The Monday Roundup: Testing the Idaho stop, the origin of helmets and more
This week’s best bike links begin with one man’s six-month test of treating stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs.
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Comment of the week: On city streets, what is passing and speeding even for?
The video is worth watching all the way to the end; it keeps getting funnier.
ODOT says $3 million project to raise overpass 18 inches has no budget to add a sidewalk
The Strawberry Lane bridge south of Clackamas is the only crossing of Interstate 205 for one mile in each direction.
Weekend Event Guide: Clinton, swaps, e-bikes, and more!
Your guide to getting out there.
Jobs of the Week: Stages, Left Coast, OTTO, Velotech, Chris King, Performance
We’ve had seven great job opportunities listed this week. Learn more about them via the links below… Customer Service Representative – Stages Cycling Part Time Mechanic – Left Coast Bicycles Market Development Specialist – OTTO DesignWorks Purchasing Coordinator/Expeditor – Velotech, Inc. Data Entry Specialist – Chris King Precision Components Bike Shop Sales Associates – Performance … Read more
Legislative update: Dead red passes, rear light bill might not, and more
Not quite Idaho Stop; but a step in that direction.
South Waterfront Greenway is open — Go check it out!
It’s short and doesn’t connect to bike routes, but it might be the best public space/bike-walk path in Portland.
Your one-week warning to create Pedalpalooza rides is … right now
Portland’s annual bike fun festival begins three weeks from today, and that means this.
At die-in, ODOT says it’s already doing its best to improve street safety
“These high-crash corridors are dangerous for all Portlanders, not just people who are walking or biking.”
BTA statement on 26th and Powell collision questions state priorities
(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) Rob Sadowsky, the executive director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance has issued a public statement about the serious injury collision that happened in southeast Portland on Sunday.
Alistair Corkett update: On the mend, funding campaign nearing $65,000, event planned
Corkett already thinking about bike racing, despite the circumstances.
BikeLoud’s “die-in” this afternoon aims to keep safety pressure on ODOT
The volunteer group says it’s tackling an underlying traffic safety issue: urban highways managed by the state rather than the city.