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People and bicycles search for dryland at the Tualatin WES station(Photos: Will Vanlue) A cold but dry December is giving way to a January promising plenty of scattered showers. The weather report for the next few days includes chances for wind and rain; will the weather keep you indoors with your bicycle tucked in a … Read more
NWTA’s trail building equipmentrecovered near Forest Grove A trailer full of equipment, including an $80,000 trail building machine, that was stolen from Stub Stewart State Park in November has been recovered by the Oregon State Police (OSP). The trailer and its contents are owned by local non-profit the Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA).
Join me for a ride on the Golden Gate. Scroll down for more photos. Yesterday I rode across the Golden Gate Bridge with my family and friends. It was invigorating, exhilarating, and pretty darn amazing.
We’ve had three fantastic job opportunities posted this week. Start the new year with a new job in our local bike industry! Check out the details in the job listings below… Women’s Cycling Dept. Manager — Bike N Hike Shipping and Logistics Manager — Velotech, Inc. Front End Manager — The Vanilla Workshop
An SUV speeds by acycle track in Beaverton(Photos: Will Vanlue) After I shared photos of a psuedo-cycle track in Tigard, and when I visited an actual two-way cycle track in Eugene, some of you contacted me to share your experiences with a cycle track in Beaverton, about two miles south of Tualatin Valley Highway. I … Read more
OHSU introduced its popularfree bike valet program in 2011(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) released its Bike Program Report for 2011, including results from their member survey and an update on their online trip log. As John Landolfe, OHSU’s Transportation Coordinator, says at the beginning of the report, “2011 was a … Read more
Reader MeiLin Miranda recently had a traffic interaction I thought was worth sharing. It’s a story about a display of road rage being defused by a passerby on foot that came to the verbal aid of MeiLin and her daughter while they were biking in Southeast Portland… “My 14-year-old daughter and I had made a … Read more
A new section of the Fanno Creek Trailstarts on SW 105th Ave in Beaverton(Photos: Will Vanlue) A missing section of the Fanno Creek Trail, nearly a decade in the making, is nearing completion. The new section of trail will connect from where the Fanno Creek Trail now ends at Denny Road to where it picks … Read more
A new, unofficial sign at NE Ainsworth and 30th (westbound) urges people to ride one block over.(Photo: Stephen Upchurch) A new, unauthorized traffic sign attached to a utility pole on NE Ainsworth Street at 30th urges people on bikes to leave the narrow, busy street and take the neighborhood greenway one block over instead. Nearby … Read more
Bob & Shane in front ofEugene’s DeFazio Bridge(Photos: Will Vanlue) Should a city focus on big, high-profile facilities or should they focus on building a network of safe, low-stress connector streets and trails if they want to make riding a bike safer and easier? It’s a chicken-or-egg sort of conversation I got into with Shane … Read more
Last Friday, we shared photos and a story on the new plastic bollards (a.k.a. “wands”) installed by PBOT on the NW Lovejoy Ramp leading into the Pearl District from the Broadway Bridge. According to PBOT, the bollards were installed as an “experiment” in order to “discourage people who drive from entering the bike lane.” Well, … Read more
Much has changed in“Track Town USA”(Photos: Will Vanlue) Before last week I hadn’t ridden my bicycle much in Eugene since Martha Steward and Busta Rhymes appeared on TV together. I grew up in Eugene and occasionally rode my bike to school when I was younger. Unfortunately that stopped when I got my driver’s license and … Read more