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Pedal Portland logo Kirk Paulsen wants to “get you psyched to ride your bike.” That’s the rallying cry of his new business, Pedal Portland. If you have a bike gathering dust in the garage and want to use it for more than just Sunday Parkways and Bridge Pedal, you can hire Paulsen to show you … Read more
In Beijing, cargo bikes flourish for several reasons, including a city policy that prohibits large trucks from entering the central city. See and read more about Beijing’s cargo bike scene from reader Collin Roughton, an urban studies student who just returned from the city after a summer internship.
A fix is in store for this dead-end of Fanno Creek Trail at Hall Blvd.(Photo © J. Maus) Several noteworthy bits of active transportation news from Washington County have come across my desk lately. The Board of Commissioners passed an important funding ordinance last night, an effort to improve the crossing of the Fanno Creek … Read more
ODOT wants to know more about safety risks posed by tracks before they sign off on future streetcar project.(Photo © J. Maus) In my continuing effort to bring more attention to the issue of how streetcar tracks impact bicycling conditions, a reader passed along an interesting tidbit. Turns out that the Oregon Department of Transportation … Read more
Checking out the B-cycle system.(Photos © J. Maus) When Portland last hosted a bike share demonstration, the concept was still just a twinkle in PBOT’s eye. But now with a green light to accept $2 million in federal seed funding, a similar demonstration held today in downtown Portland put the idea in a much different … Read more
About 150 bikes are using the temporary bike valet service at the base ofr the Portland Aerial Tram.(Photo © J. Maus) A bike valet service at the foot of the Portland Aerial Tram has proved so popular that Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has extended the service until the end of September. OHSU began … Read more
Hope everyone had a great long weekend. Check out the links below for the news that caught my eye this past week… — It’s rare for the Surgeon General of the United States to get so personal, but last week Dr. Regina M. Benjamin told a packed house at a hair convention in Atlanta that … Read more
My neighbor David knows how to roll.(Photo © J. Maus)
Police report.– Download PDF – There have been some developments in the story from Elizabethton, Tennessee I shared yesterday. The local newspaper has published a story that makes it appear as though the incident has been smoothed over. However, Teresa Tryon, the girl’s mother, has been commenting here on BikePortland to share that the issue … Read more
Construction is underway on an innovative new park that stretches all the way across NE Holman between Durham and 13th.(Photos © J. Maus)
“With a very few exceptions, America is no place for cyclists.”— The Economist Two news stories involving our big city neighbors to the north, Seattle, are being shared around the web this morning and I think they’re worth your attention (and commentary). The first is about a new tax on car registration to pay for … Read more
Take a spin on a bike share bike.(Photo © J. Maus) Hot off the City Council adoption of a $2 million federal funding request to start bike sharing in Portland last month, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) is set to host a public demonstration of what folks can expect once the project hits the streets. … Read more