Weekend Event Guide: Holiday lights, braving the elements, makers, and more
You know what’s great about this town? Even with the cold/wet weather and the holiday season craziness, there are still fun bike rides and events to take part in.
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Jobs of the Week: Quality Bicycle Products, Trek Travel, Chris King
Some of the bike world’s best companies have posted new job opportunities this past week. If you’re looking to break into the industry, check them out in the links below… Marketing Manager – Quality Bicycle Products Communications Specialist – Chris King Precision Components Graphic Designer – Chris King Precision Components Bike Mechanics, Tour Guide – … Read more
The BikePortland Podcast will again take your questions
We answer them on the air. They can be about anything related to 2014 and 2015.
City makes deal to legalize Uber, sharpening deadline for safety requirements
If street safety advocates hope to put safety requirements on Uber drivers, they’d better move fast
DeFazio leads trio requesting GAO investigation into bike/walk safety
Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is taking his fight for bicycle safety to the United States Government Accountability Office.
With or without Vision Zero, a safer Barbur might be an economic win
Redesigning Barbur might pay off, considering the economic cost of injuries and deaths.
Teen involved in throwing bricks at bike riders implicated in high school shooting
The law has caught up to a teenager who threw bricks at three men riding their bicycles in northeast Portland back in April. 16-year-old Marquise D’Angelo Murphy was picked up by police in Keizer, Oregon Tuesday night in connection with a shooting at a high school in north Portland on December 12th. Murphy was also … Read more
Tonight: BTA hosts first-ever Bike Advocacy Clinic
Learn the advocacy ropes. For free! Tonight thanks to the BTA.
Portland Commissioner Nick Fish “sad” after getting his bike stolen
Commissioner Fish got his bike stolen last night. (I guess that’s one way to raise the profile of an issue.)
The simple way to end bike theft: Externalize the costs
One idea for how this could work comes from listening to what local gadfly Terry Parker has been saying for years.
Guerrilla traffic diverters installed – then removed – on SE Clinton
“It’s important for us to take over these spaces… because the city isn’t willing to do it.”
5 takeaways from the PPB’s latest ‘Bike Theft Trend Report’
Portland’s bike theft problem: Over $2 million in annual property loss and over 8 bicycles stolen every day.