Report reignites talk of bike excise tax – but advocates aren’t howling
The city’s bicycle advocates aren’t exactly thrilled by a 4% excise tax proposal. But perhaps surprisingly, they aren’t gasping in horror, either.
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Here’s an idea: Force us to share one lane while driving on a two-way street
A bike lane on both sides but just one regular lane in the center — even with two-way traffic permitted.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
As CitiBike launches, what’s next for Portland’s Alta Bicycle Share?
Alta Bicycle Share just enjoyed its biggest launch yet, kicking off a 6,000-bike deal worth tens of millions of dollars over the next few years. And 2013 is only going to get more interesting.
City Club research report strongly endorses bicycling
Read the report here. After a year of research, a 12-member committee of the Portland City Club released a report today titled, No Turning Back: A City Club Report on Bicycle Transportation in Portland. The 83-page report tackled nearly every major bicycling issue that Portland faces: From quantifying just how many people are riding, to … Read more
People on Bikes: Copenhagen
Welcome to special edition of People on Bikes from Copenhagen. Please join me in thanking Pro Photo Supply for their support of BikePortland. They’re a great local business and I would be a mess without their help. As you can imagine, in a city where 36% of the trips are made by bicycle, it wasn’t … Read more
Help is on the way! Maintenance and paving coming to neighborhood greenways
PBOT has already marked areas in need of repair on N Michigan Ave and many other neighborhood greenways throughout the city.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) BikePortland News Editor Michael Andersen contributed reporting for this story. Have you noticed the white paint that outlines the many cracks and potholes on your favorite neighborhood greenway? They started appearing … Read more
A look at two of Copenhagen’s vibrant side streets
Life is very good on Blågårdsgade, a carfree street in the heart of Nørrebro in Copenhagen.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Dispatch from Copenhagen
Bikes are everywhere on the streets of Copenhagen.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) I just wrapped up my first full day exploring Copenhagen (remember, it’s nine hours ahead of Portland over here). From a bicycling perspective it’s simply remarkable. They have a 36% bicycle mode share and in some parts of the central city it’s over 50%. … Read more
For girls on bikes, new research shows a turning point: age 14
Lots of girls love bikes. But for many, things change in their teens.Image © J. Maus/BikePortland Statistically speaking, girls and boys tend to have similar attitudes toward bikes until their 14th birthday or so. But around that age, gender attitudes diverge dramatically – and no one’s quite sure why. As they enter puberty, Portland girls … Read more
The Monday Roundup: NYC’s CitiBike and more
Let’s start the week off with the national bike news that caught our eyes lately.
Face-to-face with Portland’s dream, seven years later
Portland on the left, Copenhagen on the right.(Images © J. Maus/BikePortland and the City of Copenhagen) Tomorrow at this time I’ll be on a plane flying to Copenhagen. Today I punched “Copenhagen” into a search of all my Front Page stories and the earliest instance I found was over seven years ago. It was a … Read more
1967 National Road Championships were ‘Portland’s Finest Hour’
Cover of October 1967 American Cycling magazineshows the nation’s top racers at Alpenrose Velodrome.(Photos by Peter Hoffman) While many people think of only bike commuters and naked rides when the topic of cycling in Portland comes up, our city also has a proud tradition when it comes to racing. We shared a glimpse of that … Read more