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Get ready!(Photo © J. Maus) Organizers of the the wildly popular Cross Crusade cyclocross race series have announced the dates, venues, and other changes we can expect this coming season. In a statement, Race Director Brad Ross wrote, “The Knights of the Crusade have been feverishly working to line up race locations and dates that … Read more
Now includes a bike race, naturally. The Festa Italiana, a week-long event that has brought together the local Italian community for 20 years, now includes a bike race. The Giro di Portland will feature the area’s best racing talent on a high-speed, multi-lap criterium through the Pearl District — and the Festa Italiana is the … Read more
Patrons of Breakside Brewery dine alongside a new bike shelter that has been built on NE Durham at Dekum in the Woodlawn neighborhood.(Photos © J. Maus)
People on bikes will be able to breathe easier on SE Holgate thanks to federal funds approved by City Council today.(Photo © J. Maus) It was a big day at City Hall for all Portlanders who care about the myriad benefits of more bicycling and walking. With the passage of a federal funding request with … Read more
Bridge Pedal creator Rick Bauman.(Photo © J. Maus) Over 19,000 people took part in Sunday’s Bridge Pedal ride. Unfortunately for some of them a routing mishap put a damper on an otherwise fun day. Almost immediately following my call for input about the ride, people chimed in with tales of disappointment. It turns out many … Read more
The intersection of NE Couch and Grand as it stands today. After many documented right-hook collisions, perhaps it’s time to come up with a new engineering solution?(Photos © J. Maus)
[Bike share is coming to Portland! Scroll down for updates] City Council will vote today on a funding request that includes the Portland Bike Share project.(Photo © J. Maus) A request by the Portland Bureau of Transportation to fund a bike share project with $2 million from the federal government is up for a vote … Read more
Employees of the Oregon State Highway Division appear in a 1972 article about bicycling’s rise in popularity. See below for images from Oregon newspapers from as far back as 1899.
Commissioner Amanda Fritz(Photo © J. Maus) Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz plans to vote against a PBOT request for federal funds that includes a bike share system when it comes in front of Council tomorrow. Since her winning campaign back in 2008, Fritz has championed “basic services for all 95 neighborhoods” as the pillar of … Read more
Jacob Rathe(Photo: Pat Malach/Oregon Cycling Action) Remember Jacob Rathe? He’s the local bike racer we caught up with three years ago (when he was just 17) prior to racing in the Junior World Championships in South Africa for Team USA. Rathe, now 20, has moved far beyond the Junior ranks. One day after taking a … Read more
Not even 24 hours has passed and the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) decision to include bike share in a federal funding request is already facing opposition — and some of it is coming from unlikely places. But, while this bike share funding decision is poised to become just the latest bike-related political/media punching bag, … Read more
A bike share system is now officially in the running for federal funds.(Photos © J. Maus) This Wednesday at City Council, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will make their pitch for four projects they want to fund with $9 million in federal Regional Flexible Funds. As per instructions from Metro (the agency that doles … Read more