Looking good. Construction should be done by the end of this month.(Photos: Community Cycling Center) The Community Cycling Center is currently hard at work building berms, ramps and other details of a Bike Skills Park in the New Columbia neighborhood. The project was funded through a $15,500 grant from the Portland Development Commission. The CCC’s … Read more
Cover of Measuring Cognitive Distraction in the Automobile, a new report from AAA. Yesterday the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety dropped a bomb into the national debate about distracted driving. They conducted research and developed a report that shows “significant levels of cognitive distraction” by people who drive while performing various hands-free tasks. The report … Read more
One of the recommendations in the report is a 4% excise tax on new bike sales that would fund safety programs and more bike counters throughout the city.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) BikePortland has learned that the City Club of Portland will announce tomorrow that their membership has officially voted to support their research report on … Read more
Detail of a new concept for SE Foster Road. The City of Portland is currently trying to decide how to re-design the failing SE Foster Road. As it exists today, the street is a classic auto-centric thoroughfare with the crash rates and unwelcoming atmosphere to match. Late last year there were dreams of making a … Read more
Screenshot of Indy Cultural Trail from latest Streetfilms video. If you have trouble relating to examples of street designs from Copenhagen or the Netherlands, how about something closer to home? Like, say, Indianapolis. Yes Indianapolis. There’s a popular meme going around that Portland is getting its bike-friendly booty handed to us by other American cities … Read more
Nørrebrogade is a street in Copenhagen where biking, walking, and transit have priority over cars. And the result is extraordinary.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
A Capital Bikeshare employee “rebalances” bikes at a docking site near Union Station. Some past and current employees claim they’ve been underpaid by Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s been a rough few weeks for Alta Bicycle Share VP Mia Birk. The roll-out of the massive and high-profile Citibike system has by many … Read more
Lily Karabaic leading last year’s Bowie vs. Prince Ride.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Pedalpalooza is going strong in the streets of Portland right now and from what I’ve heard big crowds are turning up for many of the rides. One thing that accounts for more participation in recent years is new cell phone technology that allows … Read more
Oregon State Rep. Shemia Fagan.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think out Loud radio show hosted a conversation about “the future of bicycling” yesterday. The show was set up to discuss the recent release of reports by the City Club of Portland and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Leaders from both groups were in studio … Read more
Pedalounge owner John Boblett at the helm.(Photo © Michael Andersen/BikePortland) The sun was setting over the back parking lot of the Blitz Ladd when John Boblett flipped a switch on his custom aluminum dashboard and was immediately surrounded by soaring Columbian pop music and the hoots and hollers of 16 middle-aged professionals pedaling as fast … Read more
There’s a lot of buzz around town for the Cyclepedia exhibition that opened Saturday at the Portland Art Museum. The Embacher collection is a marvel of design and we’re lucky to have it. And of course kicking off a major museum exhibition by hosting thousands of naked bike riders is a proven way to get … Read more
Your summer of bike fun is far from done, but most of it from now on will involve more fabric. In the meantime, here’s the bike news that caught our attention this week.