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The grassroots group that is forming to oppose plans for a new 12-lane Columbia River Crossing (CRC) bridge project on I-5 has released the second in their series of mock sales pitches. In the first episode, host (and local author) Joe Kurmaskie tackles the bridge’s cost (“…only one million easy payments of $4,000 each!”) and … Read more
Jason Charles Bush(Photo: Portland Police) We recently reported on a high-end bike theft from a Pearl District condo. This theft occurred during a period in which there seem to have been an unusual number of break-ins to bike storage areas in the Pearl. Police now have a suspect in the thefts. According to KGW, 28 … Read more
A bike from Portland-based Vanilla Bicycles graces the cover of Custom Bicycles;A passionate pursuit. With the publication later this spring of, Custom Bicycles: A passionate pursuit, the handmade bicycle renaissance in America seems to have taken another big step forward. And, as you might have expected, Portland’s reputation for bike building did not go unnoticed. … Read more
This morning, crews worked to install 27 bike racks on NW 13th at Johnson.(Photos © J. Maus) Today, crews from the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation installed 27 new staple racks at the corner of NW 13th and NW Johnson in the Pearl District. The new racks — located adjacent to the Pacific Northwest … Read more
Oregonian columnist Steve Duin. Oregonian columnist Steve Duin has published pointed criticisms directed at the Portland Police Bureau’s handling of the Freedom Child bike light case in his column today. Freedom Child is the 57-year old St. Johns woman who was involved with an altercation with two Police officers back in 2003. Child claims she … Read more
Portland Mall crews remove a bike rack on NW 5th Ave. last Friday.(Photo: Michael O’Leary) Staffers at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance offices on NW 5th Avenue were surprised when they noticed work crews removing the bike racks outside their offices on Friday morning of last week. When I rode by later that evening, all that … Read more
Cross section of new cycle track coming to North Park Blocks.(Graphic: NeighborhoodNotes.com)
Mayor Adams’ Transportation Policy Director Catherine Ciarlo in screenshot from new video.-Watch it below- Mayors Sam Adams’ office has just released a video address giving an update to Portlanders on his 100 day action plan as it pertains to his transportation agenda. The video (watch it below) is in the form of a monologue from … Read more
OPB’s Oregon Field Guide has a major crush on biking. Oregon Public Broadcasting’s (OPB) Oregon Field Guide program has begun to reflect our state’s decidedly bike-centric personality. The program, which covers all of Oregon’s natural, artistic, and social splendor, has had several segments devoted to biking recently. Back in February, the show featured Cascade Huts, … Read more
How can the city say no to a face like this?-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) Last Friday, about 100 people — most of them families with kids in tow — rode to City Hall as part of a special edition of the BTA’s monthly Kidical Mass ride. The goal was to raise awareness about the … Read more
“Expanding the freeway and constructing six new massive interchanges will do tremendous damage to the bike friendliness of communities around the project.”— From a press release issued today by the BTA The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) issued a statement today in opposition to the Columbia River Crossing project. The statement is by far the BTA’s … Read more
The letter from Eugene’s bike program coordinator in opposition to the Idaho Stop bill.(Download PDF) Last week, when the Idaho Stop Law bill — which would allow bikes to treat stop signs as yields (adopting a law similar to one already on the books in Idaho) — was in its first hearing down in Salem, … Read more