Riding along with Ellen Price: Montavilla to Lloyd Center
Ellen Price grabs a parking spot in front of Bipartisan Cafe on SE Stark and 79th.
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SW Barbur Blvd will get ODOT’s first green bike lane
Green thermoplastic and other measures should help add visibility for, and respect of, this bike lane. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is making good on a commitment to improve the safety of people who ride bicycles on SW Barbur Blvd. Fresh off the last month’s installation of a rapid flash beacon near SW Hamilton … Read more
Report from the sixth annual Transportation Safety Summit
This is the sixth TransportationSafety Summit that Mayor Adams has presided over.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Mayor Sam Adams and PBOT held the sixth annual Transportation Safety Summit at Jefferson High School in North Portland last night. The event was created by Adams to accomplish several things: to convene the myriad organizations and agencies that work … Read more
Bike share moves forward: Council authorizes search for operator
It’ll be here sooner than you think.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland City Council authorized the Bureau of Transportation to move forward with a search for a “request for proposals to solicit a private sector operator.” The action by Council comes just days after PBOT launched their Portland Bike Share website. An interactive map launched … Read more
Bike industry icon Gary Fisher will lead ride to Filmed by Bike
Gary Fisher in 2008.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Gary Fisher, a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame who helped usher in the off-road era, is coming to Portland next month to help kick off the 10th anniversary edition of the Filmed by Bike festival. Here’s the verbage from “Go With Gary” event organizers: “How … Read more
Oregon’s bike-riding Republican senator changes gears
State senator Jason Atkinson calls himself Oregon’s, “Most hardcore cycling fan who is a registered Republican.”(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Collaboration helps framebuilders flourish in Portland and beyond
From Santa Cruz and Rick Hunter to the trio behind the Ned Ludd Market Bike in Portland (Ben Leonard, Ira Ryan, Jason French), teaming up is paying off for framebuilders.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) As you pedal north from the Rose Quarter into Portland’s “fifth quadrant,” it would be easy to not even notice what has … Read more
Could Dwolla help bike shops and create a new revenue stream for bike advocacy?
“If a thousand-dollar bike purchase takes $30 off the retailer’s bottom line, the same purchase made via Dwolla only costs him 25¢.”— Rick Vosper, bike industry marketing consultant Rick Vosper is a veteran of the bike industry who has worked for major brands and now — as founder of Rick Vosper Marketing Services — makes … Read more
Crazy weather open thread
Taken yesterday from inside a car headed west just after the Broadway Bridge.
OBRA looks to replace aging concrete at Alpenrose Velodrome
After years of patching and repainting, the time has come to lay new concrete at Alpenrose.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) has launched a fund-raising effort to rebuild a major portion of Alpenrose Velodrome. The 1/6 mile track located on land owned by Alpenrose Dairy in Portland’s southwest hills has become … Read more
ODOT/Wash. Co. aggressive driving sting nets 163 citations
Screen grab from KGW segment. Amid a pervasive cultural narrative that bicycle operators behave badly in traffic; KGW news has a report about a recent sting targeted toward aggressive driving on Interstate 5 that netted 216 traffic stops and 163 citations in just two days. The sting was carried out by the Oregon Department of … Read more
Illustrated icons on bikes: The work of artist Mike Joos
One in a series of illustrations by Mike Joos.