The cycling world is reeling today as word spreads of a tragic collision that claimed the lives of a UK-based couple that was touring the world by bicycle together. Peter Root and Mary Thompson were riding their bikes in Thailand when someone driving a pick-up truck drove into their path. The couple had been on … Read more
Lookin’ good Al Roker. Welcome to our time-honored Monday morning tradition of rounding up the week’s bike and transportation news… – Aspen, Colorado is poised to be the latest city to enact the “Idaho-style” stop sign law for people riding bicycles. – If you’re a parking policy wonk, you’ve got to be encouraged that the … Read more
Scene from a 2009 anti-CRC rally.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) House Bill 2800 — and in some ways the future of Columbia River Crossing project — is up for another hearing at the state capitol on Monday. Activists against the project, who packed hearing rooms this past Monday, hope for a repeat performance in order to … Read more
“The overall goal is to arrive at a more favorable balance between the city and the car, between the erosion of the city by cars and the attrition of automobiles by the city.”— Alan Webber, in a 1971 memo created for City Commissioner Neil Goldschmidt This morning a reader tipped us off to a fascinating … Read more
Just one job on the BikePortland Job Listings this past week, but it looks like a good one… Bike Fashionista/o – Established N/NE Bike Shop
Four builders share a shop space at 1515 SE Ankeny. L to R: Travis Cooper (Cycles Cooper), Joshua Bryant (Cycles J. Bryant), Bob Kazmelski (Bantam Cycle Works), Tess Velo (Telos Cycles).(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Riding on Sauvie Island is sublime; but narrow roads without shoulders and heavy motor vehicle traffic can also make it challenging.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
A core service if there ever was one.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) If you were concerned that budget cuts might jeopardize Sunday Parkways this year, you can now take a sigh of relief. With the announcement this morning of dates and routes for five Sunday Parkways events, it’s clear that the Bureau of Transportation feels confident … Read more
ODOT’s cross-section for a $5.5 million repaving and “safety” project on SE Powell Blvd.
HB 2800, a bill that would declare it’s in the state’s interest to “undertake” the Columbia River Crossing project (now referred to as “the I-5 bridge replacement project”) got a public hearing in Salem yesterday. We also heard about a new “bipartisan coalition” that has been formed in opposition to the project. The hearing yesterday … Read more
Members of the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division will be out in force today at NW Broadway and Couch. They will be on the look out for stop sign violators during a “traffic safety mission” that will last from 10:00 to 11:30 am. Lt. Chris Davis and Capt. David Hendrie were at the PBOT Bicycle … Read more
Woohoo!(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)