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The scene this morning. (Photo courtesy Betsy Reese) I hate to say it, but there has been yet another right-hook collision on N Broadway. This morning at around 8:35 am, a woman driving a Chrysler PT Cruiser turned right off of Broadway onto N Ross Avenue and collided with a man riding his bicycle. The … Read more
It could be 2015 until anyone’s riding. A coalition of environmental groups are claiming victory in a legal battle to stop the development of the proposed Timberline Mountain Bike Park on Mt. Hood. Yesterday, a District Court approved an injunction against the project (PDF) that was filed earlier this month by four non-profit groups. Those … Read more
The long, cold war between Portland’s bike/pedestrian advocates and its freight advocates might finally be thawing, people involved in recent talks say.
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.
Jamie Brown.(Photo © Alex Milan Tracy)
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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