New racks have been installed in downtown Tigard.(Photo: WTA) Remember Tigard? It’s a great little town about 10 miles southwest of Portland. Back in January we held a great Get Together event at a pub right alongside the Fanno Creek Trail. The room was packed with advocates, city staffers, and even a few politicians. Today, … Read more
Buffered bike lanes on Holgate.(Photos © J. Maus) Last week, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) held a public forum in the Lents Neighborhood to get feedback on their buffered bike lanes on SE Holgate Ave. The lanes have stirred a bit of controversy since being installed back in August 2009 and PBOT … Read more
New bike parking at Doubletree Hotel in Lloyd District.(Photos: Heather McCarey)
The Safe Routes to School programis offered in nearly every school in Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) This afternoon, Mayor Sam Adams and a host of Oregon state legislators will highlight the City of Portland’s Safe Routes to Schools program with a bike ride through North and Northeast Portland. The ride will go from Humboldt Elementary … Read more
Scene of a dooring incident that happened around noon today.(Photos: Tony Tapay) We’ve been reporting on N. Williams Avenue a lot lately. Along with being a vital north-south bike route, it also serves a burgeoning, bike-oriented commercial district. It’s one of the busiest bikeways in all of Portland yet it currently has only a five … Read more
Spendid Cycles storefront.(Photo: Splendid Cycles) In the latest sign that the cargo bike movement is flourishing in Portland, Joel and Barb Grover (both former employees of Bike Gallery) have opened Splendid Cycles on SE 14th and Belmont. The store specializes in hard-to-find cargo bikes. Currently in the line-up are bikes from Copenhagen-based Larry vs Harry … Read more
One of the many bike sightings I came across on NE Alberta Street on Saturday. – Slideshow below/Photos © J. Maus)
Plenty of bike parking at the new Apex Bar on SE 12 and Division)(Photo © Andrew Kreps via Twitpic)
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
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
PBOT’s latest plans for a new, traffic calming park on NE Holman at 13th.
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