🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
Committee Chair Debora Hutchins.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The citizen-led committee tasked with how to improve bike access and traffic safety on N. Williams Avenue met for the 14th time yesterday. And as the clock winds down on making an official recommendation to PBOT on how to move forward, they appear no closer to reaching consensus. … Read more
Lost on I-5 south of Morrison Bridge. Portlander Rebecca Bookman is heartbroken today because her beloved bike is missing. To make matters worse, it suffered a violent fate and it all happened in agonizingly slow motion. Rebecca’s boyfriend, local bike shop employee Todd Foreman-Kinder says he was driving her to school on I-5 southbound near … Read more
Knowing where to focus your energy in Washington County can be as tough as navigating the county’s roads on a bicycle.(Photos: Will Vanlue/BikePortland)
The Tour de France is the ultimate stage in all of pro cycling; but it’s a stage where only men stand. What would happen if a team of women with regular jobs and just a little racing experience upstaged the men and rode the exact same route a day before them (all 3,479 kilometers/2,162 miles … Read more
Rob Sadowsky(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) University of Oregon players are on a roll when it comes to football victories; but they’re also racking up quite a few traffic violations. And we’re not talking about minor stuff like parking tickets and rolling a stop sign. Fed up with the dangerous driving, the executive director of the … Read more
Washington County residents write thank-you notes at Billy’s Bar in November.(Photo: Will Vanlue/BikePortland) On March 29th, the Westside Transportation Alliance (WTA) will gather representatives from all over Washington County for a networking night at Billy’s Bar in Beaverton. The event is an effort by the WTA to connect active transportation groups around the westside. In … Read more
The Metrofiets booth buzzed all weekend (and was popular with bike shop owners). The North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Sacramento delivered record attendance (8,100 people), and it turns out many of them came to do more than dream about a new bike. Some of them came to buy. The blur of a big bike … Read more
After bollards were uprooted — and despite new signs that say “No left turns” — this taxi pulls onto Terwilliger from Condor. This is the same maneuver that resulted in serious injuries to a bicycle rider in August and spurred PBOT into action.(Photo: BikePortland reader)
There were no female builders was only one female builder at NAHBS, but there was plenty of ‘girl bike love’ on this rig from Mosaic.
Some advocates think focusing on fashion will help increase bicycle use in the US.(Photo: Will Vanlue/BikePortland) Here’s the news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week… – A study from UC Berkeley finds wealthier people tend to act less ethically. After monitoring traffic at an intersection in San Francisco, researchers determined … Read more
Shinya Tanaka is helping stoke Japanese enthusiasm for American-made bikes.
Shin-Ichi Konno of Cherubim won Best in Show and President’s Choice Awards.(Photos and story by Ryan King)