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Bike trips are worth celebrating.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) plans on making some noise about the success of cycling on the Hawthorne Bridge. To toast the upcoming one-year anniversary of the automated bicycle counter and the 1 millionth trip of 2013, PBOT is hosting a special “Breakfast on the Bridges” … Read more
The surefire cure for Portland smugness is to get a taste of the exciting things other cities are up to.
Leah Treat is now calling the shots at PBOT.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
For decades, Portlanders have been looking for bike-friendly, transit-accessible, walkable real estate to live, shop or work in. Now, low-car real estate has finally come looking for us.
Manufacturer’s graphic of how the counter works. The Oregon Department of Transportation just received shipment of an automated counter similar to the one in use on the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland. After ODOT Region 1 Transit and Active Transportation Liaison tweeted a picture of the new counter today, we followed up and learned a bit … Read more
Top: Phillip Ross, Metrofiets (L), Dan Powell, Portland Design Works. Bottom: Shannon Holt, Oregon Manifest (L), Steve McCallion, Chrome Industries.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Bike Farm volunteers have blank slate at their new space.(Photos: Bike Farm) Bike Farm, the plucky all-volunteer collective that educates people about how to ride and work on their bikes, is set for a major move. Their new location, 1810 NE 1st Avenue (map) will make them much more accessible to a larger portion of … Read more
Scion has apologized. Scion has pulled an ad that referred to people riding bicycles as “obstacles.” The ad, which we highlighted on July 11th, had a fighting theme and the “King of the road” was its tC model sportscar. Over the weekend, a reader pointed us to a blog post on Scion.com (which seems to … Read more
It’s a mess out there. This view is looking east from the 99E viaduct onto SE Division Place.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) With two weeks to go for a set of major construction-related detours in Southeast Portland, they’re continuing to be a major hassle for all road users. We went out to survey the situation yesterday … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) From a livable streets perspective, Williams Avenue has a lot of problems. Its outdated bicycle lane is so inadequate that the City of Portland prioritized it for an upgrade a few years ago. That upgrade won’t happen until next year, and thankfully, that’s not the only thing that will be be … Read more
Ray Thomas(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to our new legal column with Ray Thomas. Ray has been a legal resource for Portlanders (and beyond) for many years and we’ve used him as a source on countless stories. Now we plan to give him a greater presence on BikePortland. Disclaimer: Ray’s law firm Swanson Thomas Coon … Read more