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Charlie Hales is promising to “minimize the drama and maximize the results.”(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) After last night, Portland’s City Council has two fresh faces and the White House retains a familiar one. Both our mayoral race and the race for President were never really in doubt as Charlie Hales easily beat Jefferson Smith and … Read more
Your next mayor.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
The BTA’s Susan Peithman shows how we do it in Portland. – See more reader photos below. – With tonight’s election, Portland and the nation are on the verge of major changes. As we settle in to watch how the votes come in, I thought some of you might want to share your thoughts and … Read more
Kirk Reeves in 2008.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Screen grab of Woodlawn’s cargo bike disaster response unit.– Watch video below – KGW TV (Portland’s NBC affiliate station) ran a feature segment last night about how cargo bikes will play a role in our disaster response plans. It’s a story we shared back in March, and after superstorm Sandy proved once again that bikes … Read more
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)