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Councilors listen to a staff presentation on the project. (Words and photos by Patrick Croasdaile) At their work session last night, the Wilsonville City Council voted to accept a $1.25 million federal grant to perform a feasibility study on the French Prairie Bike-Ped Emergency Bridge over the Willamette River. As we shared last week, this … Read more
Big crowd at the Oregon Bicycle Tourism Partnership meeting. The 2012 Oregon Active Transportation Summit is going strong down here in Salem. As I type, a room full of engineers and planners are listening to a trio of bike gurus from the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) explain the ins-and-outs of the latest bikeway designs. … Read more
Filmed by Bike volunteer Meghan Sinnott added a bit of glitz to the party.(Photos © J. Maus) Despite a bit of water falling from the sky, Portlanders took to SE Clinton Street on Friday night to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Filmed by Bike. There was drinking, dancing, talking, and being seen among a healthy … Read more
The action starts this week and it’s now open to men and women of all ages and abilities.(Words and photos by Pat Malach/Oregon Cycling Action)
New study from Baltimore looks at how closely people pass.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Here’s the news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week, including lots of news from Los Angeles… – In a surprise announcement, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says Bike Nation, a CicLAvia partner, will fund a bike share … Read more
There’s sure to be some sun this weekend. I hope/think.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Kristi Finney (center right) has turned grief into action after losing her son to a drunk driver last August.(Photos © J. Maus) The mother of a young man killed by a drunk driver while bicycling on SE Division last year has become a dedicated traffic safety activist. Since the death of her son Dustin on … Read more
A visualization of plans at Broadway and Marion streets in Seattle as part of their First Hill Streetcar project that breaks ground this month.(Graphics: Alta Planning + Design and Fat Pencil Studio)
Cover of the French Prarie Bike-Ped Emergency Bridge Briefing Booklet (PDF). [Patrick Croasdaile contributed reporting to this story.] This coming Monday, the Wilsonville City Council will convene an important work session that could determine the future of the French Prairie Bike-Ped Emergency Bridge over the Willamette River. The City of Wilsonville was awarded a $1.25 … Read more
If you’re looking to work in one of Portland’s best bike shops, you’ve got two freshly listed job opportunities to check out… Mechanic — Bike N Hike Bike Mechanic — North Portland BikeWorks
This installment in our ongoing Ask BikePortland series tackles a question I’m sure many of you have had. It comes from reader Ian D. “I was yelled at on Tuesday by a bicyclist who claimed I was doing something illegal by jogging on the street. Was he right?” I’ve had this experience too, and I … Read more
Portland would be wise to make bikeways easily visible by all users.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A new study, Improving the visibility of bicycle infrastructure, by researchers at the University of Gronigen (in the Netherlands) shows that roads built with poorly visible markings and obstacles on infrastructure where people ride bikes contributes to crashes and that … Read more