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PBOT’s new campaign.(Photo: Alberta Main Street/FB) An interesting development in the main-street vs side-streets debate was brought to my attention by a reader this morning. As part of a marketing campaign around their marquee bike boulevard, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has placed several signs on NE Alberta Street to encourage folks to ride … Read more
Bill Chin during a stop on the Epic Pizza Ride.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) For 52-year-old IT project manager Bill Chin, June is his biggest biking month of the year. Bill, a native Portlander who lives in John’s Landing, has ridden well over 400 miles since the month began. Interestingly, he’s done most of those miles … Read more
Cover Remember last July when I shared the news that four — yes four! — new bike guidebooks based on Portland and Oregon would be hitting the shelves this summer? Back in March we were introduced to Ellee Thalheimer’s Cycling Sojourner, an excellent new guidebook for multi-day tours on Oregon’s backroads. Today, I got a … Read more
A scene from the 2010 Bowie vs. Prince Pedalpalooza ride.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
The crowd takes in a scene from The Invasion of the Bicycle Snatchers at Buckman Elementary School last night. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland
A treatment like this one on NE Couch near the Burnside Bridge, might be coming to Marine Drive.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Earlier this week, I shared that the Bureau of Transportation was considering the installation of rumble strips out on NE Marine Drive. Citing stats that show a higher than average amount of “lane departure” … Read more
“The bill ultimately looks and feels like what it is: A stopgap that is the last gasp of a spent 20th century program. It doesn’t begin to address the needs of a changing America in the 21st century.” — Transportation For America It’s over 1,000 days late; but instead of relief and smiles, active transportation … Read more
Biking with kids is all the rage in Portland these days, but biking with six kids between the ages of 2 and 11? That’s something I never would have thought possible before I met southeast Portland resident Emily Finch.
Much has been debated about the how the use of helmets impacts bicycling rates (or doesn’t). Now the debate is finding a new battlegrounds among the burgeoning crop of bike-share systems throughout North America. Vancouver B.C. is an interesting case. The city is lauded as a leader in bicycling (they’re even hosting the major international … Read more
This “wish list” was created at the 2008 Oregon Bike Summit. (Note the top thing on the list!)(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) As Oregon’s bicycle tourism movement has matured over the past 4-5 years, one thing proponents have been clamoring for is a comprehensive study that measures the impact bikes have on our statewide economy. In … Read more
There were several skateboards in Council chambers today.(Photos © J.Maus/BikePortland) A proposed amendment to Portland’s city code that would ban skateboarding and “other similar devices powered exclusively by human power” (but thankfully, not bicycles) on several miles of roads in the West Hills and quadruple traffic fines on a host of related infractions, is on … Read more
It doesn’t look good.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Members of the House and Senate have been working since April to hammer out an agreement on the transportation bill. When I checked in on the bill’s progress last month, advocates were fighting to lobby members of the conference committee (put together to hash out differences between the … Read more