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Commissioner Steve Novick (blue shirt) mixed it up with the crowd on the Hawthorne Bridge this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) City of Portland Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick showed once again this morning that he’s a hands-on leader. In the past few months (even before Mayor Hales gave him the PBOT portfolio), Novick has shown up … Read more
Three great job opportunities were posted to our Job Listings this past week. Check them out via the links below… Bike Mechanic/Bike Builder – Bike Gallery Mechanic/Wheelbuilder/Fitter – Portland Bicycle Studio Domestic Account Representative– Chris King Precision Components
Father Jack Mosbrucker and other members of Jobs With Justice outside Alta offices yesterday.(Photos: Jobs With Justice) Jobs With Justice, a local non-profit that fights for worker’s rights, paid a visit to the southeast Portland offices of Alta Bicycle Share yesterday. Jobs With Justice is joining the call from past and current employees of an … Read more
This is the new and improved NE Klickitat Street between 23rd and 24th. It’s the latest from PBOT as part of their ongoing development of the neighborhood greenway network.(Photo: Craig Harlow)
You never know what you’ll see at Sunday Parkways, like this pedal-powered gecko I spotted on NE Ainsworth in 2011.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
The creators of Bike Fun Finder (L to R): Tim Neuwerth, Lance Poehler, Nathan Frost.(Photo courtesy Nathan Frost) With Pedalpalooza — and its nearly 300 bike rides and events happening this month — as its centerpiece, Portland’s vibrant social cycling scene is hard to beat. But while there’s a ton “bike fun” in this town, … Read more
Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share has released an official statement about an inquiry into the companies employee labor practices. At the end of last month, sixteen current and past employees of the Alta-run Capital Bikeshare system in Washington D.C., went public with allegations that the company had underpaid them and failed to provide federally mandated health … Read more
In a nod to bicycling and walking, this weekend cars, trucks, buses, RVs and all motorized transportation will be prohibited from Crater Lake’s Rim Drive.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
The BTA and Bud Clark have re-imagined the famous 1978 poster. Former Mayor Bud Clark is no stranger to Portland public art or bicycling. In fact he has reached iconic status for both. Clark, who was our mayor from 1985-1992, is known for his promotion and participation in Bike to Work Day and his appearance … Read more
A large group showed up for the Midnight Mystery Ride on Friday night (this is only half of it).(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Mike Cooley is still in the hospital with serious injuries after a man hit him from behind while he rode on N. Interstate Ave on Saturday night. Road carnage in America has reached epidemic proportions. Consider the barrage of news I’ve encountered in the past 24 hours… — The Portland Police released photos and offered … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Following an overwhelming vote of support from their membership, the City Club of Portland is wasting no time in getting to work on implementing the recommendations in their report on bicycling in Portland. On June 13th, City Club members voted 254 to 31 in favor of the report which recommended that … Read more