Former ODOT bike guyMichael Ronkin won the Lifetime Achievement Award.(Photo: Jonathan Maus) Local transportation experts made their mark at a recent awards event hosted by the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals. The APBP is a non-profit founded in 1995 that, “promotes excellence in the emerging professional discipline of pedestrian and bicycle transportation.” The event … Read more
Volunteer Steven Kung helps fix a bike.(Photo: Chris Smith)See YouTube video recap below Project Homeless Connect is part of an effort by the City of Portland to end homelessness. It’s mission is to, “provide an opportunity for the community to aid homeless people in receiving much needed services and support and for better understanding of … Read more
From the Bike Porn Tour Blog The Reverend Phil Sano is at it again, and surprise, it involves nakedness and bicycles; only this time, he’s taken it one step further. You might be familiar with the term “bike porn” — it’s become a sort of slang for photos of gorgeous bikes — but trust me, … Read more
Bikes parked on Lewis & Clark campus.(Photo: Jonathan Maus) The “problem” of not enough bike parking has reared its head at yet another place in Portland: Lewis & Clark College. With growing bike use, a new school year, and the Bike Commute Challenge going full steam (L & C is a perennial front-runner in the … Read more
Graphic from “And we Bike” website.Click to enlarge As part of a new bike safety campaign, a coalition of advocates in Washington County is planning a memorial ride for Timothy O’Donnell this weekend. O’Donnell was struck and killed by a car on a rural Washington County road last June. On Saturday (9/22), the Portland Velo … Read more
House SpeakerNancy Pelosi(Photo: Wikipedia) As you might have heard, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was in Portland last week for a forum on global warming put together by Congressman Earl Blumenauer. A bunch of energy wonks in a room full of politicos might not seem like a big deal to … Read more
By Stephanie Chase [This is the second in a series on learning cyclocross by contributor Stephanie Chase. Read the first installment here.] The morning after my second ‘cross clinic, I woke up with various bike parts impressed on my body. There was some tire tread on my right shin, a pedal slash on my right … Read more
Someone just sent me a link to a story in my old hometown newspaper, the Orange County Register. The article, Giving up car revs family up, details the transformation that occurred in a family from Santa Ana, California when they ditched their ailing, money-pit of a car and started riding bikes instead. The Cave Family … Read more
Located at the SW corner of NW 16th and Lovejoy (Radio Cab building).(All photos by Jonathan Maus)
City Hall bike racks; will they stay or go?(Photo: Jonathan Maus) Earlier this month, the BTA’s Karl Rohde reported that a bunch of new bike racks had been installed in front of City Hall’s main entrance (on SW Fourth Ave.). The racks were installed as a temporary measure to handle the increased demand during the … Read more
On the way to work,and to better health.(Photo: Jonathan Maus) A team of researchers at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU) are embarking on an ambitious study of bicycle commuters. The study will track 1,000 bicyclists for one year and hopes to garner new information about the health of bike commuters and rate of injury … Read more
Good, dirty fun.(Photo courtesy Portland Racing) All signs point to a huge cyclocross season this year. Cross bikes are flying off the shelves of local shops, the first Alpenrose Cyclocross Clinic had a record 149 participants, and Saturday’s inaugural Kruger’s Kermesse race — the first chance to race cyclocross bikes this season — had over … Read more