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John Pucher(Photo: Rutgers) Noted bicycle and pedestrian advocate, speaker, and Rutgers University Professor John Pucher has just written a new paper (to be published by the Oxford University journal Transport Reviews in July 2008) that might be the road map Portland takes to becoming a truly world-class bike city. The paper, titled Making Cycling Irresistible: … Read more
If you’re looking for a great job opportunity in Portland’s ever-growing bike industry, check out what has been posted to the the BikePortland Job Listings this week: Job: Customer Service Specialist – BicyclingHub.com (a bicycle clothing retailer)
Watch this video (below) of Siobhan Doyle from her hospital bed. Siobhan is the woman who was hit while riding her bike on Interstate a few days ago. At about the 2:00 minute mark, Siobhan starts to tear up and shares some poignant, a bit unexpected, yet very important thoughts about sharing the road. This … Read more
[Updated: 11/9, 8:32am, 2:38pm – See update below about date/time change.] [This article is by BikePortland.org columnist Elly Blue] “The event will be a peaceful, legal, and highly visible statement that we all belong equally in our roads and public spaces and that we are all committed to working together…”–Elly Blue In response to last … Read more
Commissioner Adams has announced a public forum on bike safety to take place Wednesday (11/14). From the introduction to a post on CommissionerSam.com: “..we want to the public to know about what we’ve been doing in our office both in response to these specific tragedies, and to ensure that similar tragedies are prevented at all … Read more
Lawyer Bob Mionske Portland-based lawyer Bob Mionske, a former Olympian who writes a monthly legal column for VeloNews Magazine, has added yet another voice of concern over what he sees as a bias against bicyclists at the Portland Police Bureau. In his most recent VeloNews column, A fatal bias?, Mionske goes in-depth on four cases … Read more
Mr. Smokey Box.(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland) The other day while riding down on the Esplanade near the Salmon Street parking lot, I noticed a man walking a peculiar bicycle and trailer set-up.
Awesome. Pre-order yours today! For the past two years, the Sprockettes calendar has been a hot holiday item, and now they’ve done it again. This year’s calendar will be bigger, glossier, and full of more awesome photos, graphics and pure Sprockette dancing goodness than ever before. From the looks of these images, and from what … Read more
[Updated: 11:28am] “The driver said the civilian investigation seems like a ‘vigilante’ move that won’t fix anything.”–From a story on KGW The Oregonian and KGW have picked up the story about an effort by a local lawyer to work toward a citation against the driver in Tuesday’s collision. Today’s Oregonian also features a forceful opinion … Read more
Scott Bricker, the Executive Director of the BTA, has posted an update on what he has been doing in light of ongoing community discussion surrounding enforcement issues. Here are excerpts from his post:
Just a quick reminder of what you’ve been missing if you haven’t checked the “Page Two” section lately: Singlespeed World Championships 101 Carfree conference issues call for program proposals Seattle cyclist shot on commute home Sellwood street will soon be smoother for cyclists Order your very own “I brake for people†bumper stickers My main … Read more
Chris Smith and his Biria.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) City Council hopeful and transportation activist Chris “Citizen” Smith plans to greet morning bike commuters on the Hawthorne Bridge tomorrow morning. In a campaign event reminiscent of Shift’s famous Breakfast in the Bridges, he’ll pass out coffee, pastries, and a bit of two-wheeled political persuasion in the … Read more