PBOT will remove bike lanes, return auto parking to NW Overton
PBOT’s new plan will remove the bike lane and add back most of the auto parking.
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A global corporation paid for and built protected bike lanes on NW Front Ave
A German multinational is behind these curious new bits of bike infrastructure.
‘Giro di Portland’ race is new marquee event at Festa Italiana
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
PBOT: Streetcar brings changes to bikeways in the Pearl
New box at Lovejoy and 9th to facilitate “Copenhagen Left” (instead of crossing new streetcar tracks at a dangerous angle).(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Streetcar Loop Project has brought major changes to bikeways in the Pearl District. With new tracks, new medians and a new recommended route for bikes, PBOT has released a detailed … Read more
Cobblestones, ‘skinny tires’, and how the Dutch really do it
Cobbled bikeway in Maastrich, The Netherlands.(Photo: Alex Hamlin) Since our story last week, people are still weighing in about the Bureau of Transportation’s decision to remove old cobblestones on NW Marshall in order to lay down new bike lanes. The story struck a chord with reader Alex Hamlin, who rode his bike around Holland for … Read more
First look at new bike lanes through cobblestones on NW Marshall
New bike lanes on NW Marshall. See whatit will look like when completed below.(Photo: Paul Peterson) New bike lanes are being constructed on NW Marshall between 12th and 14th Avenues in the Pearl District — but these aren’t just any bike lanes. What’s notable about this project is that the new lanes are being cut … Read more
Bike shop holds contest to design new logo
The crew at 21st Ave. Bikes needs a new logo. Make it awesome!(Photo © J. Maus) 21st Avenue Bicycles in Northwest Portland needs some help designing a new logo so they’ve launched a contest to see which local designer can create the best one. The designer of the winning logo will see their work all … Read more
Sunday Parkways coming to the NW Portland this summer
Detail of Sunday Parkways route through Northwest Portland.Download full size PDF here
PBOT releases results of SmartTrips Business program
SmartTrips decal outside a cafe in St. Johns.(Photo © J. Maus) The Transportation Options Division within PBOT has released a report on their 2009 SmartTrips Business program that focused on North and Northwest Portland. In a survey about the program’s effectiveness filled out by 72 (out of the 192) businesses involved in the program, 68% … Read more
Kalkhoff opens e-bike retail store in the Pearl District
A customer on a test ride in front of Kalkhoff retail store in the Pearl.(Photos by Adams Carroll) Back in August we reported that a new e-bike store was prepping to open its doors in the Pearl District. Now, although the dust has not yet settled in their combined corporate office and retail space, Kalkhoff … Read more
New retail shop in Pearl will sell electric bikes from Germany
From the Kalkhoff USA website. In the latest sign that e-bikes are becoming more mainstream, a new retail bike shop is set to open soon in the Pearl District. According to sources, a company named Greenlight LLC will open the shop. They are the U.S. distributors of Kalkhoff Bikes, a German brand that has been … Read more
An opportunity for better bikeways in Northwest Industrial Area?
Could this freshly paved section of NW Nicolai St, where railroad tracks used to be, become a new cycle track? (Note: This paved section is on a curb, above the roadway.)(Photo: Anonymous reader)