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Josh Volk on a delivery, riding across the St. Johns Bridge.(Image from a video by Ryan Creason) Josh Volk runs Slow Hand Farm, a small community-supported agriculture (CSA) farm on Sauvie Island. The soil is great out there and it’s a nice place to grow veggies, but there’s just one problem: It’s about 15 miles … Read more
Time to roll out the maps!(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) In case you haven’t heard, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance is working on an update to their Blueprint for Better Bicycling. The last one was published in 2005, and the map of potential projects they can put on the list has changed considerably since then. The problem … Read more
Bike commuting by downtown employees has made solid gains since 2001. (Source: Portland Business Alliance 2011 Downtown Portland Business Census & Survey)
PBOT Director Tom Miller at a meeting of his Budget Advisory Committee last night. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The budget outlook for the Bureau of Transportation is a bit better this year than it was last year; but things are still grim. I attended the first of three PBOT Budget Advisory Committee meetings last night … Read more
Hales told BikePortland he wants, “More bike projects, more sidewalks, more connections for things that aren’t automobiles.”(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Mayor-elect Charlie Hales needs to publicly refute a story by KATU-TV that grossly misrepresents his views on transportation policy. Hales has been aware of the misrepresentation for at least two days now, and yet he … Read more
“There are so many people interested in trail advocacy… We see this as an opportunity to help them understand they’re not alone in their cause and that all these trail projects are connected.”— Aaron Brown, The Intertwine Organizers of tomorrow’s Regional Trail Advocates Forum hope that the first ever event is the start of something … Read more
Molly Fair (right), was a bit unsure of what her first bike commute into Manhattan would have in store. (Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Cover of BPS parking study.–Download PDF– Last week, the City of Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability released their much-anticipated study (PDF) on the many new apartment buildings in Portland’s inner neighborhoods that have little or no on-site auto parking. Commissioned after neighborhood groups aired grievances about parking and other impacts to streets near the … Read more
Expect fewer protected bike lanes from Charlie Hales says KATU’s Bob Heye.(Screen grab – Watch video below) KATU News ran a segment on their newscast and website tonight that made shocking pronouncements about how mayor-elect Charlie Hales’ transportation plans would impact bicycling. “Charlie Hales said he plans to shift the focus of Portland’s transportation budget … Read more
A member of Sorella Forte racing at PIR.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A new initiative launched in Portland aims to get more women racing bikes on the road. Let’s Race Bikes! is a coalition led by local teams that want to see larger women’s fields at races throughout Oregon. “Basically, a group of women have joined … Read more
Wheel Team 6 in action.(Graphic: Ethan Jewett) This morning’s protests of the Jarvis Street bike lane removal in Toronto spurred me to finally publicly share an idea I’ve been daydreaming about for a long time now: An elite squad of bike activists that swing into action and swoop down on cities and towns to defend … Read more
Screen grab from The Star. Right now in Toronto, Canada, protesters are sitting down in front of advancing city trucks to prevent them from removing bike lanes on a major city street . This story has captivated me all morning. We have mentioned a few times here on BikePortland that the mayor of Toronto, Rob … Read more