Look out! This bike packs an airhorn (video)
Billy Volpone, who works as an account manager at Jive Software, said he can get about five or six good blasts out of the air bottle before he needs to refill the system. It takes a standard tire pump.
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Portland Rider: Meet Jamie Brown
Jamie Brown.(Photo © Alex Milan Tracy)
Crater Lake official: Make carfree Rim Drive an annual event – UPDATED
Carl Larson drove down from Portland to take advantage of a carfree Rim Drive.(Photo: Emily Wilson) The legendary Rim Drive around Crater Lake was officially carfree for the first time ever this past weekend. And even though the official announcement gave folks just a few days notice, it appears many people showed up to ride … Read more
Exploring the ‘Oregon Outback’ by bike
I knew there were vast swaths of unexplored land between the Cascade Range and the Alvord Desert, but what I didn’t realize was just how gorgeous and varied this rugged country was.
Governor’s new transportation policy advisor seen as good for bicycling
Kitzhaber’s incoming transportation policy advisor, Karmen Fore,speaking at a 2007 event on bicycle legislation.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Governor Kitzhaber announced yesterday that Karmen Fore will be his new transportation policy advisor. Fore will leave her post as deputy chief of staff to Congressman Peter DeFazio and report for work in Salem on July 1st. Fore … Read more
A few more thoughts and photos on new Skidmore Street bike lanes
Completed striping on Skidmore.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) As we reported yesterday, PBOT has just installed bike lanes on a short stretch of North Skidmore Street. They go from Michigan Ave to Maryland Ave (one block east of Interstate). When I went by yesterday morning they hadn’t finished applying all the striping into the buffer zone, … Read more
94% of bike riders wait at red lights, study finds
A new study suggests that speeding in a car on local streets is at least six times more common than running a red light on a bike.
Downtown Portland bike theft reports plummeted 60% last year
Locking up is looking safer. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Here’s some great news for downtown Portland: it seems to be getting safer for parked bikes. Much safer. You might have seen recent media reports that Portland bike theft reports dipped 13 percent citywide last year, according to a new Portland Police Bureau report. But what … Read more
City adds new buffered bike lanes to N Skidmore Street
New, six-foot bike lanes on Skidmore.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has installed new bike lanes on N Skidmore Street. The new lanes begin at the intersection of Michigan Ave and continue west toward Interstate. According to Ross Swanson with PBOT, the work on Skidmore is part of the Going to the … Read more
Dispatch from Disaster Relief Trials in Seattle
Portlander Mike Cobb competed at the Seattle Disaster Relief Trials.(Photo by Fred Bretsch – FEMA Region 10) Seattle cargo bike advocates held their first Disaster Relief Trials event over the weekend. The event sprung up thanks to inspiration from Portland’s event of the same name that was held last year. Portlander Mike Cobb traveled north … Read more
The Monday Roundup
Did you miss the best bike stories on the web last week? If so, peruse our roundup to catch up… — Probably the biggest story of last week was a NY Times article about the “sea of bikes” that “swamps” Amsterdam. It’s a situation playing out in many Dutch cities — they can’t build bike … Read more
Riders cheer City of Vancouver decision for bike lanes on MacArthur
MacArthur Blvd The City of Vancouver has just announced that the entire stretch of MacArthur Blvd from East Mill Plain to South Lieser Road will have a dedicated bike lane. Thanks to the diligence and perseverance of activists and local bike riders, the city reversed an earlier decision to remove bike lanes and replace them … Read more