With the Bike Hub, a new chapter for New Columbia
Community Cycling Center Executive Director Alison Graves speaking at the opening of the Bike Hub in New Columbia yesterday.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
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A vision for bike access on Hawthorne Blvd
Detail of a mock-up of bike access on Hawthorne. See full image below. Reader Paul Peterson sent over an inspiring mock-up of what SE Hawthorne Blvd could look like if Portland’s transportation infrastructure lived up to its sustainability and bike-friendly rhetoric. Peterson is a locally based designer, director, and cinematographer. After he sent over the … Read more
Bob Huckaby moves forward on statewide bike registration, licensing measures
“Everybody has to be on the same playing field…I’ll share the road, but let’s share the laws too.”— Bob Huckaby Buoyed by support from across the state, Portlander Bob Huckaby is going full-steam ahead on a statewide ballot measure that would require all bicycles to have license plates and would mandate a bicycle law test … Read more
First look: New book chronicles Oregon Manifest competition
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Organizers of the Oregon Manifest event are set to release a new book tomorrow. The book, BIKE CRAFT, DESIGN, INNOVATION, is a coffee table quality, 228-page publication that provides an in-depth look into the bikes and the builders of the 2011 competition as well as a recap of the inaugural 2009 … Read more
Broadway/Flint/Wheeler intersection, circa 1940
Flint/Broadway intersection 70 years ago.(Photo: City of Portland archives) The notorious Broadway/Flint/Wheeler intersection has been getting a lot of attention lately. Just today I rolled up on PBOT traffic safety staff and engineers observing the new partial closure of Wheeler, while a PPB officer talked with Paramount Apartments owner Betsy Reese. In addition to the … Read more
Bike hub in New Columbia nears completion
The Hub as of Sunday.(Photos: Community Cycling Center/Flickr) The Community Cycling Center and their partners are busy in North Portland today putting on the finishing touches to the new “bike hub” coming to the New Columbia neighborhood. The design/build project began just two weeks ago and the big grand opening is slated for tomorrow evening. … Read more
Oakridge is a mountain biker’s delight
A view of the Cascades from Bunchgrass Ridge Trail.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Just back from a long weekend in Oakridge, Oregon — “the mountain biking capital of the Northwest”. Over five years ago I proclaimed (jokingly) that I wanted to move there and now I’m wondering why it’s taken me so long to return. Oakridge … Read more
The Monday Roundup
“I’m try[ing] to catch up on my work and you know I keep my eyes on the road, but I’m a busy man.”–Toronto Mayor Rob Ford after being asked if he reads while driving Here’s the news and other interesting stuff that caught our eyes this past week… – Amidst the controversy of the USADA’s … Read more
Westside Trail controversy quiets down ahead of open houses
Metro is gearing up for a series of open houses to let the public weigh in on their Westside Trail project. The project spurred controversy earlier this summer when residents of the Oak Hills area of unincorporated Washington County objected to plans to have the shared-use path run through property adjacent to their homes. The … Read more
Ask BikePortland: Should I go it alone or with group at stop signs?
Group stops happen.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to the latest installment of Ask BikePortland. Today’s question comes from reader Ruben G. Ruben is curious about a topic on a lot of people’s minds today: stop sign behavior. Ruben wants to know if people on bikes who arrive at a stop sign together are allowed to … Read more
Bike repair shop at Cartlandia looking for new owner
(Photos: Lee Hansen) The Bike Rack, a bike repair shop located in a food cart pod right off the Springwater Corridor path, is up for sale or rent. The Bike Rack opened in July 2011 when owner Lee Hansen set up shop at “bicycle-centric” Cartlandia, a fledgling food cart pod along SE 82nd Avenue and … Read more
City will step up truck parking enforcement on SE 4th Ave – Updated
Trucks in bike lanes leads topeople in streets.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation says they’ll step up enforcement of illegal parking on SE 4th Avenue just south of Caruthers. On Monday, we pointed out that large trucks servicing industrial businesses along the street are parking in the bike lanes that connect the … Read more