Get Legal with Ray Thomas: Oregon’s ‘Safe Passing’ law explained
Bike lawyer Ray Thomas breaks down Oregon’s “safe passing law” in this final installment of our three-part series.
Front Page
City contest offers rewards for sharing winter rides
PBOT recently joined a special Breakfast on theBridge event to promote winter biking.(Photo by PBOT) Though those scurvy (and yeah, OK, pretty badass) vikings in Minneapolis might not understand the concept of biking in the winter actually being fun, a new city promotion is looking to spread the word to more Portlanders. “The fresh air, … Read more
‘Bikeasaurus’ retail store closing at end of January
After 3 1/2 years, bike product retailer Bikeasaurus will close its doors for good.
Transportation activist Joe Rowe looks to unseat Kotek from Oregon House
North Portland resident and anti-CRC activist Joe Rowe will challenge Tina Kotek for a seat in the Oregon House.
The Monday Roundup: Mayoral challenge, ‘Breaking Away’ & more
Is Charlie Hales going to take this lying down?
Pedal Nation cancels 2014 PDX Bicycle Show
The organizers of the five-year-old PDX Bicycle Show have announced that they’re pulling the plug on the annual event in the Portland Expo Center.
12th Annual Filmed by Bike weighs its first feature-length contender
Founding curator Ayleen Crotty said Friday that the festival may cross a new threshold this year: an epic. At least by festival standards.
27 questions about local biking this year (and only one is fake)
Predictions are for suckers. The trick to understanding the future is knowing which questions to ask.
Bike lanes may help spur big changes at Lloyd Center Mall
The two-story parking garage that for 50 years has walled off Portland’s biggest mall could be in for changes, people familiar with the plans say.
From The Oregonian, Jan. 1, 1895: ‘Reign of the wheel’
119 years later, this short case for the merits of biking still feels like the perfect way to kick off a year of progress.
The 4 biggest Portland bike stories nobody wrote in 2013
Let’s look at four that might have gotten lost in the cracks, but shouldn’t have.
The Portland bike news that flew furthest in 2013
Like building a better city, making a good news website these days is a lesson in the fact that it’s the quality of the traffic, not just the quantity, that matters.