“The purpose is to increase our aspirations – to move from contentment at being the “best in the U.S.” to the ambition of being truly world-class.”–Metro President David Bragdon Members of a committee formed by Metro to focus on funding new biking and walking trails in the Portland region are packing their bags for a … Read more
High speeds, freeway ramps, and a need for approval by ODOT have stalled a bikeway improvement project in North Portland.This view is looking west on Rosa Parks at Missouri.(Photo © J. Maus)
The Salmon Street Fountain provided a nice respite from Saturday’s sun.Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) Despite scary-high temperatures last Saturday, the Portland stop of New Belgium’s Tour de Fat still drew an enthusiastic crowd. Things kicked off with a bike parade and an estimated 300 people wearing all manner of silly outfits and freaky bikes … Read more
Does your dreamy vision of Portland include bikes (I know mine does)? If so, check out My Pretty Portland, the Portland Mercury and the Art Institute of Portland’s short film contest. They’re looking for a few shorts that showcase, “what you love, what you cherish, what makes Portland special for you.” I know there are … Read more
Ready to ride.(Photo © J. Maus) Kidical Mass continued to stoke the family biking revolution with several rides all over Portland tonight. I joined a healthy group of families at Peninsula Park for a pleasant, few-mile ramble over to Arbor Lodge Park where the kids played, the parents chatted, and everyone nibbled on potluck offerings. … Read more
Inside the Sapa factory.(Photo: Sapa) A company based in Northeast Portland that produces tens of thousands of bicycle frames per year might be on its way to Vancouver. A story published on July 30 in the The Columbian, Aluminum company might bring 900 jobs to Vancouver, details that documents filed with the City of Vancouver … Read more
(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