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Update: Police search for hit-and-run suspect

Click for map A 25-year-old man riding a bicycle was struck from behind while riding sounthbound on SE 39th Ave. just north of Powell Blvd. (map) in Southeast Portland at around 2:45 am this morning. The hit-and-run incident left Cox with non life-threatening injuries but witnesses told KATU-TV that he was “pretty banged up”. UPDATE: … Read more


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New bike lanes make key connection in Outer Southeast

Freshly installed bike lanes on SE 162nd.(Photo by Jeff Smith/PDOT) The City of Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) has completed the installation of 1.6 miles of bike lanes in Outer Southeast Portland. The new lanes are on SE 162nd Avenue from Powell to Stark and they create a continuous route of over three miles of … Read more


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Sunflowers will soon bloom on Belmont bike corrals

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


Minivan rolls into local bike shop; a tragedy averted

A minivan rolled into a bench outsideCitybikes on Saturday.(Photos: Spencer Boomhower) Citybikes, a popular local bike shop with two locations in Southeast Portland, experienced a close call at their store on SE 8th and Ankeny on Saturday. In what must have been a surreal experience, two men in the path of the slow-moving minivan were … Read more


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Biking for Jesus (and helping curb climate change)

(Photo sent in by a reader.) According to an article published last Sunday by the Associated Press, a group of Southern Baptist leaders have signed a declaration stating that, “current evidence of global warming is “substantial,” and that the threat is too grave to wait for perfect knowledge about whether, or how much, people contribute … Read more


Clinton Street will get extreme bike boulevard makeover

One of Portland’s most popular bikeways has been selected by the Portland Office of Transportation to become the city’s model bike boulevard. Already a magnet for bikes, SE Clinton Street is poised for a major makeover by PDOT.(Photo © J. Maus) As part of an ongoing effort to expand and improve Portland’s network of bike … Read more


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Sellwood sewer construction will impact bike route

The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) issued a statement today that work on a sewer project will impact a popular bike route in the Sellwood area of Southeast Portland. Their Sellwood Reliever Sewer project will take place along several points of SE Umatilla Street (from 19th westward), which is a key connector … Read more


Kids remind speedy traffic that ‘Students are Crossing’

The BTA’s Stephanie Noll at E. Burnside and 16th.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Students at Buckman Elementary School in Southeast Portland have taken traffic safety into their own hands. Carrying signs that read “Students are Crossing”, the third and fourth-graders have held several awareness actions to draw attention to the unmarked intersection of East Burnside and … Read more