City puts marketing muscle behind marquee bike boulevard
Detail from a PBOT mailer sent to people who live near the Going Street Neighborhood Greenway.
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First look at Chrome’s new retail store in downtown Portland
Look what just opened downtown!(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Chrome, a well-known bag and urban bicycling/lifestyle apparel brand, opened a new retail store in downtown Portland yesterday. Staffers from the company’s San Francisco headquarters spent three weeks completely renovating a 1,300 square foot space at 425 SW 10th Avenue (around the corner from the Ace Hotel … Read more
‘Two Wheels Spoken’ in eastern Oregon as bike tourism blooms
[Story and photos by Russ Roca of The Path Less Pedaled] This is what the bike tourism revolution looks like.(Photos © Russ Roca/The Path Less Pedaled) Eastern Oregon is known for its dry climate; but there’s something taking root along its gorgeous backroads that could help grow the economy of its many small communities: bicycle … Read more
13 citations issued by PPB in crosswalk enforcement action
The location of yesterday’s enforcement action on SE Foster. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) held one of their regularly scheduled “crosswalk enforcement actions” yesterday. This excellent program, run by the PBOT traffic safety team and dedicated staffer Sharon White (who often puts herself at risk on our most … Read more
A freight advocate’s perspective on recent fatal collision
Former chair of the Portland Freight Committee, Corky Collier.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Not surprisingly, the death of Kathryn Rickson while she rode in a bike lane just one block from Portland City Hall has got a lot of people talking. Apart from the grieving we do as a community when something like this happens, many … Read more
Checking in on Pedalpalooza (it’s coming!)
This guy is ready. Are you?(From 2011 Pedalpalooza Splash Dance ride)(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Guest article: One stakeholder’s view of NE Multnomah St project
[Publisher’s note: As we shared on May 16th, PBOT has unveiled plans for the Multnomah Street Main Street Pilot Project. The road this project has taken to this point has raised many concerned eyebrows. One of them is Craig Harlow. Harlow was chair of the stakeholder advisory committee for the NE Holladay Street project (which … Read more
More details on bike counter coming to Hawthorne Bridge
“This counter will raise awareness among all travelers of the significant role bicycles play in Portland’s transportation system.”— PBOT spokesman Dan Anderson As we shared on Monday, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is all set to install the city’s first automated bicycle counter on the Hawthorne Bridge. The new counter, purchased from a Canadian company … Read more
Friends start donation fund for Kathryn Rickson
A photo of Kathryn at a makeshift memorial on the corner of SW 3rd and Madison.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Friends of Kathryn Rickson, the young woman who was killed while bicycling on SW 3rd and Madison last week, have launched a fundraising effort. One of Kathryn’s friends got in touch with me to share that … Read more
Springwater Corridor gets a new bike-only signal – UPDATED
(Photos: Clackamas County) A tricky crossing of the Springwater Corridor path in Clackamas County just got a bit easier. This morning, county engineers turned on a new, bike-only signal where the path crosses the intersection of SE Johnson Creek Blvd and Bell Ave (in unincorporated Clackamas County, just south of Portland city limits). The new … Read more
PBOT’s new plans for N Williams surprise stakeholders
PBOT traffic engineer Rob Burchfield answers questions at the open house.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) After 16 months and countless meetings, PBOT has revealed how they plan to improve bicycle access and traffic safety on N Williams Avenue. And much to the surprise of Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) members, part of those plans include maintaining two … Read more
Police cite driver in early morning collision in SW Portland
My low-budget re-creation of this morning’s collision at SW Bertha and B-H Hwy. (Bike = green, car = blue.) 28-year old Jessie Belter suffered a broken leg when she was struck by someone driving a car as she rode in the bike lane on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway this morning. According to the Portland Police Bureau, the … Read more