Portland-based women’s team steps up for 2009
Rebecka Hartkop, Tina Brubaker, Miranda Moon and Susan Peithman from Team Veloforma/ZYM at a time trial event in May.(All photos: speithman on Flickr)
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Bikey band will headline live KBOO Bike Show party
The monthly KBOO Bike Show will ring in the New Year in style on Wednesday. Show founder/co-host, and veteran Portland bike scenester Ayleen Crotty has announced that their January 7th show will be a live, on-air party that will feature up-and-coming local band, Blind Pilot. Here’s the word from Crotty as posted on her ORBike.com … Read more
First look at “Pedaling Revolution”, a new book by Oregonian reporter
The cover This morning I received an advanced copy of a long-awaited new book by Jeff Mapes; Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities. Mapes is the senior political reporter for The Oregonian (he also writes a politics blog) and, while I’ve known about this project for a long time, he’s kept the details … Read more
Zero bike fatalities in 2008: A Q & A with Greg Raisman
PBOT traffic safety expert Greg Raisman.(Photos © J. Maus) In 2008, there were no fatal bike crashes in the City of Portland. After a tumultuous 2007, when we had six fatal bike crashes (two of them very high-profile), this was welcome news by many in the community. To gain more perspective on this statistic, I … Read more
Wall Street Journal suggests going carfree to save money
“Whether you drive a hybrid or an SUV, your car is a cash-guzzler. Families trying to save real money should consider going without.” It may be a true sign of change when the Wall Street Journal suggests that giving up your car could be good for your personal finances and the economy as a whole. … Read more
The Monday Roundup
Happy new year, everyone! – There has been a lot of editorial page pontification in the last week about what our cities’ transportation policies should be in 2009. Here are a handful: The Hartford Courant, which I’ve been reading, wants better public transportation and restoration of historic train stations. A province in Rwanda has banned … Read more
Weekend Open Thread: Rain in the New Year
First we had an insane snow and ice storm and now I hear that the Portland region is being pelted with record rain. A few hours ago, reader John P. sent me this photo of the Springwater Corridor Trail (at mile marker 10.5) along with this comment: “The cool thing about riding it right now… … Read more
Rolling into the Devil’s Gear in New Haven
[BikePortland.org’s Managing Editor Elly Blue is currently on an East Coast Tour. This is the latest dispatch from her trip.] The Devil’s Gear is a focal point for New Haven biking.(Photos by Elly Blue) When I lived in New Haven a decade ago there wasn’t much of a bike scene. People biked, as did I … Read more
Top 10 most viewed stories of 2008
This ghost bike was stolen, then returned by a regretful thief.(Photos © J. Maus) Looking back at the 1,385 stories published on BikePortland.org in 2008, we thought it would be fun to take a look at the ones that you read the most. I looked up our top ten stories by total number of pageviews* … Read more
Cruisers and crowds; a trip to Surf City, USA
Bike parking under the Huntington Beach Pier.(Photos © J. Maus) A trip to Huntington Beach for dinner last night made me feel old. As a kid, I remember spending countless days at that beach, trying to hone my surfing skills and hanging out on the sand with friends. The boardwalk path that runs at the … Read more
Guest Article: Why Portland needs a safe passing distance ordinance
Christopher Heaps The article below was written by Christopher Heaps. Heaps is a Sellwood resident who rides his bike daily to his job as a lawyer with Stoel Rives in downtown Portland. You might remember Heaps as the lawyer who garnered a headline or two for successfully carrying out the “citizen-initiated citation” process. We wrote … Read more
City storm clean-up crews “focusing on bike routes”
After two weeks of a once-in-a-generation winter storm that pelted Portland into submission, the Bureau of Transportation is now in full clean up mode. A few days after the first snow fell, we turned our attention to how gravel laid down by PBOT to break up the ice was impacting bikeways. Back on December 16th, … Read more