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Tori Bortman(Photos © J. Maus) Editor’s Note: This article was written by guest author Tori Bortman. Tori is very active in the local bike scene. She’s a co-host of the KBOO Bike Show, a promoter of bike polo and women-only alleycats, and she’s the proprietor of her own bike mechanic training business, Gracie’s Wrench (which … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Police Bureau sent three motorcycle cops to SE Clinton Street this morning to observe and enforce stop sign compliance at 34th and 21st Avenues. According to Traffic Division Lieutenant Bryan Parman, the “enforcement mission” (a.k.a. sting) came after his office received a complaint via email last week from a … Read more
“If I would have been a pedestrian or on a regular bike, I would have been dead…I feel like an attempt was made on my life. I told the cop I was assaulted but for some reason this was put on the backburner. They told me my case was placed at a low priority.”— pedicab … Read more
Screen grab from animation about bikes, stop signs, and the Idaho Stop Law by Spencer Boomhower. Watch it below. Lots of stop sign news at BikePortland headquarters today. I spent my morning out at SE Water and Caruthers where city crews recently removed two stop signs that were deemed unnecessary, I just got off the … Read more
The Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division has chosen a new captain. Officer Eric Hendricks, who has been in the bureau for 23 years and was most recently in charge of its Training Division, will now lead the Traffic Division. Assistant Chief and former Traffic Division Captain Larry O’Dea shared the news with me yesterday and … Read more
[Editor’s note: This story was written by BikePortland News Intern Dan Liu. Stay tuned for more photos and stories from Dan!] Volunteer James Moore in action.(Photos: Dan Liu) Last fall, North Portland bike repair and tool co-op Bike Farm celebrated its one-year anniversary by moving into a new space — one where the young non-profit … Read more
The eBike Store openedlast week in North Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) Opening a new retail business in the midst of an historic economic downturn isn’t exactly a safe bet, especially when there’s not a very big existing market for your product. But that didn’t stop Wake Gregg from opening Portland’s first all-electric bicycle store, The … Read more
A group merge during a Bicycle AdvisoryCommittee tour of east Portland last July.(Photo © J. Maus) You’re invited to our next BikePortland Neighborhood Get Together in the Powellhurst neighborhood of outer Southeast Portland — that’s right, we’re going east of I-205. Anyone who lives, works, commutes, or otherwise spends time in outer Southeast Portland is … Read more
Pedicab company operator Ryan Hashagen.(Photos © J. Maus) Last week, we published an interview with Portland Cascadia Pedicabs owner Ryan Hashagen. In it, Hashagen shared serious concerns about new policies being crafted by the City of Portland’s Revenue Bureau that would bring pedicabs under regulation for the first time. Hashagen told BikePortland, and many other … Read more
More fun with the city’s Bicycle Master Plan. As part of our ongoing look at the City of Portland’s Bicycle Master Plan update process, I thought it might be fun to take a look at some of the new bicycle infrastructure ideas being considered for use in Portland. The City has published a draft of … Read more
The economics of stop signs; the toll of riding drunk; “blue gold;” job sprawl; free bikes for all; friendly robots Time for the news. – New U.S. research findings quantify the impact of air pollution on life expectancy. Another recent study found that low birth weight is linked to exposure to pollution. – Mayor Adams … Read more
Bunnies on bikes(Photo © J. Maus) Thanks to BikePortland intern J.R., we have a bunch of new events posted. And just in time, as the seasonal event explosion is beginning. Here are some of the weekend’s highlights. Grease up your chain and get out there! – There used to be a pub crawl every year … Read more