A look inside Oregon State’s bicycling and driving simulator laboratory
A photo from inside OSU’s driving simulator that shows a bicycle that’s being pedaled by a researcher a few feet away.(Photos © J. Maus)
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Collision on SW Canyon Rd sends woman to hospital (Photos) – UPDATED
Aftermath of a collision on SW Canyon Road thismorning.(Photo: Beaverton PD) A collision this morning in Beaverton at around 8:30 am sent a woman to the hospital with what police describe as possible head injuries. The collision occured at the intersection of SW Canyon Road and SW 110th (map). A Beaverton Police Department statement said … Read more
Neighbors distribute survey to help fix Ladd Circle traffic problems
Stop sign at Ladd Circle.(Photo © J. Maus) Ladd Circle has been a thorn in the side of neighbors, vehicle operators, and the City of Portland for years. The circle — which happens to sit on one of the most heavily traveled bicycle corridors in Portland — has stop signs at every entry; but they’re … Read more
City begins public process to design North Portland Greenway corridor
One of the few paved segments of the corridor on Swan Island.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland is ready to start the public process on the North Portland Willamette Greenway Trail, a shared-use path that will someday extend the Eastbank Esplanade 10 miles — all the way to the St. Johns Bridge. Citizen … Read more
Dave Weber’s 40-plus mile, award-winning daily commute
On the road from Dallas to Kansas City.(Photo courtesy of Dave Weber) You could ride from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California but you still wouldn’t travel as many miles as Dave Weber rode his bike in September. Even adding a detour along Highway 101 from Sacramento to Bakersfield would give you fewer than the … Read more
The Advocacy Roundup
The week ahead in advocacy and wonkery… Tuesday, October 18th Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting (7:00 – 9:00 pm, Pettygrove Room, City Hall) The PAC is the walking-focused cousin of the Bicycle Advisory Committee. The public is welcomed, though public comment is limited. Expect about a dozen committee members, Pedestrian Coordinator April Bertelsen, and some members … Read more
PBOT staffer off to Europe to study ‘livable’, residential streets
PBOT planner Denver Igarta and the reasons he cares about livable streets.(Photo © J. Maus) As a transportation planner at the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), Denver Igarta has had a front-row seat to the development of Portland’s burgeoning network of low-stress, “neighborhood greenway” streets. Now Igarta will head to Europe to “uncover the secrets of … Read more
Metro launches survey to find out how you get around (without a car)
Bike? Walk? Bus? Metro wants to know more about how you get around.(Photo © J. Maus) Metro has launched a survey to learn more about how Portlanders get around without a car. The survey is part of a multi-year effort to create a Regional Active Transportation Plan (ATP), a first for Metro. The survey went … Read more
Fixed gear trick riding not as new as you think
Nope.(Photo © J. Maus) Scientific American has unearthed an amazing bit of bike history from their archives that shows the popularity of fixed-gear freestyle is nothing new. In a blog post on Friday, the magazine shared images from an article they ran in 1899 featuring “two well-known trick riders,” N.C. Kaufman of Rochester, NY and … Read more
Video of new Ventura Park pump track in action
Still from video of Ventura Park pump track in action.– Watch it below – The new pump track at Ventura Park in East Portland is well on its way to being completed and we’ve got video proof of how awesome it is. Since volunteers began slinging shovels and dirt last month, the track has taken … Read more
The Monday Roundup
Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – A three-day outage of Blackberry phone service resulted in a big decrease in traffic crashes in the Middle East – 20% in Dubai and 40% in Abu Dhabi. – In Seattle, a fatal hit-and-run back in July is being called just another “tragic accident”. … Read more
First look at TriMet’s new multimodal trip planner
Bibiana McHugh of TriMet gave a special sneak preview of the tool today.(Photo: Michael Andersen) This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, PDX’s 10-minute newsmagazine and wiki for transit commuters. Already known internationally for its top-notch website and pioneering use of open data, Portland’s transit agency is about to take another leap … Read more