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We’ve had four great job opportunities listed this week. Check them out via the links below… Bike Shop Retail Coordinator – Bike Works (Seattle) Account Service Representative – Chris King Precision Components Account Specialist – AR & Sales Tax – Castelli USA Senior Mechanic – Joe Bike
Neighborhood greenways are few in SW Portland, but sidewalks are nearly as rare.
Mini Bike Winter is here… let the games begin!(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. If you’ve got energy saved up from all the rain we’ve had, this weekend is the time to use it! The forecast looks … Read more
With 36-feet of unused right-of-way, advocates like Roger Averbeck say this portion of SW Capitol Hwy should have a dedicated bikeway.(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) This post is part of our Southwest Portland Week. For a quarter-century now, neighborhood activists have been pushing to make SW Capitol Highway a nicer place to live, walk, and bike. Yesterday … Read more
Tuesday morning I opted for one of the most scenic and low-stress ways to go from downtown Portland to southwest: Washington Park.
In four years of reporting on the street and its problems, I’ve never actually ridden a bike on it. Until this week.
This is PBOT’s biggest Vision Zero commitment to date.(Detail from PBOT’s Portland Progress: A 2-Year Workplan. The City of Portland has released a new plan aimed at re-energizing their Bureau of Transportation.
Women’s plum color on the left, men’s white on the right.(Images: Showers Pass)_ Industry Ticker Showers Pass, a riding apparel company based in southeast Portland, continues to push the boundary on innovative bike apparel that works in wet weather. Their latest is a jacket that packs up small and packs a high-tech rain-busting punch. I’ve … Read more
If you want a foot-friendly family neighborhood in Southwest, it’s hard to beat Hillsdale or Hayhurst.
Council Crest: If you live in Portland and like to ride bikes, chances are you’ve heard of this legendary destination.
You basically can’t hear them over the roar of I-5 until you’re within a couple yards of them.
Where I rode and what I saw on Day 1 of SW Portland Week.