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Results of 2011 Auditor’s Community Survey. The City of Portland Auditor’s Office released results of their 2011 Community Survey this morning. The survey gauged Portlanders feelings on a number of City services, from public safety and the quality of parks, to transportation. In addition to qualitative questions about how safe people feel while bicycling, the … Read more
A bad situation made good.(Photos by Craig Harlow) Welcome to the first post in a new series we’re calling ‘Positive Spin’. Every now and again I get emails from readers with warm and fuzzy stories or I come across them on the various email lists I subscribe to. Recently, someone asked if there was anywhere … Read more
U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenaur (L) and Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen were among the many politicians that attended the event.(Photo: Art Almaguer)
Cover of the plan. While Vancouver isn’t the same cycling utopia as Portland; bit by bit, the area is striving to embrace two-wheeled transportation. Those efforts just got a head nod from the Active Living Research (ALR), an organization that promotes walking and biking as means to fight childhood obesity. In a press release, Clark … Read more
A cold and foggy morning made for interesting conditions this morning — especially if you were on a bike.
Deck the roads withflocks of bicycles.(Photo: Bike Noun Verb) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – Riding a bicycle in Los Angeles is a little bit safer now that the city has installed a bright green bike lane in downtown, a treatment made popular here in Portland. And just like Portland, … Read more
BikeCraft saw healthy crowds at its opening day. The event continues tomorrow with doors opening at 11:00 am. Day One of BikeCraft 2011 is in the books. There was a great turnout today and many many fine things to browse and buy. Below are some of the things that caught my eye. Remember, if you’re … Read more
Last night a TriMet bus operator made an abrupt stop – causing some injuries to passengers – in order to avoid someone riding a bicycle in downtown Portland. The man on the bike reportedly failed to stop at a stop sign. I first heard about it on the Twitter feed of Joseph Rose, a reporter … Read more
The world of bicycle shifting is dominated by two big names: Shimano and Campagnolo (and to a lesser extent SRAM). Now an upstart Portland entrepreneur is throwing his hat in the ring with a new product called Retroshift. As its name implies, Retroshift is old technology with a new spin. The product is a lever … Read more
Joel Sheley of Spoketown Cargo secures a load on his delivery bike. Joel Sheley is the latest Portlander to be swept up in the local bike business wave. Sheley has launched Spoketown Cargo with hopes of building a business delivering goods by bike.
Photo from the scene.(Photo: Marcus Griffith) An “elderly woman” was struck and killed by a C-TRAN bus today while walking across the street in downtown Vancouver. The collision occurred a few blocks from the bike route across the I-5 Bridge, according to witnesses. The Route 4 bus was in the process of turning left from … Read more
First Friday art opening to feature new works by Carye Bye. Below is your menu for bike fun this weekend (starting this afternoon!). For being winter, it’s pretty impressive just how much is going on. Bundle up and get there. See the weekend guide below the jump…