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Portland’s bike-friendly cemetery
Through this gate is a somber and spiritual place — that also happens to be a very popular and important bike route.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) River View Cemetery, perched in lush green hills above the Willamette River just south of downtown Portland, is just like any other cemetery in America except for one major difference: … Read more
Why use bikes for business? Two Portlanders share their stories
Two more bike-based businesses. Recently I’ve learned about two more Portland businesses that have made bicycles an integral part of their business. Crank Roasting is a new coffee company and Co-Creative Pruning has been in business since 2010. I asked the owners of both businesses to share more about what they do and why they’ve … Read more
Finally! A crosswalk and median installed at E Burnside and 16th
Crews at work this morning.(Photo: Chris Sanderson) At long last the City of Portland is making the crossing of E Burnside at 16th safer for everyone. This intersection — which is just three blocks north of Buckman Elementary School — has been known as a safety hazard for many years. Back in December of 2007, … Read more
PSU researcher delving into “multimodal road rage”
Could road rage tell us something about the gender gap in bicycling?(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Tara Goddard, a PhD candidate in Urban Studies at Portland State University (PSU), is devoting her thesis to a subject that gets a lot of traction in the media but so far has received scant attention in academia: road rage … Read more
City Club of Portland announces ‘Civic Salon’ on The Future of Biking
Screen grab of City Club website. The City Club of Portland has just announced their next crop of ‘Civic Salons‘ and I’m excited to share that — along with news, sports, schools, books, and food — bicycling is among the topics they’ve chosen to focus on. Not only that, but guess who they asked to … Read more
PBOT nears final decision on “right-sizing” and bike lane for SE Division
A bike lane could be in Division’s future A road diet on one of Portland’s most dangerous “high crash corridors” is looking more and more likely as the Bureau of Transportation gets set to hold its final open house on the SE Division Street Safety Project later this month. PBOT has proposed re-striping Division between … Read more
Portland Ride of Silence set for May 15th
Rider at the 2008 Ride of Silence.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland edition of the Ride of Silence will take place on May 15th. The ride, which is meant to honor people who have been injured or killed while bicycling, marks its 10th anniversary this year. Portland first took part in 2006 and we’ll join … Read more
TriMet detour near OMSI will come with permanent bike traffic improvement
Map of SE Water Ave just north of OMSI in the central eastside. TriMet plans to install a left-turn box for bicycle traffic as part of their light rail project.(Turn box graphic: TriMet)
The good and bad about biking in Portland — in PBOT’s own words
“While business and political support is strong it could be stronger, especially in key constituent groups.”— Roger Geller, PBOT Bicycle Coordinator in a League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Community award application Back in 2008 Portland became the first major U.S. city to be given a “Platinum” level Bicycle Friendly Community award by the League … Read more
PSU students plan bike theft workshop, visual campaign
Flyer for bike theft workshop on April 30th. Bike theft is a major issue in Portland. So far this year we’ve had 259 bikes posted to our Stolen Bike Listings and the numbers are on the upswing. Now a pair of graduate students at Portland State University want to raise public awareness about bike theft … Read more
Portland Parks seeks members for River View Natural Area advisory committee
A trail in River View Natural Area.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) If you care about off-road bicycling in Portland, take note that a very important planning process is getting underway. Portland Parks & Recreation is seeking members of the public to sit on an advisory committee that will help plan the future of their River View … Read more