PBOT director co-stars in Safe Routes Streetfilm
The best cure for gloominess about the progress of active transportation in Portland is Safe Routes to School.
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The Monday Roundup: Shattered parents, bike tree mystery & more
Our links of the week start with the most persuasive and heartbreaking speech I’ve ever seen about the misplaced priorities of American streets, and end with maybe the most ridiculous video ever made about Lake Oswego.
BikePortland Podcast: Dude, where’s my bike share?
Yes, it was eight years ago when then Transportation Commissioner Sam Adams first got excited about the idea and pledged to launch a system in Portland.
Priority check: Washington County spending $21 million on Farmington ‘improvement’ project
The project is a reminder of the vast sums being spent in the region every day to speed up auto traffic at the expense of humans. Literally.
Blumenauer, DeFazio team with GOP on Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Act
L to R: Earl Blumenauer (D), Mike McCaul (R), Peter DeFazio (D), Howard Coble (R).(Images: Blumenauer by J. Maus/BikePortland. All others via Facebook) On a day when we learned U.S. traffic fatalities in 2012 went up for the first time since 2005 — with notable spikes in bicycling and walking deaths — Oregon Congressmen Earl … Read more
It’s official! New section of Historic Columbia River Hwy State Trail now open
A gorgeous new segment of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail is now officially open to the public.
County says Hawthorne Bridge speed bumps a “mistake”
Second thoughts about bump installation.(Photos by J. Maus/BikePortland) A set of speed bumps in the bicycle lane of SE Madison Ave as it approaches the Hawthorne Bridge are likely to be removed. The bumps have garnered a lot of feedback — much of it negative — since they were installed a few weeks ago with … Read more
How much auto parking do we need? City of Portland looks long-term
It looks like Portland is finally ready to think long-term about its auto parking policies.
Bill would make bike-sharing benefits tax-deductible (updated)
The bill would help companies offer bikesharing passes just like transit or parking passes, but only to people who live and work in central cities.
Study: Half of Portland bike riders don’t know how to trigger green lights
New research suggests that interminable red lights are a particular burden on new bike riders, because pavement markings aren’t easy enough to understand.
Portland cyclocross is the pits
Racing bikes is far from the only thing that makes our local cyclocross scene special.(Photos by J. Maus/BikePortland)
By next month, Springwater path will be repaired and lengthened
Hang in there. It should be done by the end of this month. (Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) By next month, the Springwater Corridor bike path will be in the best shape its been in since early 2012. It will also boast a new, 2.25 mile section of pavement at its southern end in the town … Read more