Bicycling and an ‘Age Friendly Portland’
Turns out that Portland’s Age Friendly Action Plan echoes many of the same land use and transportation goals you often here from bicycling advocates.
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‘Bike Pods’ at State Parks among projects lining up for Oregon Lottery dollars
Bike Pods? Bike share? A new bike path to the coast? These are just some of the projects city and state agencies hope to get funded through the Connect Oregon program.
Proposal for Portland-to-coast path advances in Salem
A bill to start planning an 86-mile rails-to-trail project that would link Washington County’s Banks-Vernonia corridor to the Pacific Ocean seems to be coasting through the legislature.
Tonight’s ‘Transportation Town Hall’ is big chance to share your priorities
A two-hour “town hall” this evening at SE 34th and Salmon will be the Portland public’s first chance to turn out in support of their priorities in the next decade of Portland transportation budgets.
Cully’s Andando en Bicicletas club welcomes new members with repair workshop
Three years after Portland’s Community Cycling Center teamed up with the low-income housing development Hacienda CDC to learn about the barriers to bike use in that community, some of those walls are falling down.
Portland designer/planner unveils ‘protected intersections for bicyclists’
How can U.S. planners and engineers bring the safety of a protected bike lane all the way to — and through — an intersection? Portlander Nick Falbo thinks he’s found the answer.
Light review: Portland Design Works’ Aether Demon and Spaceship/RADBOT combo
New BikePortland contributors Nicholas Von Pless and Alana Harris share their impressions of lights from Portland Design Works.
Portland Parks Rangers help man recover stolen bike
Here’s how Portland Parks & Recreation Rangers helped get Seth Burke’s stolen Surly back.
Bicycle tourism news roundup: Bikeway vids, bike-packing 101 and more
So much great bicycle tourism news from around the state we had to do our first-ever roundup!
Portlanders disagree on bike infrastructure much less than you think
A new poll shows Portlanders of almost every stripe support better bike infrastructure by huge margins.
Wet and wild Chariot Wars light up inner eastside warehouse
About 100 soggy competitors and spectators converged on one to three inches of standing water in a crumbling Clay Street warehouse Saturday afternoon for a Ben-Hur style gladiator battle conducted on homemade chariots drawn by minibikes.
Q&A on ‘Vision Zero’: Three fatalities put city’s new safety promise to the test
Vision Zero comes off to some people as a buzzword. The head of the state’s biggest bike advocacy group begs to differ.