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Get ready Portland, it’s coming!.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) On Friday afternoon, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) announced that Alta Bicycle Share had won the contract to operate the Portland Bike Share system. Given Alta’s Portland headquarters, their success in nabbing major bike share projects around the country, and Birk’s own close connections with the … Read more
One of two Citybikes locations on SE Ankeny street.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) A group of anti-fascist activists have announced a public boycott of Citybikes because they accuse its founder and president, Tim Calvert, of holding anti-semitic views and organizing for racist causes. Rose City Antifascists (RCA, also known as Rose City Antifa) have also sent … Read more
A Portland listing on Spinlister. It’s been almost one year since we first told you about Spinlister, an online service that let’s you list your bike for rent. Now the service is out of beta mode and has officially launched. And folks in Portland are wasting no time putting it to use. Here’s more from … Read more
The current stairs on the Gibbs Street Bridge are not befitting of a bike-friend city.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) “Sort of a joke,” and “atrocious” is how we’ve described the design of the bicycle wheel gutters on the stairs of the new Gibbs Street Bridge. Now it appears that the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will … Read more
Detail of new path. See full image below.(Photos: Mult. County) Last week we shared the news that Multnomah County has built a new bike path on the northwest side of the Sellwood Bridge. The new path will be in place for at least another year, while construction crews continue to work on replacing the old … Read more
Bart Simpson and a shark fin adorntwo SAG vans in Ashland, Oregon.(Photos by Will Vanlue) Last month I spent a week volunteering on Cycle Oregon in one of their SAG vans. I get a lot of questions about what exactly a “SAG” is and what we do to support the ride, so I figured I’d … Read more
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is set to unveil their plans to build a new undercrossing on the I-205 path at SE Division Street. An open house for the project will be held on October 9th. According to ODOT, the new portion of the path will provide an alternative route under SE Division, in … Read more
“…these data suggest that warning patients who are medically unfit to drive may reduce the risk of road crashes…”— Statement by researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Here’s the news and other interesting stuff that caught our eyes this past week… – Local Portland businessman Chris King recently visited the White House to talk about … Read more
View Larger Map The Portland Police Bureau just reported a fatal collision involving a man riding a bicycle and someone driving a car. The collision occurred at SE 148th and Mill in the Centennial Neighborhood around 9:00 pm tonight (9/30). The intersection is slated for a traffic signal as per plans by the Portland Bureau … Read more
The Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) announced today that Alta Bicycle Share is the finalist to be the vendor of their forthcoming bike share system. Read the official statement below:
Multnomah County has built a new path for bike traffic.(Photos sent in by a reader) A new bike path on the western end of the Sellwood Bridge was just completed yesterday. Multnomah County spokesman Mike Pullen says it will be in place for about a year and that it’s one of many temporary alignments we … Read more
The Hydrofiets is an artistic and functional cargo bike.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)