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Good times, pretty dresses, nice legs. Participants in the annual Pretty Dress Ride pose in their Sunday best.(Photos by Brad Reber) Continuing a proud Portland tradition, a fun-loving group of folks got together on Sunday for the Pretty Dress Ride. The ride was founded by local artist and bike-funnist Carye Bye, who created the ride … Read more
Good news, bad news, traffic gossip, and inspiring photos – If you only click through to one of these stories today, make it this one: Streetsblog manages to make the mechanisms of federal transportation funding fairly understandable, explains why the last federal transportation bill (SAFETEA-LU) is inadequate, and outlines what is needed for the new … Read more
Get dolled up for the pretty dress ride on Sunday!(Photo © J. Maus) We’re putting up the weekend guide up a little early this week to help you all make your plans. Get the weekend started tonight with Clever Cycles’ Heels on Wheels party. Dress up as fancy as you like and come check out … Read more
[This article by freelance reporter Libby Tucker is the result of a collaboration between BikePortland.org and New Internationalist magazine. The NI — which is based in Oxford, England and has an international circulation of about 65,000 — will publish a version of this story in their June edition as part of a series of articles … Read more
Adams has dedicated $500,000 for bikes in his budget.(Photos © J. Maus) In his forthcoming budget proposal (due out tomorrow), Mayor Sam Adams will include a dedicated funding source devoted to bicycle programs and projects that he calls the “Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Fund”. In a phone call this afternoon, Mayor Adams told me the money … Read more
[Welcome to the first article in our new Bike Home section. Marion Rice, our family biking columnist, will be sharing her finds and tips about all things related to bike-friendly living spaces. She’ll be on the hunt for the best backyard bike sheds, bike-friendly homes for sale, bike yard art, and other fun stuff. If … Read more
More trains, more bikes, fewer cars.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s transportation future is set to change drastically in the coming years. The stars are aligning for a city — and especially the downtown core — where public transit, feet, and bicycles are the vehicles of choice for most people. Don’t believe me? Just look around … Read more
PBOT’s drawing for proposed cycletrack on SW Broadway.(Photos © J. Maus)
The 2009 Oregon Manifest (10/2 – 11/8) can hardly be called a bike show. After the success of their first show last year, organizers have signed a presenting sponsorship deal with Chris King Precision Components and transformed the event into five “concentrated weeks” of art, workshops, and unique events designed to showcase the nation’s best … Read more
Will he deliver a Platinum budget?(Photos © J. Maus) Right now in City Hall, Mayor Adams and his staff are getting set to release their transportation budget. When the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) released their budget back in February, it was embarrassingly bad for bikes. There was no dedicated revenue for bike projects, one-time funding … Read more
Flowers placed as a memorial near the location where Bernick was hit.(Photos © Dan Liu) Last night, BikePortland news intern Dan Liu and I visited the scene of the collision that killed Cary Bernick on Monday evening. We timed our arrival to match that of the crash itself, shortly after 5pm. There wasn’t a ton … Read more
Filmmaker Clarence Eckerson on the Hawthorne Bridge last week.-Watch video below- Streetfilms‘ Clarence Eckerson was in Portland recently for Filmed by Bike. While he was here, he teamed up with Dan Kaufman from Crank My Chain CycleTV to put together a new, 3-plus minute film that takes a look at “Bike Rush Hour” on Portland’s … Read more