4/25: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. See this post for the latest update. I'll work as I can and I'm improving every day! Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
On-street bike corrals, temporary bike parking, valet bike parking, bike parking shortages, and more!
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Greg Raisman wants to make the bike corrals on SE Belmont a bit more pleasing to the eye.(Photos © J. Maus) By the end of this summer, sculpted sunflowers will adorn the on-street bike parking (PDOT calls them “bike corrals”) on Belmont Street. The project is community-wide effort being spearheaded by Greg Raisman, a Sunnyside … Read more
I’ve been sent a link to this video of an automated bike-parking elevator in Japan by at least 10 people, so I figured I should share it…
An on-street bike corral, like this one off N. Mississippi Ave, might be coming to downtown St. Johns.(Photo © J. Maus) St. Johns area residents are hopeful that soon they’ll have an on-street bike corral installed downtown. Longtime neighborhood activist Joe Adamski says he has met with the City of Portland’s Office of Transportation and … Read more
New bike parking at City Hall.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland has added 12 parking spaces in front of City Hall to accommodate visitors and employees who arrive by bike. Two sets of three staple racks each have been installed on both sides of the building’s plaza at the SW 4th Avenue entrance.
At yesterday’s press event to “celebrate” Portland’s new bike boxes, Jeff Castro gave his new BikeRacker product its first real test.
Cyclists in front of the Memorial Coliseum during a ride in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Volunteers working on Barack Obama’s event in Portland tomorrow at the Memorial Coliseum are scrambling to make sure they’ve got enough bike parking capacity. They’re well aware of what happened back in February when cyclists didn’t find enough parking at … Read more
Start-up company BikeRacker will look to supply its temporary bike racks to local events and businesses. BikeRacker founder Jeff Castro.(Photo: Jeff Castro) Nearly every Portlander who goes by bike has experienced it: You get to an event (sometimes even a bike-related event) and there are not enough places to park. Or, the spaces that are … Read more
This story is part of my ongoing coverage of the 2008 National Bike Summit. See the rest of my coverage here. The EPA practices what they preach.(Photos © J. Maus) One of the highlights of my first day at the 2008 National Bike Summit had nothing to do with meetings, networking, or keynote speakers — … Read more
No metal was safe from bikes at the NAHBS today.(Photo © J. Maus)
This just in… NAHBS is pleased to announce free indoor bike parking on Friday 8th, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th February. Access to the bike parking is from Lloyd St, on the south side of the Oregon Convention Center. Look for the Bike Parking signs. Arranged by Portland business consultant Bob Mandelson, the parking area … Read more
The Bikestation in downtown Long Beach.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) In downtown Long Beach, those who ‘go by bike’ don’t exactly get the red-carpet treatment. The streets are wide, the cars go fast, and there are few bike-friendly routes. The safest place to ride is on the sidewalk, but that’s illegal.
An attentive tipster has sent me some photos of new bike parking at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (which is directly accessible from the Eastbank Esplanade). The photos were taken on Sunday, October 11th by Matt Picio: