The Monday Roundup: Biking to the Emmy Awards, removing lanes for safety & more
“Are you Uber? Well can you just be? Can we go?”
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Comment of the Week: A good review for Director Treat
Portland’s top transportation bureaucrat is part of a class of bike-friendly Generation Xers moving into the top perches of government.
Weekend Event Guide: Parkways, community building, a kermesse, and more
You never know what you’ll see at Sunday Parkways Southeast.(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. Summer might be waning, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop riding bikes! Whether you miss Pedalpalooza or you want to test … Read more
Jobs of the Week
Two new opportunities have been posted to our Job Listings this week. Check them out via the links below… Graphic Designer – e-commerce Consumer Service Rep – Yakima Products, Inc.
City switches plan for Division detour: Signs will point to Powell, not Clinton
Electronic signs will instruct drivers heading east at 26th Avenue to turn seven blocks south to Powell Boulevard rather than one block south to Clinton.
‘Grand Prix of Portland’ race will come to downtown in 2015, organizer says
“The race would cover about 115 miles, with a one-day format that would be run like a stage of the Tour de France.”
TriMet track work gives bikers one less reason to avoid the Lloyd
A key bike connection between Southeast and Inner North/Northeast Portland keeps getting a bit better.
Q&A: How bikes meet tech in Austin, Portland’s chillest sister city
Nate McGuire is part of two worlds that Austin, Texas, is still pretty new at: digital entrepreneurship and biking.
Meeting could spark formation of a “more assertive advocacy group” in Portland
Wanting to establish a “more assertive advocacy group,” Alex Reed has called for a community meeting.
Spate of collisions across state, region highlight passing dangers
There have been four, very serious rear-end collisions in just four days in Oregon and nearby southwest Washington.
‘Mujeres en Movimiento’ group brings out the bike-fun smiles
A pair of Portlanders have organized a new group aimed at giving Latinas regular events for riding bikes together.
‘Cross update: A new weekly race series and a training talk
Weeknight racing at PIR? Sign me up!(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Two items of cyclocross news to share today: There’s a new, weekly race series and a talk by locally-based elite racer Beth Ann Orton. The big news is the announcement of the Rapha Trophy Cup presented by Western Bikeworks. This new cyclocross race series starts … Read more