Curator of Portland’s ‘random bike art’ museum retires from PBOT today
The handiwork of PBOT Traffic Maintenance Supervisor Kirstin Byer and her crew.
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Online open house and survey released for I-5 Bridge replacement project
The new effort to replace the I-5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver is well underway. DOTs from Oregon and Washington are pouring money into an immense public outreach/PR campaign and planning process that is so slick it’s scary. Along with hosting lots of advisory committee meetings and splashing content across multiple social media channels, the … Read more
Metro terminates ‘smart city’ data project meant to help count bikes
A data project billed as the “next generation urban planning tool” that involved over two years of negotiations between Metro, TriMet, the City of Portland, and Google-owner Alphabet has crashed-and-burned. On Saturday, Red Tail Media reported that a contract between Metro and Sidewalk Labs to develop the Replica tool for regional use been officially terminated. … Read more
Please take the 2021 BikePortland Reader Survey
Hi everyone. As we near our 17th spring together, I cannot think of a better time to learn more about who follows our work and how we can do it better.
State of Oregon bike/ped advisory committee looking for two new members
If you’re looking for a great way to get more involved in advocacy on a statewide level, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. The Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (“ahb-pack”) has started recruitment for two openings to their 8-member group. The OBPAC was created in 1973 after the passage of the … Read more
Planning Commission members question PBOT’s Hawthorne bike lane decision
There was a notable debate at the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission meeting Tuesday night on a topic near and dear to our hearts: the Portland transportation bureau’s recent decision to re-stripe Hawthorne Boulevard without bike lanes.
Willamette Week highlights ODOT’s deceptive Rose Quarter freeway expansion plans
It’s one thing for critiques of a project to swirl around transportation and advocacy circles; it’s another thing when a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter hops onto the story. That’s what happened today with the Willamette Week’s publication of an article titled Questions About the Footprint of the I-5 Rose Quarter Project Intensify. The news that ODOT … Read more
Our space, our place: Dispatch from a BIPOC ‘Frogger’ ride
This story is by northeast Portland resident Mateen Richey, a new contributor who you might recall from our profile of him back in January.
Alpenrose Velodrome and event site is permanently closed
The beloved racing event site at Alpenrose Dairy is now permanently closed.
Man says bus operator cut him off while riding in Vancouver Ave bike lane
Portland resident Jason P. says he was cut off by a TriMet bus operator on Friday morning and he’s got the video to back up his story (watch it below the jump). According to a complaint filed with TriMet Sunday, Jason was riding southbound on North Vancouver Avenue between Morris and Stanton streets (adjacent to … Read more
Let’s talk about the BikePortland comment section
On Saturday, Tony Jordan, a parking reform advocate I’ve known and respected for years and who’s written stories for BikePortland, posted something on Twitter about a BikePortland comment. The conversations and concerns triggered by his Tweet (which I’m still responding to, three days later) have made me think deeply about our comment section. Here’s Tony’s … Read more