Trucks, bike lane violations add to anxiety in construction area
The MLK Viaduct Project construction zone is proving to be quite a pain for some cyclists.
Neighborhoods
Beaverton-based advocacy group gets grant
The Meyer Memorial Trust, created by the late retail magnate Fred Meyer, announced their latest grant recipients on Friday. Among them is the Beaverton-based has Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition (WashCoBTC). The group has been awarded $7,500 for “strategic planning and board development.”
More details on new bike-friendly brew pub
Hopworks Urban Brewery plans non-alcoholic drinks especially for cyclists. Photo: Dat Nguyen A year ago, I mentioned a new brew pub in the works that planned to cater to “Portland’s two-wheeled cutlure.” Since then, Oregonian reporter John Foyston shared the news that it will be called Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) (2944 SE Powell Blvd) and … Read more
City releases Red Electric Trail study
Recommended Red Electric Trail Route.Click for PDF
New map, new energy connect Portland and Milwaukie
PDOT’s Transportation Options Division specializes in individualized marketing programs that help make it easy for Portlanders to choose to walk, bike, or take transit.
Fatal hit-and-run on SE Foster Road
[Thanks to Lieutenant Mark Kruger of the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division, Anita at KATU-TV and Aaron at KGW-TV for help on this story.] At 3:51 this afternoon 58-year-old Jerry Alvin Hinatsu (name has not been released) was killed by a hit-and-run driver in outer southeast Portland while riding the wrong-way in the bike lane. … Read more
Signs of life from Clever Cycles
Can you spot the bakfiets?Photo: Clever Cycles on Flickr Clever Cycles, Portland’s soon-to-be-opening retail shop that will carry bakfiets cargo bikes and “a complete line of resoundingly practical biking gear” is showing signs of life at their location on SE 9th Ave., just south of Hawthorne Blvd. Part of a Dutch bike invasion sweeping North … Read more
Repair shop keeps your shoes and shorts in shape
Shoes await alterationin the Mountain Soles shop.File photo: 4/6/07 Just off the busy cycling routes of Hawthorne Boulevard and Ladd Circle in southeast Portland, modern-day cobbler Matt Menely and his staff at Mountain Soles are hard at work keeping cyclist’s expensive gear in tip-top shape. At first glance, the shop may not seem like it … Read more
Portland, Milwaukie to host Three Bridges Celebration
Officials including Director of Parks Zari Santner, Milwaukie Mayor Jim Bernard, and Congressman Earl Blumenauer, cut the ribbon last October.File photo: 10/20/06 The Cities of Portland and Milwaukie, Metro, and local neighborhoods have announced plans to celebrate the completion of the Three Bridges on the Springwater Corridor Trail The $5 million project, that created three … Read more
Hollywood Transit Center gets easier for bikes
Wheel gutter, bike boulevard markings are among improvements.File Photo: 4/27/07 The Hollywood Transit Center, at the intersection of NE Halsey and 42nd (map), has gotten some bike love from the City of Portland. The crucial north-south connection has long been a thorn in the side of cyclists trying to get over I-84. Southbound cyclists have … Read more
One year later, SK Northwest denied again
“A trail corridor must be provided to address transportation impacts.”-Bureau of Development Services. The Portland Bureau of Development Services has issued another denial for SK Northwest. It’s been one year since I first broke the story of the company’s plans to develop a facility along the Willamette River, just south of OMSI.
Police report on Ladds Circle enforcement
I just received a report on Wednesday’s enforcement mission at Ladds Circle from Traffic Division Sergeant Mike Fort: Photo: Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division