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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
This “bicycle mandala” graphic is one of the treatments PBOT is proposing to install in an intersection along SE Clinton Street to make it clear to people in cars that they are on a bicycle boulevard.
Portland’s bike culture inspiresthe world. The Sprockettes perform atthe Multnomah County Bike Fair (Photo © J. Maus) I rode out in the rain last night to grab a beer with Mattia Pellegrini, a member of the cabinet of the Vice President / Commissioner for Transportation of the European Union. Pellegrini, whose background is in environmental … Read more
[*UPDATE: We had a review of this bike planned, but it is currently on hold. Our test bike had a major part malfunction, which was then replicated by the dealer (Joe Bike). Following that, the dealer has pulled the product from their lineup. We’ll publish the review when/if the bikes are available in Portland again.] … Read more
Commercial Street in Salem.(Image: Google Streetview) A plan to restripe Commercial Street in downtown Salem has been met with opposition by some business owners. Eric Lundgren, a bike advocate who manages a Salem bike blog and is a member of the Mid-Willamette Valley chapter of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, reports that at least one business … Read more
Bike corral on SE 28th.-Slideshow below/More images–(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation completed the installation of another on-street bike parking corral last week. This one — on SE 28th at Pine in front of Ken’s Artisan Pizza and Bamboo Sushi — is the 20th on-street bike parking facility installed by … Read more