For ninth edition of Bike There map, Metro chops print price to $6
The number of mapped bike routes in the Oregon side of the Portland metro area has shot up 71 percent since 2010.
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Portland has mapped every reported traffic injury from 2004-13
This might be the best such map yet.
Guest post: What you can do to improve bicycling in Portland right now
Five ideas from the BTA for immediate action.
On-bike air conditioning system and a periscope: Two things you didn’t know you needed
A/C for your bike? What about a periscope?
Industry Ticker: Cycle Dog launches jersey and Earth Day tube drive
Portland-based Cycle Dog has found success by combining two things local love: bikes and dogs. The six year old company has a retail store and sewing shop in northwest and their products are found in hundreds of stores across the country.
City files motion to dismiss River View land use case
City attorneys say Commissioners have the right to exclude biking from River View.
If climbing hills is so hard why are all these people smiling?
Hills hurt… so good.
Project aims to improve safety at Springwater/Oaks Bottom intersection
Changes afoot on the Springwater.
The Monday Roundup: Tampa’s ‘Bicycle Blitzkrieg,’ London’s bombsite races and more
Alphonso King’s homebuilt bike was confiscatedby police who couldn’t believe he hadn’t stolen it.(Screen grab from Tampa Bay Times) Here are the bike-related links from around the world that caught our eyes this week: “Bicycle Blitzkrieg”: A Tampa woman walking her bike home after cooking for an elderly neighbor, carrying a plate of fish and … Read more
Summer stops by for a weekend, and Portland explodes with bikes
A day like Saturday really lights Portland’s bike lanes up.
An uncapturable night ride, the world’s best medicine
Some great things happen when it’s light. Some great things happen when it’s dark.
Comment of the Week: When ‘bike culture’ bites back
Priceless branding.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) Biking has been a big part of the brand identity that has made Portland a come-from-behind economic success over the last 20 years. But now that prosperity has arrived, at least for some Portlanders, where’s the love? And if it’s missing, do people who function as “props” in Portland’s triumphant narrative have … Read more