🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
City Traffic Engineer Rob Burchfield had some explaining to do.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s finally over. Seriously. I mean it this time. After 17 months of meetings and open houses, the stakeholder advisory committee (SAC) for the N Williams Traffic Operations Safety Project finished their work yesterday with the adoption of plans that will transform … Read more
“I literally was just speechless with my jaw dropped as he rode away.”— Elisabeth Bowers Last week I got an email from Portland resident Elisabeth Bowers. She was involved in a hit-and-run on and wanted me to know about it. That part isn’t strange. I get a fair amount of emails like that every month. … Read more
It’s been an issue ever since the protected bike lane (a.k.a. cycle track) on SW Broadway went in: How to improve access for TriMet LIFT Paratransit Program vehicles that need direct access to the curb in order to drop off and pick up people with disabilities, while not blocking the flow of bike traffic. In … Read more
Seeing green on SW Barbur.(Photo: Alan Love) I’ve got a couple of news tidbits from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) that have piled up in my inbox so I thought I’d share them all at once. From a new job opening in their Active Transportation section to the installation of their first-ever green colored … Read more
Stormtrooper spotted downtown.(Photo: Greg Raisman/Flickr) 12 days into Pedalpalooza (about half way through!) and the rides and good times show no sign of slowing down. In the interest of keeping you in the loop about what’s going on out there, I thought I’d share a brief update on just some of the rides going on… … Read more
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
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
Rolling across the Hawthorne Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland
A few of the competitors signed up for the Disaster Relief Trials on Sunday.
You do not want to miss this.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The sun is shining and bike fun spirits are high. Pedalpalooza is going strong and tomorrow night it will reach one of its many climaxes when thousands upon thousands of you get naked and pedal through our wonderful city. Yes, it’s time for the legendary … Read more
Enjoying a ride down the West Hills.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) When I first heard about West Hills resident Eric Nagle’s effort to ban skateboarding in the West Hills, my first thought was: Is Zoobomb — and by extension, bicycling — at risk? Even though bicycling down the hills around Washington Park and the type of … Read more
Well hello! Nice to see you too!(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)