How much damage do studded tires cause? ODOT study will find out
If your hair stands on end in frustration every time you hear studded tires being used, you’ll be happy to know ODOT has just launched a new effort to study their impact on our roads.
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SE 9th and Marion triangle will be model for further Sellwood path improvements
The Springwater Corridor is finally preparing to connect most of the way through the Sellwood neighborhood, but nobody’s decided yet what the land alongside the path will look like.
The storm is over, the gravel remains: What local agencies are doing about it
First snow then wind then rain then ice… And now, gravel. It’s everywhere. What are PBOT and ODOT doing about it?
Mid-week event roundup: Dress like your bike, a cargo bike party, and more
An event guide bonus! Tons of cool stuff to do tonight and tomorrow in this little cheat sheet.
As legislators hold hearing on CRC, some are already looking at cheaper plans
Two prominent state legislators say consensus is building for scrapping the freeway-rail expansion plan and starting over.
Mix of snow, slush and ice make for tricky biking conditions
Here’s our latest roundup of biking conditions featuring reader submissions, PBOT’s response, and even a KGW-TV news clip.
Alison Graves picked as new executive director of Cycle Oregon
Big news from Cycle Oregon: They’ve hired the former executive director of the Community Cycling Center to lead them into a new era.
BikePortland Podcast: Bikes and the future of skateboarding
It’s marginalized, belittled and ignored, but people keep doing it because it’s practical, affordable and fun – and Portland is leading the nation in thinking about it as a useful form of transportation.
Clackamas County wants your input on biking and walking connections
A two-week virtual open house launched Monday to give people who bike and walk in Clackamas County a chance to share their expertise and opinion on the best routes for the county to improve.
Only 32 bikes crossed the Hawthorne Bridge Sunday, counter says
Mother Nature finally found a way to keep Portlanders off their bikes on Sunday: a foot of fresh snow followed by a dangerous ice storm.
‘Sneckdown’ at Broadway and Burnside reveals potential public plaza
Piled up snow illuminates unused roadway space that could become a new public plaza in downtown Portland.
New apartments may slow rise of central-city rents in 2014, expert says
People’s seemingly boundless hunger to live in Portland, especially its bike-friendly eastside grid, will keep the apartment construction market booming in 2014.