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“There is always a new tip you can pick up.” – Armando Luna Portland-based nonprofit The Street Trust wants to make bike commuters out of as many people as possible, and through their clinics, wannabe commuters can get a rundown of what they need to know to start biking in Portland. Yesterday evening, I rode … Read more
I love family traditions: shared annual activities and ritual ways of marking the holidays. There is something soothing about the repetition of the seasons and their celebrations. Children especially look forward to these cyclical festivities. As we grow together, we continue to build our repertoire of family feast days and bolster our favorite celebrations with … Read more
It’s impossible to explain the crusade to reform the American transportation system with a quippy slogan. But a successful movement needs a catchy tagline, and some bike and transit activists have settled on “ban cars” as the t-shirt and sticker-worthy phrase to summarize their ideology. To the average car-dependent American, however, the rallying cry comes … Read more
A popular bike route in north Portland is about to see a significant change. The Portland Bureau of Transportation plans to install a bike box and will prohibit right-turn-on-red on North Ainsworth Street at Interstate Avenue. The plans were posted on the Facebook page of the Ockley Green Middle School Community Forum Facebook page. PBOT … Read more
“Trees require care and tidying up, so they’re not convenient anywhere, but they are necessary everywhere.” Welcome to the Comment of the Week, where we highlight good comments in order to inspire more of them. You can help us choose our next one by replying with “comment of the week” to any comment you think … Read more
Hundreds of people donned their finest – or most eccentric – garb and headed to Colonel Summers Park Saturday night for Pedalpalooza’s annual Bike Prom. This event, which was hosted by the Portland chapter of the Dead Baby Bike Club for the second year in a row, capped off the first month of Bike Summer … Read more
We converted an old kid’s bike trailer into a kayak hauling machine. As our soggy spring rain let up and the sun peeked from behind the clouds I began thinking about another kayak adventure on the Tualatin River. Transporting a kayak to the dock by bicycle from the county line between NE Tigard and SW … Read more
A man and his young daughter were assaulted by a stranger while bicycling on the Eastbank Esplanade this past Saturday. According to the Portland Police Bureau, a 36-year-old man, his wife and his 5-year-old daughter were pedaling on the Esplanade just south of the Hawthorne Bridge when they were approached by a man who began … Read more
Welcome to the week. I hope you had a nice long weekend. Now it’s time to buckle in and move forward. Let’s start with getting up to speed on the news. Here are the most notable items our writers and readers came across in the past seven eight days… This week’s Monday Roundup is sponsored … Read more
TriMet, Portland’s regional transit agency, has taken on an intense marketing campaign, touting their benefits in employee testimonial ads on YouTube and social media posts to reel in potential employees to fill the bus and light rail operator deficit they’ve been dealing with in the wake of the pandemic. But despite the ad blitz, increased … Read more
If you heard strange music or saw a spaceship bike and people with pointy ears riding around northeast Thursday night, you were not hallucinating. It was the second annual Star Trek Ride held as part of Pedalpalooza. “Are you a Trekkie? If you believe in science, if you believe in infinite diversity and the freedom … Read more
Hi everyone. We’re halfway way through the year. Can you believe that?! Let’s celebrate with a weekend where the weather will be fine and the streets will be filled with powerful Bike Summer energy. Before you head out, check the official Pedalpalooza calendar for ride updates, cancellations, and so on. Check out this week’s ride … Read more