Portland police recover transpo chief’s stolen bike
Beatrice, the battered blue bike stolen from outside the Portland Building last week, is back in the hands of her owner, Portland Bureau of Transportation Director Leah Treat.
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Metro traffic engineer says ODOT memo overstated effects of restriping Barbur
A state memo that dismissed a set of bike safety improvements on Southwest Barbur Boulevard was “wrong” in its use of traffic data, a traffic engineer who helped prepare the data said Wednesday.
Portland’s 1971 visionary of low-car life says our city needs its next vision
The man who, 40 years ago, proposed that Portland consider an anti-congestion fee, car-free streets, a citywide bikeway network, a bike sharing system and bike traffic signals just said something else interesting.
Day four on the ‘People’s Coast’ – From sea lions to sand dunes
The view from Neptune Scenic Viewpoint was out-of-this-world.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Your new favorite way to cross SE Powell is open (photos)
Inner southeast Portland’s summer of detours is finishing with an early Christmas present: great big human-friendly new crossings of Powell Boulevard and the nearby railroad tracks at SE 17th.
First look: The new NTS Works ‘2×4’ e-bike brings cargo up a notch
Neal Saiki’s new electric cargo bike is built to operate at the height that most of the world’s work actually gets done: approximately three feet in the air.
In Vancouver, bike lovers celebrate restriping of an overbuilt arterial
After months of advocacy and activism, people who use bikes finally have a model transportation corridor along a portion of a major east/west bicycle route.
Know before you go: A round-up of detours and construction zones
Parks will finally fix this section of the Springwater bike path.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Between the big TriMet light rail project, PBOT’s fog-sealing binge, and other random projects — for some reason this summer has been full of construction in the Portland area. As a result, there are a lot of detours and general advisories … Read more
Day two on the ‘People’s Coast’ – Getting off the highway
I found this fun trail near Boiler Bay.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Today’s ride was all about what happened off Highway 101. The 50 or so riders on the People’s Coast Classic woke up early from an RV Park campsite on the outskirts of Tillamook to tackle an 80+ mile route that took us all the … Read more
Police arrest three teens, one in connection with bike-related assault
Portland police arrested a teen boy Sunday in an iPhone burglary who they say is linked to an Aug. 18 assault and robbery involving a person on a bike.
Washington County seeks input on ‘Neighborhood bikeway’ routes
Washington County is preparing a map of what it’s calling “neighborhood bikeways,” and looking for the public’s help.
City transportation director’s bike stolen from outside office
The bike that introduced Portland transportation director Leah Treat to pedal commuting can’t catch a break: It’s now been stolen once from each of the three cities where she’s worked.