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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
(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
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
View of the bus and police vehicles at the scene a few minutes ago.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland Police say at about 4:00 pm today, a man riding a bike westbound on Burnside pedaled right into the back of a TriMet bus. The incident was first reported to me by a reader who called and … Read more
Looking west on Broadway with a van turning right on Wheeler.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Yet another person has been injured due a collision on North Broadway where it crosses Flint and Wheeler (map). This has been a known problem spot for years and just last week there was a collision that ended up with a … Read more
Daniel Scott.(Photo: Multnomah County) Early this morning around 4:00 am, the Portland Police Bureau responded to a burglary in progress at Athlete’s Lounge, a triathlon and bike shop on Northwest Vaughn. According to a PPB statement, 26-year-old Daniel Scott was trying to steal several high-end bikes. When officers arrived they surrounded the shop and ordered … Read more
The open streets movement is spreading into the suburbs. Today the City of Wilsonville (about 18 miles south of Portland) announced they will hold their first-ever “Sunday Streets” event on August 19th. Here’s more from South Metro Area Regional Transit (SMART): “This free event will focus on connecting neighborhoods, parks, and people: bicyclists, walkers, runners, seniors, … Read more
Kevin Stone’s ticket. During the BikeBOT Radio Ride on Monday night, Kevin Stone received a citation for impeding traffic. The ride is part of Pedalpalooza, a nearly month-long celebration of bicycling that includes hundreds of group rides. Stone was approached by a Portland Police officer at 7:45 pm as he straddled his bike in the … Read more
“Neither I nor anyone else in the neighborhood, as far as I know, is trying to put an end to Zoobomb. Not now, and not in the future.”— Eric Nagle, Arlington Heights resident working to ban skateboards on SW Fairview Ave As we shared yesterday, there’s an effort underway to ban skateboarding on the steep … Read more
A bumpin’ bike, an exploration of neighborhood churches, and more.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Lewelling Elementry student Nikolas McKinney (green shirt) stands with Milwaukie PD Cadet John Pyle and Captain Steve Bartol. His friend Kayden Miller is in the background.(Photos: North Clackamas School District)
You’ve got to read this post on Craigslist. Reid Parham (@parhamr) shared it with me via Twitter: You doored me on my bike on 6/9/12 – m4w – 29 (sw5th and Main) Date: 2012-06-11, 8:15AM PDT You were in a black 4 door sedan getting out of the rear right passenger door(stopped in traffic in … Read more