New bike lanes on Naito Parkway
Looking north on Naito Parkway just before NW Couch Street. Steel Bridge is in the background. File photo: 5/7/07 [More photos here]
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Help Metro set spending priorities
Metro is asking cyclists to help “shape the nature of your neighborhood.”
Monday Night Racing roars back to PIR
Racers at PIR, with MAX and Mt. Hood in the background.File photo: 5/1/06/[View gallery] The 11th annual Monday Night Bike Race series kicks off tonight at Portland International Raceway (PIR). This popular series runs through August 27th and according to organizer Jim Anderson it’s one of the most popular series of its kind in the … Read more
Mayor adds Bicycle Master Plan back into budget
Download PDF (232 KB) Mayor Tom Potter has just sent a letter to all four City Commissioners and the City Auditor detailing six additional expenditures he will be able to fund in the budget. Included among them is $100,000 for the Bicycle Master Plan Update process. Here’s an excerpt from the letter: “OMF (Office of … Read more
New map, new energy connect Portland and Milwaukie
PDOT’s Transportation Options Division specializes in individualized marketing programs that help make it easy for Portlanders to choose to walk, bike, or take transit.
Weekend recap: bike move, path clean-up and more!
On Saturday, a group of cyclists showed up to help Savannah Teller-Brown move-by-bike. Photo: Dat Nguyen
Shift unveils Pedalpalooza poster
With just one month before the kickoff of Pedalpalooza, Shift has unveiled this year’s event poster:
Fatal hit-and-run on SE Foster Road
[Thanks to Lieutenant Mark Kruger of the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division, Anita at KATU-TV and Aaron at KGW-TV for help on this story.] At 3:51 this afternoon 58-year-old Jerry Alvin Hinatsu (name has not been released) was killed by a hit-and-run driver in outer southeast Portland while riding the wrong-way in the bike lane. … Read more
Forum members plan bike path clean-up
This Sunday, at 10AM several members of the Portland Bike Forums will meet up at Gateway Transit Center to clean up the I-205 bike path. It all started with a post to the forums on April 2nd by “Oldguyonabike”,
Ciclovias and lowriders: An interview with Rex Burkholder
Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder samples the local style during a “ciclovia” event in Guadalajara, Mexico last week.Photo: Rex Burkholder [Scroll to end of story to hear the interview.]
Wall Street Journal compares U.S., European bike efforts
An article published today in the Wall Street Journal (by Portland resident Nancy Keates) examines how far U.S. cities have come in their quest to emulate cycling successes in Europe and the challenges we cities face in becoming on par with world-class bike-friendly cities like Amsterdam. The article also features a quote from Portland City … Read more
Chris King employees speak about sustainability at City Hall
Chris King IT managerSelena Deckelmann.File photo: 5/1/07 Employees from northwest Portland-based Chris King Precision Components spoke about sustainability in front of Mayor Potter and City Council last week. Production manager David Prause and IT manager Selena Deckelmann testified in support of a new report released by the Sustainable Development Commission titled, “PDX: The World’s Sustainability … Read more