One decade in, Bike Loud will host 2030 bike plan rally next week
10 years ago next week Portland City Council passed the Bicycle Plan for 2030. Now scrappy local bike advocacy group Bike Loud PDX wants to make sure they don’t forget about it.
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Becky Jo’s Carfree Life: Strava Struggles and Stats
A couple summers ago, our family would go on big bike outings down and around the Smith & Bybee Wetlands area (it’s fun, you should try it!). My tweens and husbeast would go speeding up ahead of me, while I struggled behind, pulling the hard-bottom Burley trailer, our picnic stuff, and our kindergartner. It was … Read more
North Lombard bike lane project online open house now available
It’s time to share feedback on a project that aims to make North Lombard safer through the Kenton neighborhood. As we’ve reported, the Oregon Department of Transportation has already heard plenty of feedback on their Lombard Multimodal Safety Project from businesses and freight interests. Now it’s time for you to take a closer look at … Read more
Your bike tax at work: State of Oregon unveils new ‘Community Paths’ grant program
Here’s what the State of Oregon is doing with that tax you pay on the purchase of new bicycles: The Oregon Department of Transportation has just launched a new program that could provide an estimated $14 million to multi-use path projects statewide. The Oregon Community Paths program is the evolution of the active transportation portion … Read more
The Monday Roundup: Oil ad ban, bike share bacteria, one less parking lot, and more
Here are the most noteworthy items we came across in the past seven days…
You can tell ODOT what to do with their I-5 Rose Quarter project on new advisory committee
Left to their own devices, the Oregon Department of Transportation would already be deep into the design and pre-construction phase of their I-5 Rose Quarter project right now. But because of their own hubris and blind ambition to “deliver” freeway expansion mega-projects at any cost and consequence, ODOT’s boss has forced them to delay. On … Read more
Jobs of the Week: CCC, PSU, Ride Report, Metropolis, Sellwood Cycle, Seven Corners
Judging from the volume of job listings this week it looks like Portland’s bike industry is roaring back to health. Learn more about each one via the links below… – Bicycle Mechanic – Seven Corners Cycles – Bike Hub Mechanic – Portland State University – JavaScript Engineer – Ride Report – Mechanic, Bike Sales, Customer … Read more
It’s been very wet: You doing OK?
This morning’s transcendent sunrise felt like a hard-earned reward from Mother Nature after days of soggy cycling.
Updates to Hawthorne, NW Broadway will create more space for cycling and transit
Two of Portland’s most vital bikeways are on the cusp of big changes.
