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Keen’s Commuter, an SPD-compatiblesandal released last year, was their first bike-specific product. Keen Footwear, who moved their headquarters to Portland in 2006 (and didn’t waste any time featuring us in their product catalog), has just announced an expanded line of cycling products. Keen unveiled an SPD compatible sandal (the “Commuter”) in early 2007 and now … Read more
Lincoln, Nebraska’s Police Chief Tom Casady. A reader (thanks Donna!) sent me a link the other day to a well-written blog post about sharing the road. Opinions on this topic are a dime a dozen, but something caught my eye about this particular article — it was written by the Police Chief of Lincoln, Nebraska … Read more
Chuck Bridge and his gravity bike at the top of “Dragontail” back in April.More images(Photos © J. Maus) Three Portland men who honed their downhill biking skills while “Zoobombing” down the West Hills are taking their sport to the next level. Team Zoobomb — which consists of Chuck Bridge, Aaron Truman, and Gabriel Tiller — … Read more
Jane Higdon(Photo: The Jane Higdon Foundation) The trucking company involved in the death of Jane Higdon in Eugene in May of 2006 has agreed to donate $1 million over 20 years to a memorial fund founded in her name. According to KVAL-TV in Eugene, Ireland Trucking Co. will give the money to the Jane Higdon … Read more
Screen shot from KVAL-TV video.(Watch video here) My story about Senator Floyd Prozanski’s intention to expand Oregon’s mandatory helmet law has gained steam. It was sent out on the AP newswire this morning and outlets across the state have picked it up. I’ve done several media interviews about it today, and while doing some background … Read more
Atkinson testifying in support of the Fixed Gear Brake bill during a hearing in Salem in March 2007. His shirt reads, “Ride a fixed gear, go to jail.”(Photo © J. Maus) Oregon state Senator Jason Atkinson (R-Central Point) — an avid cyclist and a regular supporter of bike-related legislation in Salem — was accidently shot … Read more
All sales of this poster will be donated to the Brett Jarolimek Memorial Fund.(Stencil design by Roll Hardy) Locally owned and operated Stumptown Printers has decided to donate all proceeds of their series of limited edition bike posters to local non-profit groups and a fund that raises money for bike safety programs. One of the … Read more
Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski gave the keynote address at a sustainable transportation conference in Portland this morning.(Photo © J. Maus) An invite-only conference at the Portland Art Museum today and tomorrow is looking at the future of sustainable transportation and urban design in American cities. Dubbed Meeting of the Minds, the event is, “designed to … Read more
Karl Hugo and his daughter Lula. Two weeks ago, Southeast Portland resident Karl Hugo was gravely injured when he rode through the intersection of SE 50th and Lincoln Street and collided with a truck. After the crash, Hugo was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit at the OHSU where he arrived in a coma, with … Read more
Today’s edition of Roll Call, a newspaper that has covered Capitol Hill for over half a century, makes it official; bikes are now on the radar of our nation’s lawmakers like never before. In the “Heard on the Hill” column, the paper writes that,
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).