Master plan update project manager Ellen Vanderslice (committee co-chair Mia Birk in background).(Photos © J. Maus) It’s been nearly two years since the Bureau of Transportation kicked off an effort to update Portland’s Bicycle Master Plan. Since that time, the plan has gone through quite a few speed bumps. In April of 2007, just two … Read more
“All I know is that she was distracted. She didn’t see him somehow, that’s all we’re being told.”— Keith Miles, Kristopher Miles’ grandfather 14-year boy Kristopher Miles clings to life this morning in a Portland trauma center, one week after 28-year old Andrea Dickinson ran him over with her SUV while he rode home in … Read more
More on this series: Read Part One Author Bio [Welcome to Part Two of our three-part series on bike messengers in Portland. This series is written by BikePortland contributing writer Erin Greeson (bio). In Part One, Greeson laid out the tough working conditions faced by Portland’s messengers. In the article below, she shares finding health … Read more
The Options Division are the ones who deliver the SmartTrips packets to your door by bike.(Photos © J. Maus) The Transportation Options Division inside the Bureau of Transportation is a key piece of Portland’s success as a sustainable city. “Options” (as it’s known around here) is the marketing arm of the city’s transportation program and … Read more
Erin Greeson [Publisher’s note: This is the first in a three-part story on Portland’s bike messengers by new contributor Erin Greeson. When her friend Zak Kovalcik crashed and broke his collarbone last fall, Greeson came face-to-face with the tough reality faced by Portland’s bike delivery professionals. In this in-depth, three-part series, Greeson shares how the … Read more
Getting paid to ride to work isn’t that easy…yet.(Photo © J. Maus) I’ve gotten many emails over the past few weeks wondering why I haven’t covered the Bike Commute Tax Benefit that became law on January 1. One reason is that I’m just not all that enthused about it; and it turns out I’m not … Read more
[Publisher’s note: This story was written by Managing Editor Elly Blue during her recently completed East Coast Tour. Read more of her travel dispatches here.] It’s not on the annual lists of biking hot spots, but during my recent visit to Baltimore I realized they might just become the next big bike city. They’re not … Read more
A view of traffic approaching the Hawthorne Bridge this morning.– Image Gallery –(Photos © J. Maus)
New stainless steel racks on SW 5th Ave.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland has installed 90 stainless steel staple racks as part of the downtown transit mall project. The racks — designed by architectural firm ZGF — are quite different from the standard blue staple racks. For starters, they’re made from a much … Read more
AG John Kroger In the course of my reporting here at BikePortland.org, I don’t usually come in contact with the Oregon Attorney General. But I was surprised to find out this morning that Oregon top lawyer, John Kroger, is something of a bike lover. In an AP story I read via the Seattle PI, Kroger … Read more
The CETMA cargo bike during a preview/test-ride session at Clever Cycles earlier this month. (Photo: cleverchimp on Flickr)
It’s time for the Monday news roundup! Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has elected to replace Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct freeway with a tunnel. – Inauguration-related transportation was big news last week. The Washington Post’s Dr. Gridlock has published a three part “How It Worked” column, discussing the bicycle, walking, and carfree streets solutions DC used … Read more