[Update, 6:30: Council has voted unanimously to support a replacement bridge crossing (with light rail) as the Locally Preferred Alternative. Read the full lowdown at the Mercury blog and read my report from City Hall below.] Standing room only crowd at City Hall for the vote on the CRC.(Photos © J. Maus)
Bike lanes on high-speed arterials — like this one on SE Powell — are the norm in outer East Portland.(Photos/video © J. Maus) Last night, the City of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee took a closer look at the bikeways of East Portland. Led by city bike coordinator Roger Geller, the group met at the Gateway … Read more
Rapha will host a roller racing competition — like this one in Portland last February — at Lance Armstrong’s shop in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Dat Nguyen) Rapha, the UK-based high-end cycling apparel maker who recently established their U.S. headquarters in Portland, is wasting no time sharing the bike culture that brought them here. According to … Read more
“We need a replacement. But it must be the right kind of new bridge… Approval today will only move the bridge project proposal from one phase of evaluation to the next.” –Commissioner Sam Adams in today’s Oregonian Today is an important day for supporters and critics of the Columbia River Crossing project. Portland City Council, … Read more
[Update 7/9 **SPOILER ALERT — SEE BELOW***] American star George Hincapie flying the new blue Team Columbia kit.(Photo: Team Columbia) A team flying the logo of Portland-based Columbia Sportswear is having one heck of a Tour de France. Team Columbia has been near the front of several stages and, after four stages, the team ranks … Read more
[This article was written by Tony Fuentes. Fuentes is vice-chair of the Concordia Neighborhood Association, an avid outdoorsman, a father of two, and a small business owner. He is frequently called upon by city leaders and was a member of Commissioner Sam Adams’ Safe, Sound and Green Stakeholder Committee. Fuentes has a Masters degree in … Read more
The old and the new.(Photos © J. Maus) On Sunday, the girls and I joined a few friends for a ride out to Sauvie Island for some berry picking. Besides a chance to enjoy a day on the farm, I was also able to get my first look at the new Sauvie Island Bridge.
“Call it ‘The Portland Effect’, where after 20 years, cycling is in their DNA.”–NBC Nightly News reporter Tom Costello Portland made an appearance in millions of American homes last night as the top-ranked NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams made us the focus of a segment on how cities across the country are trying to … Read more
Kids and bikes: what’s not to love?(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Wheelmen Touring Club has unveiled their schedule of family-friendly rides. Ride organizer Ann Morrow says the club’s Family Rides are designed especially for novice riders and/or families with children in bike trailers, on tag-alongs or on their own little bikes. “It’s a great … Read more
The Community Cycling Center (CCC) is set to launch a pilot project of a new service that will provide bicycles to businesses for employee use. The Northeast Portland-based non-profit known for recycling bikes and for their youth and adult “earn a bike” programs, has partnered with the Lake Oswego campus of the communications agency Waggener … Read more
One of a series of illustrations from the Portlanders and their Bicycles portraits created by Nate Padavick of Studio SSS.
Eugenio Arriaga Cordero during a recent bike ride in Portland.(Photo: Jessica Roberts) For over two decades, Portland has had a sister-city relationship with Guadalajara, Mexico. In addition to supporting Portland’s Latino community through a variety of cultural exchange programs, the partnership puts on Portland’s annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. Now, a new initiative will have … Read more