🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
Oregon has a golden opportunity to build two new velodromes, to further solidify our reputation as the premier state for cycling participation in the country, and to build lasting links between our elected officials and the one love we all share; bicycles. All that’s missing is your voice encouraging legislators in Salem to support the … Read more
[Me and Congressman Peter DeFazio at the National Bike Summit in 2006.] My thoughts are turning to Washington D.C. My journey to the National Bike Summit begins Monday night. Last year the Summit was an amazing experience. I learned how bike advocacy happens at the highest levels of government, I watched (and learned from) real … Read more
A group of Portland State University students are working on a project to document Portland’s bicycle history. The effort is being led by Scott Cohen, a Capstone instructor who teaches courses on bicycles and transportation issues in Portland. Capstone projects are an undergraduate requirement at PSU where students must work as a group on a … Read more
[I noticed the “Ride. Relax. Repeat” graphics on the window and the cruiser bike in the rack and I knew something was up at The Encore sales office in Northwest Portland.]
A bill that would allocate $3.5 million in state lottery funds to the construction of two new velodromes in Oregon is kicking into high gear. Republican Senator Jason Atkinson is holding a round table strategy discussion today at the capitol building in Salem. Invited to the table are a diverse list of movers and shakers … Read more
[A prototype bicycle delivered to a village in Karaba, Rwanda by Bikes to Rwanda in November 2006.]Photo: Bikes to Rwanda
[Race promoter Kris Schamp.] Tom Hoffman and Kris Schamp (the man behind the Mountain Bike Short Track series and the Kruger’s Crossing cyclocross race) are kicking off the mountain bike racing season with Horning’s Hustle. The race is scheduled for March 25th and will take place at Horning’s Hideout, a private ranch out near North … Read more
For some reason, an Oregonian article published today about a Portland City Council resolution calling for 50% cut in fuel consumption by 2030 makes no mention of bicycles.
[Bridge would go over this area of Powell Blvd.]Photo: ODOT Money to build a bridge over Powell Blvd. has been awarded to the city of Gresham through the federal Transportation Enhancements funding process. The bridge is a crucial piece of the $9.4 million Gresham-Fairview Trail.
[Ric Balfour] Trail advocate and planner Ric Balfour is spearheading an effort to transform the small town of Vernonia (about 45 miles west of Portland) into a cycling paradise. The town already boasts the popular Banks-Vernonia Trail, a 20 mile Oregon State Parks trail between the towns of Banks and Vernonia, but Balfour sees much … Read more
[Patrick Cook-Deegan] College student Patrick Cook-Deegan will be in Portland tomorrow night to speak about his “Cycle for Schools” bike ride he completed last summer in SE Asia. He rode 2,800 miles across Laos, Cambodia and Burma and raised $22,500 under for the international literacy non-profit group, Room to Read, which used the money to … Read more
[The scene from inside last year’s event.] Filmed by Bike founder and promoter Ayleen Crotty has announced that the event will expand to seven screenings this year. That’s up from two screenings at last year’s event when over 250 people were turned away from a packed Clinton Street Theater.