Portland Art Museum to host panel on bicycle product design
Top: Phillip Ross, Metrofiets (L), Dan Powell, Portland Design Works. Bottom: Shannon Holt, Oregon Manifest (L), Steve McCallion, Chrome Industries.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
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Bike Farm growing into new location
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 apologizes, pulls insensitive ad
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
Surveying the SE light rail construction detours: How are you coping?
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
View from a Williams Avenue resident: “A weary pedestrian”
(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 Its outdated bicycle lane is so inadequate that the City of Portland prioritized it for an upgrade a few years ago.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
Get Legal with Ray Thomas: Harassment of Bicycle Riders
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
The Monday Roundup: Is bad driving inevitable? and more
“We cannot address fundamental human failings by changing the law or proposing more punishment for failure while the underlying task that we are asking drivers to perform remains so difficult.”
Travel Oregon wants to film (and fund) your bike trip around the state
Now that’s a headline we don’t get to write every day.
Vespertine and Vanilla: Two sales you won’t want to miss this weekend
One of the perks of living in a great bike town is great bike shopping. This weekend you’ve got two opportunities to find major scores from two very cool bike companies: The Vanilla Workshop and Vespertine. Vanilla needs no introduction. This is the brand developed by southeast Portlander Sacha White and it includes his world-famous … Read more
County makes improvements to long-term detour on Willamette Greenway
County detour map. – Download PDF – Multnomah County is improving a major bike detour between downtown and the Sellwood Bridge, and wants to thank BikePortland readers for their help making it better.
Summon-a-car service Uber courts Portland with ice cream Friday
Uber’s website. Uber, a California-based startup on a crusade to make taxis and towncars better, is the latest company lining up to serve low-car Portlanders. Uber’s basic product, which it calls Uber Black, lets users book a nearby towncar using a smartphone, then electronically pay the driver and privately leave him or her a rating, … Read more
Jobs of the Week
We’ve had six great job opportunities posted to our Job Listings this past week. Everything from prime positions at major bike advocacy organizations to jobs at major local bike businesses. Check out all the jobs via the links below… Commute Programs Manager – Cascade Bicycle Club Bicycle Mechanic/Salesperson – Revolver Bikes Warehouse Manager – BicyclingHub.com … Read more