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Screen grab of The Rachel Maddow Show last night. It’s been a good year for the idea that bikes are the ultimate disaster response vehicles. What started as a niche thing here in Portland (promoted by a few emergency preparedness hobbyists with a penchant for cargo bikes), spread east to New York after superstorm Sandy; … Read more
NW Broadway is a federally controlled piece of the National Highway System.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) We continue to track an interesting policy development that could have wide-ranging impacts on several local streets here in Portland. As we first shared back in September, the new federal transportation bill, MAP-21, included an expansion of the National Highway … Read more
People on bikes take the lane to avoid floods on N. Interstate Ave.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Art infuses the bicycling experience in New York City. (From our 2012 visit)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The small, north Portland neighborhood of Kenton now has a bike shop to call its own. Kenton Cycle Repair has been open for about a month and I finally stopped in to take a peek yesterday. Located on McClellan Street, right off Kenton’s main drag of Denver Ave, the shop is … Read more
Mud left its mark on the Crusade finale out at PIR yesterday.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Justin Drawbert: 1986-2012.(Photos: Nate Gibson) Friends, fellow racers and classmates are mourning the death of 26-year-old Justin Drawbert, who took his own life on Monday, November 12th. Justin was an engineering student at Portland State University who moved to Portland in 2009. He was an avid bike racer and competed with the Trailhead Coffee Roasters … Read more
“[Mayor of Toronto] Rob Ford… told the Toronto Sun he “listened to the taxpayers and [did] what they wanted me to do.”— blogTO on the removal of Jarvis St. bike lanes. — Like them or not, each week it seems like there are more signs that e-bikes are gaining a serious foothold in the U.S. … Read more
Fall colors on Madison between 3rd and 4th. Hey everyone, I’ve been wanting to get a bit more informal here on the Front Page. There are many things that cross my mind (and my desk) each week that I don’t post about; but that I want to share. And since Twitter is only 140 characters … Read more
Goldsprints were a hit.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Velo Cult bike shop hosted a hoppin’ party last night as a huge crowd turned out to help launch the bike book: Hop in the Saddle: A Guide to Portland’s Craft Beer Scene, by Bike. There was a huge spread of food, the beer was flowing, the goldsprints … Read more
Greeeeeen.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
In a move that can be described as nothing less than audacious, Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey is leading an effort to receive a legislative mandate to move forward on studying a mega-project now being calling the “Westside Transportation Corridor.” The project is a re-hash of the long-debated Westside Bypass that would create a new freeway … Read more