Locally made panniers for a locally made bike
A local bag maker has created a custom set of panniers that are just as gorgeous as the bike they were made for.
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Columbia River Crossing dialogue heats up
(Photo © J. Maus) As key decision points approach for the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project, chatter about how we move forward is heating up in Portland. Local media, bike and environmental groups, and Portland’s City Council are beginning to make their voices heard about the estimated $4.2 billion project. On Monday of this week, … Read more
Auditor’s survey shows how your neighborhood rates for bike safety
See how your neighborhood stacks up. The City Auditor’s office has just released neighborhood by neighborhood breakdowns of their 2007 Portland Resident Survey (I shared a preview of those results back in December). The Portland Residents Survey is a useful tool that allows you to rate how neighborhoods stack up against each other based on … Read more
A ‘Green Street’ made safer with new markings
A new bike lane design encouragescyclists to use an advanced stop bar.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) has added new bike lane markings on SE Clay Street at 12th. In a partnership between PDOT and the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES), Clay Street has been the focus of a … Read more
BTA abuzz with ‘An Alice in Paris’
Framebuilder Ira Ryan (L) and lawyer Mark Ginsberg were among the 700 attendees at last year’s Alice Awards.(Photo © J. Maus) The Oregon Convention Center might have a hard time passing for any part of Paris, but that won’t stop the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) from trying. They’re just a few days away from their … Read more
Portland in the 1930’s: A look back at traffic safety (it wasn’t pretty)
Local historian and publisher of Cafe Unknown, Dan Haneckow, recently uncovered some interesting documents and videos about Portland’s first efforts to tame its traffic safety problems.
The new bike box: What do you think so far?
The bike box at SE Hawthorne and 7th in action.(Photo by Jay Lawrence/Polara Studios)
Pedicab partnership will bolster local business
Local pedicab operator, Rose Pedals Pedicabs, adds to its fleet with new partnership. Casey Martell in action.(Photo © J. Maus) A recent pedicab partnership will result in many more of the three-wheeled vehicles on Portland’s downtown streets. Local pedicab operator Rose Pedals Pedicabs has joined forces with Bellingham, Washington-based Cascadia Cabs. Rose Pedals owner Casey … Read more
Portland’s sultry cycling export spreads to East Coast
The Pornography of the Bicycle; now available nationwide. You’ve probably already heard of Portland’s Naked Bike Ride — an annual tradition that has grown in recent years to become one of the largest such rides in the world. But in addition to that (and several other, smaller naked rides that have cropped up recently), there’s … Read more
Police plan bike box enforcement strategy
Traffic Division Captain Larry O’Dea.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland’s campaign to remake several intersections with colored bike boxes and bike lanes is made up of much more than just markings on the pavement. Along with the new markings comes a significant change to the law; at all intersections slated to receive a … Read more
Portland’s first green bike box is now complete
PDOT crews lay down the bike symbol.(Photos © J. Maus) This morning, in well-timed nod to St. Patrick’s Day, City of Portland crews finished the installation of the green bike box and bike lane at SE Hawthorne and 7th. They also installed new permanent signs adjacent to the intersection warning motorists to yield to bikes … Read more
Social Hour recap: A Council candidate two-fer
City Council candidate Jim Middaugh (foreground) chats up the crowd inside Roots Brewing at the BikePortland Social Hour. Council hopeful Chris Smith is in black on the left.(Photos © J. Maus)