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Ian Collins’ stolen bike turned up at the Bike Gallery in downtown Portland.(Photos courtesy Ian Collins) Ian Collins had his Cannondale stolen off his porch in Northeast Portland back in August. Now, thanks to the quick thinking of the Bike Gallery employee, he’s got a lead on a suspect and he’s hoping more people seeing … Read more
City of Hillsboro Sustainability Manager Peter Brandom in a video about the idea.(Watch it below) The City of Hillsboro has been selected as one of 20 finalists (out of 300) for the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayor’s Challenge competition. If selected the City could receive either $1 million or a grand prize of $5 million dollars to … Read more
A rider rolls down the bike lane on SW Main at 1st Ave.The building in the background is set to become the location of a new “bike hub.”(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A “bike hub” is set to be built in the ground floor of the First & Main Building at the foot of the Hawthorne … Read more
“MAP-21 cut dedicated funding… Regardless, ODOT is committed to funding active transportation programs.”— Matt Garrett, Director of ODOT Oregon biking and walking advocates received good news on Friday when ODOT Director Matt Garrett announced his agency is committed to key biking and walking programs that lost dedicated funding in the recently passed federal transportation bill … Read more
Given that I’ve been working out of a suitcase for the past two weeks or so, I haven’t been filing away important and interesting bike stories at my usual rate. However, thanks to readers for sharing links and the wonders of Twitter and Google Alerts, I’ve managed to round up some stories I think you’ll … Read more
Huge lines formed for subway replacement buses, while bike traffic streamed by.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
New York bike commuters dared dark streets while biking the blackout in Lower Manhattan.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Four excellent job opportunities have been posted to our Job Listings in the past week or so. Check out the links below to learn more… SoupCycler Extraordinaire – SoupCycle Marketing Genius – Planet X/Titus/One One Bikes Store Service Manager – Bike Gallery Bicycle Sales – Lakeside Bicycles
East Village residents happily hop onto a free bike-powered charging station provided by activist group Times Up.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to the latest installment of People on Bikes. Our last one showed the fantastic people riding into Brooklyn via the Manhattan Bridge. That was before Sandy came to town. In the spirit of reminding the world that biking is alive and thriving here in New York City, I now present … Read more
While the subway tracks sat empty, the path on the Queensboro Bridge was at capacity this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
BonB veteran Steph Routh.(Photo by Michael Andersen)) This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, PDX’s 10-minute newsmagazine about buses, bikes and low-car life. Dozens of fans of one of Portland’s most unique and durable bike traditions met Tuesday night at bicycle tavern Velo Cult to tell stories from more than 120 mornings of … Read more