This morning the Portland Bureau of Transportation has invited media to a launch of the first installation of a traffic diverter as part of their “Slow Streets Safe Streets” initiative. In the coming days and weeks PBOT plans to place signs and barricades at 100 locations citywide. Before we embark on this exciting traffic calming … Read more
A fun game that encourages people to get out and ride bikes might help cure your cooped-up coronavirus blues. And two Portlanders are leading the charge to introduce it to more players. Bike Tag is a simple game where one person (who’s “it”) posts an image of their bike at a mystery location. Then another … Read more
Portlander Mike Hilbrandt faces multiples surgeries and is recovering at a local hospital after being shot in the arm Tuesday night. According to a source who’s related to Hilbrandt, the incident started on East Burnside. Hilbrandt was bicycling along Burnside near 12th Avenue when he noticed an SUV in the bike lane. As Hilbrandt passed … Read more
“We’re facing challenges unlike any we’ve ever felt before.”— Steve Schulz, Cycle Oregon executive director Photo: Cycle Oregon riders near Farewell Bend State Park in 2015. (J. Maus/BikePortland) If you were holding out hope that Cycle Oregon would somehow be the savior of your 2020 riding season, I have some bad news.
I’m pretty good at being reclusive and introverted, but even I’m starting to feel the strain of quarantine. I was truly looking forward to all the local bike rides for spring and summer to get to know all of you IRL (in real life), and for getting my kids a bit more into biking. You … Read more
Sources say the Portland Bureau of Transportation has ended bike share contract negotiations with Lyft and is now jumping on board with Uber. PBOT sought bidders for a major bike share system expansion last fall and opted to stay with Lyft, the company that owns Biketown operator Motivate Inc. Portland’s current contract with Lyft ended … Read more
It’s been a tough pill for me to swallow, but the truth is cycling just doesn’t command the same attention in local political circles that it used to. With so many people struggling to put a roof over their head and all the systemic injustice and inequality that has become even more glaring in recent … Read more
