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Susan Peithman with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance was one of the presenters.(Photos and story by Will Vanlue) The most interesting (in my opinion) and well-attended session I sat in on at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit focused on the work being done just over the hill from Portland in Washington County. The session covered a … Read more
Want to work with one of the nation’s leading bike non-profits? How about a mechanic position at a local shop? Check out the two opportunities below from our Job Listings this week… Program Director – Community Cycling Center Bicycle Mechanic – The Bike Commuter
The gap in this storm drain grate in downtown Portland is wider than a bike tire.(Photos: Jim Parsons) Super citizen activist Jim Parsons is at again. And this time, he’s mad about a bike-wheeling eating storm drain smack dab in the middle of downtown Portland and what he feels is a lack of action by … Read more
In a sign of the growing business opportunities that come with the renaissance of urban biking in America — and Portland’s reputation for being in the center of it — Woodinville, Washington-based Sportworks will launch its new “No Scratch” bike rack line at Bridgeport Brewpub in the Pearl District next month. Sportworks is already the … Read more
Gail Achterman’s husband Chuck McGinnis (L), his son Daniel McGinnis and daughter-in-law Cheryl McGinnis, plant a tree in her honor along the I-205 path.(Photos: Friends of Trees) Gail Achterman was honored over the weekend when friends, family, and colleagues planted more than a dozen oak trees in her memory along the I-205 path in SE … Read more
The flag (and the pain) returns Sunday.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Ronde PDX (a.k.a. De Ronde Van West Portlandia), Portland’s ultimate unsanctioned test of cycling sanity, is set for this Sunday. The ride is a leg-and-lung-busting tour of the steepest climbs in the West Hills. It was first held in 2007 and has become legendary. … Read more
Location where MAX tracks cross E Burnside.Crosslin was traveling from the right side of the image to the left. This morning, the MAX tracks on East Burnside just east of I-205 (at SE 97th Ave) caused Portland resident Thomas Crosslin to crash his bike. Thomas crosses these tracks every day on his commute from East … Read more
Director of PBOT, Tom Miller, at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. During a speech at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit in Salem yesterday, PBOT Director Tom Miller got advocates up to speed on the funding crisis at the agency and organizational changes they’ve made that could reap benefits for bicycling. In addition, Miller made the … Read more
(Photo: UO Bike Program) The Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) has approved a $199,000 investment to launch a bike share system on the Eugene campus. The system will be initially launched with four rental stations and 40 bikes and it will be managed by the UO Bike Program. UO Bike Program Coordinator … Read more
Rules that would have outlawed ATVs and other motorized vehicles in nearly 4,000 miles ofeastern Oregon forest land have been put on pause.(Photo: US Forest Service) A management plan released last month by the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest that would have prohibited motorized travel on nearly 4,000 miles of eastern Oregon backcountry roads, has been withdrawn. … Read more
Mock-up of proposed Major Taylor mural on N. Shaver between Williams and Vancouver.
It’s been a full day of networking, breakout sessions, panel discussions, and speeches here at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit. I don’t have time to share the details of everything just yet (have a session to get back to!); but I wanted to share a few photos and brief notes. The day started out with … Read more