The National Bike Bill is headed to a vote in the Senate Committee on Commerce Science, and Transportation this Thursday (7/31) and the League of American Bicyclists is asking its members to take action. The bill (House Congressional Resolution 305) was introduced by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) back in February and passed a House vote … Read more
The City of Portland has just announced their plans to celebrate the recent designation of Portland as a Platinum-level bicycle friendly community. The event will be held at City Hall this next Thursday (8/7).
Short Track series organizer Kris Schamp.(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Race Series, which wrapped up its six-race series at Portland International Raceway (PIR) last night, has tallied a record number of participants. Event founder and organizer Kris Schamp reports that for the first time ever, there were over 400 entries … Read more
Suli Yu, a reporter for Voice of America, working in SE Portland this morning.(Photo © J. Maus) Even though recent local and national headlines have portrayed an image of uneasiness and tension between bikes and cars on Portland’s roadways, our bike scene is also getting plenty of positive attention. I just spent a few hours … Read more
“The city is allowing us to discourage cars from using Alberta with signs and posters asking them not to drive on the street during Last Thursday.”–Magnus Johannesson, Alberta Street neighborhood activist and business owner. The City of Portland, TriMet, and a neighborhood activist are moving forward on an effort to discourage cars from driving on … Read more
The BTA’s Angela Koch showed up at the Mountain Bike Short Track races at Portland International Raceway last night wearing these beauties…
Screenshot from Newsweek.com. It’s been almost three weeks since an Oregonian story about a alcohol-related traffic altercation was blown up into a “bikes vs. cars” war and now Newsweek has taken the bait. A story published yesterday in their National Affairs section is ominously titled, Road Rage in Portland: Bikes Cars Clash and Pedal vs. … Read more
“I remember being the type who would say ‘Get out of the road you bike rider’, but now every time I do something, it’s like ‘I’ll ride my bike over there.’ It’s definitely something I know I’m going to do for the rest of my life.”— Brandon Roy to Oregonian reporter Jason Quick OregonLive.com has … Read more
The old-school bike box at SE 39th and Clinton. The colored version at SE Hawthorne and 7th.
The job opportunities below have been recently listed on the BikePortland Job Listings. See below for more information (and good luck if you apply): Customer Service Rep – Yakima Products, Inc. Customer Help Desk Technician – Chris King Precision Components
The Sprockettes at the Tour de Fat in Truckee, California.(Photo © J. Maus) Last night I drove from South Lake Tahoe to Portland and it feels great to be home. Now comes the gargantuan task of trying to get back in front of the stories and emails that have backed up in my mind and … Read more
Davis loves bikes.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland might have been the first big city to garner the League of American Bicyclists’ coveted “Platinum” bicycle-friendly community rating, but Davis is a small town in central California that has held the honor since September of 2005. I arrived in Davis this afternoon and so far, I can … Read more