Sneak peek at new close calls/collision reporting tool
Screenshot of new crash and close call reporting tool.(Click to enlarge)
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Portland will take part in national bike/ped ‘documentation project’
Portland will be part of a nationwide effort to document bike use.(Photo © J. Maus) For the first time ever, Portland will take part in a nationwide effort to document the number of people biking and walking on our streets. The National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project was initiated in 2003 by Alta Planning and … Read more
Metro trail committee headed to Amsterdam, Copenhagen
“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
North Portland bikeway improvement project goes back to the drawing board
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)
I pledge allegiance to my bike…
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
What does your “Pretty Portland” look like?
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
Kidical Mass: A slideshow from North Portland
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
Is major Portland frame maker headed to Vancouver?
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
Ad watch: The emergence of “carfun”
(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
A look at enforcement policies in dramatic Stark St. collision
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
Portland’s bikeway system, from a Los Angeleno’s perspective
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
Too hip for a helmet? What if it looked like a hat?
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.”