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How much is enough?(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A group of believers in low-car real estate development will meet at Lancaster Engineering Tuesday night (tomorrow!) for a free, wonky evening of creating “the manifesto for how we’ll turn Portland into the easiest place in the world to park a bicycle.” That’s the description from organizer Chris … Read more
As the route of the long-planned North Portland Greenway comes before city council this week, there’s a new possibility in the mix that could shape the bikeway every Portlander knows ought to exist.
This man tried to sell this stolen tall bike to Aaron Brown for $20 last Thursday. Stealing a bike is bad enough; but stealing an artistic tall bike from a well-known local street performer and personality is a whole nother story.
The city installed the first on-street bike corral at Fresh Pot on N Mississippi Ave in 2004. Today there are 100 of them throughout the city.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has announced the installation of their 100th on-street bike corral. This milestone comes nine years after the first one was … Read more
Starpath absorbs and stores energy from UV rays during the day and releases it at night.
A pair of public studio workshops next month will shape the direction of a big recreational biking upgrade for east Multnomah County.
Miriam Clinton of Lake Oswego is likely to get more than two years in prison after pleading guilty to a hit-and-run on Barbur Boulevard in August.
Still from police video of traffic stop. Just after 6:00 pm on August 15th, 35-year-old Medford resident Dallas Smith was riding in the bike lane on Main Street in Ashland when he was pulled over by Ashland police officer Steve MacLennan. The offense? Officer MacLennan claimed that Smith was riding his bicycle outside of the … Read more
Since early fall, the Oregon Department of Transportation has often mentioned stakeholders who oppose a proposal to restripe 1.5 miles of Southwest Barbur to replace one northbound auto lane with two buffered bike lanes.
Just one new job was posted to our Job Listings this week; but it’s a great one. Check out more details via the link below… Bike Tour Guide – Worldwide – Trek Travel
The latest in bike lane technology.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation will install the city’s first illuminated bike lane markers next week (sorry, it’s not the glow-in-the-dark “starpath” everyone’s talking about). According to PBOT Active Transportation Division Manager Dan Bower, on Tuesday crews will install 20 solar-powered LED lights in the bike … Read more
Last night, PBOT asked this committee to endorse its plan for a road diet on SE Foster Rd.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) for the Foster Streetscape Plan voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Bureau of Transporation’s recommended redesign of Foster Road last night. There was only one committee member who voted … Read more