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The mayoral candidates weigh in on transportation funding

“The Bureau of Transportation has been facing budget challenges for several years; how will you as mayor create a sustainable source of revenue or otherwise ensure that the bureau has the resources it needs over the long haul?”—Question for mayoral candidates at recent Women’s Transportation Seminar luncheon With the election just over a month away, … Read more


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DA finds no criminal negligence in Kathryn Rickson fatality

(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office released a memo (PDF) today on their investigation into the death of Kathryn Rickson. They have determined that the state cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the man driving the semi-trailer truck, Dawayne Eacret, could have seen Rickson prior to the collision at SW … Read more


With new products, Portland Design Works is hitting their stride

Company founder Erik Olson.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland, unless noted otherwise) After just four years in business, Portland Design Works has made a solid name for itself in the bike industry. It was September 2008 when we first shared that a young, former general manager at Planet Bike, Erik Olson, was leaving Wisconsin to start up … Read more


Petals By Bike is latest bike-based business to hit Portland streets

A pedal-powered petal peddler.(Photo: Petals by Bike) Petals By Bike is the latest bike-based business to launch in Portland. North Portland resident Jillian Sevick debuted her business last weekend to coincide with the opening of the new Bushel and Peck bakery on NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (between Shaver and Failing). Sevick, who’s last … Read more


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Bicycling (and Portland) stars in new global initiative to spur physical activity

From Designed to Move report. A new report compiled and presented by Nike Inc., the American College of Sports Medicine and the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education at this week’s Clinton Global Initiative meeting, includes bicycle transportation as one of the key solutions to combat the world’s “urgent” physical inactivity crisis. The … Read more


Conscious Commuter celebrates first batch of Portland-made frames

The first frames off the production line.(Photos: Conscious Commuter Corp.) Last month we shared the story of Kinn Bikes, a new company that decided to make their frames right here in Portland. Now, another company has decided that Portland is the place to manufacture their bikes. Conscious Commuter Corporation, a company with offices downtown and … Read more