PBOT will host open house tonight for ‘NE Rodney Bikeway Project’
By the end of this summer, NE Rodney will see some bike-centric changes. Find out what they’ll look like — and share your thoughts — at the PBOT open house tonight.
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City’s ‘SmartTrips’ marketing program shifts focus
SmartTrips program manager Linda Ginenthal in 2006,surrounded by “doodads, goodies, prizes, swag.”(Photos by J.Maus/BikePortland) After 12 years of bike maps, blinking lights and walking tours, one of Portland’s most innovative transportation programs is shifting direction. Starting next week, the city’s residential SmartTrips program, which gives Portlanders customized packages of free resources to help them get … Read more
Can new-fangled mortgages finance Portland’s tiny-home boom?
Portland’s enthusiasm for building small and tiny homes has been so abrupt, so unusual and so locally unique that the home mortgage industry hasn’t figured out how to take advantage of it.
Today is our 9th birthday!
Can you believe it’s been nine years already?!
Business, fun and diversity on the agenda at Oregon Active Transportation Summit
The two-day Oregon Active Transportation Summit, which starts one week from Monday, is filling out its schedule and the good stuff is starting to spill over.
The BikePortland Podcast: The state of bike advocacy
Who speaks for those who ride? Do they speak for all of us who ride? What about all of us who want to?
BTA announces 2014 Alice Award winners and ‘People’s Choice’ finalists
The BTA has named the winners of their coveted 2014 Alice Awards.
Beaverton bars top OLCC list of establishments linked to DUII arrests
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission keeps track of the bars and restaurants where the highest number of DUII suspects claim they had their last drink.
Why a woman arrested for assaulting a man with her car was let go
A woman was arrested for intentionally ramming into a guy riding a bike. So why’d the DA let her go?
The 7-year old who conquered Portland’s toughest bike ride
The extremely tough De Ronde ride was on Saturday, and this amazing 7-year old finished the entire thing.
The Monday Roundup: Mapping every collision, handmade bikes and more
A team of MIT researchers visualized every bike crash from 2010-2013. And other great bike links of the week.
Documentary bikepacking expedition will track famous wolf OR-7
A team of documentary storytellers is getting on mountain bikes to trace the trail of Oregon’s most famous canine.