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After hearing about one collision and one near-miss, New Seasons Market has responded to bike safety concerns at their parking lot exit onto Vancouver Ave.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Now that New Seasons Market has opened on a busy block of the N Vancouver/Williams couplet, we weren’t surprised when a reader emailed us about a traffic … Read more
21) Require different-colored markings around bike racks to clarify where the parking space ends.
Tina Brubaker on the run-up at Alpenrose during the 2011 Cross Crusade.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Martina Fahrner of Clever Cycles lived up to her shop’s name Tuesday after the bridge of her glasses broke.
NOTE: This event has been rescheduled to Friday, November 22 at 6 pm at the Rapha HQ (1915 NW Kearney St) Christopher Igleheart at NAHBS 2011 in Austin.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Christopher Igleheart, a veteran frame builder who moved from Wenham, Massachusetts to Portland in 2012, was involved in a collision with a motor vehicle … Read more
They’re on!(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) As promised, yesterday the City of Portland installed solar-powered lights to delineate the bike lane on NE Couch as it approaches the Burnside Bridge. The lights, imported from Denmark by Saris Racks, are part of a test by the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to see whether they improve visibility of … Read more
Not impressive. The Office of the City Auditor released its 23rd annual Community Survey today and the results reveal yet another sign that the amount of people riding bicycles in Portland has reached a stubborn plateau. The survey asked Portland residents to gauge a number of different city functions, from the quality of tap water … Read more
State Sen. Jackie Dingfelder figured out the only way she could possibly get any greener: she’s cutting her commute from Salem to downtown Portland.
Two big new apartment buildings that opened for rental this month are aiming to kill the notion that well-to-do Portlanders will always own cars.
Cover of scoping report.– Download PDF – Multnomah County is updating two plans that govern Sauvie Island and not surprisingly, bicycling and road safety have played key roles in the initial conversations. After garnering public feedback last spring, the County has put together a ‘Scoping Report.’ That report (PDF) was a central piece of the … Read more
Helltrack is coming! Just because Portland isn’t known as a mountain biking mecca (yet), doesn’t mean we don’t have our share of mountain bike news. Check out the updates on several fronts below… Helltrack at The Lumberyard The Lumberyard has partnered up with PlusSizeBMX on an interesting event next month: They call it “Helltrack.” According … Read more
Great for bikes — but not great for long trucks.(Photo: Washington County) A road in rural Washington County that’s a popular cycling route should become a bit nicer to ride on thanks to a new ruling by the county’s Board of Commissioners. The ruling prohibits vehicles longer than 30 feet from using Jackson Quarry Road … Read more