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Cargo bikes reach new heights at ‘Disaster Relief Trials’

Michael Jones loads boxes of first-aid supplies at a checkpoint located at the Red Cross on N Vancouver Ave.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Sunday’s inaugural Disaster Relief Trials (DRT) was a big success on many levels. The mock disaster scenario (a major earthquake) that the event was based on gave emergency responders and cargo bike enthusiasts … Read more


The Monday Roundup

S.F. case is making headlines. Here’s the news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week… – The man who struck and killed a person in a crosswalk while riding a bicycle in San Francisco was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter and is now expected to surrender to an arrest warrant. The … Read more


Rider left paralyzed after ‘freak’ crash during Portland mountain bike race – UPDATED

Mat Barton before the start of a race last year.(Photo: Kris Schamp) Offers of help, positive thoughts and prayers are pouring in from the community tonight as we learn that 31-year-old Portland resident Mat Barton is paralyzed from the chest down following a crash during a mountain bike race at Portland International Raceway on Monday … Read more


Advocates help push back alarming freight power grab in Salem

(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A proposal to amend a powerful state transportation planning law would have had chilling effect on the development of bikeways in cities throughout Oregon. But thankfully, because of the swift action by active transportation advocates, the City of Portland, and Metro, the director of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) decided … Read more


TriMet budget adopted: Will cuts and fare hikes lead to more bike use?

Biking becomes even more attractiveas TriMet gets more expensive and less convenient.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) As you might have already heard, TriMet made their 2013 budget final yesterday. In front of a crowd that observers said was historic and raucous, the TriMet Board finalized a slate of significant changes to fares and service aimed at … Read more