Platinum is so 2008.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The League of American Bicyclists announced today that the highest level of achievement in their Bike Friendly Communities program is no longer Platinum: To guide and support the rapid progress in top bike-friendly cities, the League of American Bicyclists has added a new challenge and opportunity for Bicycle … Read more
Ciarlo riding in the 2009 Grand Floral Parade.(Photos © J. Maus) Catherine Ciarlo, who has served as Mayor Sam Adams’ transportation policy director since 2008, has taken a job with private consulting firm CH2M Hill. The Mayor’s office is expected to make the announcement any day now. CH2M Hill is an engineering and construction consulting … Read more
When night starts on the Springwater, so do security concerns.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Springwater Corridor path has been called, “a stunning and well-planned urban connector” that “embodies the spirit of Portland.” During the day it buzzes with all sorts of human-powered traffic. But at night, it’s a completely different story. The path has no … Read more
Chris King, owner of King Cycle Group, at his Gourmet Century last year.(Photo: King Cycle Group) Similar to the “coffee bike arms race” and the well-known links between beer and bikes here in Portland, now there’s a growing bike connection to our vaunted food scene as well. And Chris King, the man behind Chris King … Read more
New sharrows on Main Street in Oregon City. Will they put these on the Arch Bridge too?(Photos: Don Arambula) According to a source close to the project, the Oregon Department of Transportation and the cities of West Linn and Oregon City are strongly considering installing sharrow markings on the historic Arch Bridge when it re-opens … Read more
Elly Blue debuted a test for determining whether bike ads are sexist. This one wouldn’t pass. I didn’t make it to the big Pro Walk/Pro Bike advocacy conference and the National Women’s Bicycling Summit that were down in Long Beach last week; but I did follow it closely via Twitter and other outlets. From all … Read more
Inspired by Cycle Oregon’s visit, the owner of Turtle Time Glass works on a glass bike frame. (Photos: Will Vanlue) [BikePortland contributor Will Vanlue was a volunteer on the Cycle Oregon ride last week. This is his latest dispatch.] Most days on Cycle Oregon riders travel from one community to another, spending just one evening … Read more
PBOT spent $4.7 million paving Sandy Blvd this summer — despite what you might have read in The Oregonian(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Remember back in February when The Oregonian splashed their big, “Portland’s Road to Ruin” story on the front page? The story aimed to create the perception among readers that the Bureau of Transportation … Read more
“Our design standards still point to bike lanes for this particular project… After reviewing the data, a physically separated bicycle facility did not appear to be warranted.”— Jilayne Jordan, ODOT Community Affairs Our story last week about an Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) “safety project” on NE Sandy Blvd has gotten the agency’s attention. After … Read more
At the Fiets of Parenthood event, Emily Finch and her seven kids of cargo, hit the teeter-totter ramp with gusto.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
“Finding beer on a bike in Portland is about as hard as finding a duty-free shop in an airport.”–BikesnobNYC on the Hop in the Saddle book Welcome back from the weekend. Here’s the news and other interesting stuff that caught our eyes this past week… – Support for building more roads for cars is falling … Read more
People ride outside one of many stately homes in northwest Portland.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) [This story was written by northwest Portland resident and local transportation activist Rebecca Hamilton.] — While our neighbors in southeast Portland emblazon their Neighborhood Greenway intersections with painted sunflowers and north Portland artists envision gold-leaf murals of cycling heroes along popular … Read more