(Photo © J. Maus) Here in Portland, the “bike fun” movement is alive and well. What is bike fun? Well, it’s sort of a broad term (not sure who coined it, but I suspect it was popularized by an early pioneer of Shift) that encapsulates the fun-loving, free-spirited, enjoy-yourself-at-all-costs approach to riding bikes that is … Read more
On July 31st, a high-speed collision between a car and a bike on Stark Street in outer southeast Portland struck a nerve with readers and the incident left many with questions about how the law was applied. The collision itself was horrific. The man driving the car, 23 year-old Lance Waddy, was going an estimated … Read more
LA Times’ “Road Sage” Steve Hymon. One of the reasons some Portlanders take our bike policies so seriously and passionately (and are not shy about defending them) is because we realize that the microscope is on us. Portland is an important model that many other large cities look to (with even more urgency these days) … Read more
A reader sent me a link (thanks Charles!) to a company that has found a way to make helmets look cool — in a stylish Portlander sort of way. Check out the designs available from Copenhagen-based Yakkay: They call it, “Brainwear for smart people.”
If you want to work in the bike industry, this might be your lucky day. Team Estrogen (the top online retailer of cycling apparel for women) and Burley Design (based in Eugene) have both listed top-notch opportunities on the BikePortland Job Listings this past week. See below for more information (and good luck if you … Read more
It seems I jumped the gun with my story about the former McCall’s Restaurant site in Waterfront Park being turned into a cafe and bike retail, rental, commuter facility operated by Bike Republic. I published my story after reading a story in The Oregonian that I interpreted as meaning it was a done deal. I … Read more
Low-traffic, tree-lined conditions will help make NE Going a great bike boulevard.(Photo: Google Streetview) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has announced that NE Going Street will become the first street to receive funding for improvements as part of their Bicycle Boulevard Campaign. The announcement today of the new “Get Going!” campaign comes just over two … Read more
Bikes await customers at Penn Quarter station in Washington D.C.(Photo: afagen/Flickr) After several months of delay following the initial “launch”, Washington D.C. is basking in the glow of becoming the first large U.S. city to offer a bike-sharing system. Will their approach work? Should Portland be jealous? Why weren’t we first?
Still from video — Watch it below Streetfilms, the video-journalism arm of the New York City-based Livable Streets Network, has published a film that focuses on Portland’s signature bike parking treatments: bike oases and bike corrals. The film features PDOT staffer Greg Raisman (who was behind Portland’s first-ever corral at N. Shaver and Mississippi), Belmont-area … Read more
[Editor’s Note: Please read my follow-up to this story. It seems I jumped the gun a little bit and the deal isn’t quite “official” yet. Sorry for any confusion.] Ken Nichols, seen here at Bike to Work Day in 2007, is the man behind Bike Republic.(Photos © J. Maus) According to The Oregonian, the Portland … Read more
The Tour de Fat at Waterfront Park last year.(Photos © J. Maus) New Belgium’s Tour de Fat is set to take over Waterfront Park in Portland this Saturday. The event has been traveling all over the western U.S. in recent months and now it’s Portland’s turn to party. Things kick off with what is sure … Read more
BTA leader Scott Bricker speaking at the Eye to Eye campaign launch in downtown Portland this morning.(Commissioner Adams and PDOT DirectorSue Keil in background.)Video below(Photos © J. Maus) With morning bike commuters streaming into downtown Portland, the BTA led a press conference this morning to launch their new Eye to Eye campaign. A free bell … Read more