Photo of the scene.(Photo: KPTV screen grab) A 7th grade girl and a school bus operator collided yesterday as the bus left the parking lot of Beaverton Arts & Communications Magnet High School, which is about seven miles west of Portland. The wheel of the bus ran over the girl’s leg. She suffered a compound … Read more
The team from the Portland City Attorneys Office.(Photo: BTA) If you’ve noticed that the roads are a bit more full of bikes than usual, it’s because the BTA’s Bike Commute Challenge is underway. The month-long event is in its 16th year and if last year’s record-breaking participation is any indicator, there are likely to be … Read more
John “Coop” Cooper. This Sunday, a warehouse under the east side of the Fremont Bridge that sits partially over the Willamette River will be buzzing with bikes, bike parts, and the people who love them. The PDX Cycle Swap is a new event that its organizers plan to hold every second Sunday of the month. … Read more
Despite detour plans recommending against it, some people are riding across the bridge in the main travel lane.(Photos © J. Maus) I spent some time yesterday watching how people on bikes were handling the detour onto the Broadway Bridge. The bridge just (partially) re-opened to traffic last Friday and currently there are two lanes open … Read more
Congressman Jim Oberstar clowns around with kids from Beach Elementary School in the Overlook neighborhood of north Portland. – Gallery/Slideshow below – (Photos © J. Maus)
On the roads outside Heppner, in eastern Oregon.(Photos © J. Maus) The State of Oregon’s Parks and Recreation Department has announced eight new routes that will soon become official Oregon Scenic Bikeways. The routes criss-cross the state, from the Willamette Valley across the Cascade Range and into eastern Oregon. The new routes — the first … Read more
Ray LaHood.(Photo © J. Maus) U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today that the latest traffic data shows “major, across the board declines” in all categories of fatalities and the lowest numbers in six decades. Updated fatality and injury data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration … Read more
Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) speaks at a press conference near the Broadway Bridge yesterday. Standing behind him are fellow House Representatives Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader and David Wu.(Photos © J. Maus)
This landslide resulted in a project that will close Leif Erikson Road for four weeks.(Photo: Portland Parks & Rec) Portland Parks & Recreation has released details of a closure to Leif Erikson Road in Forest Park that begins this coming Monday (9/13) and is estimated to last four weeks. Heavy rains back in June caused … Read more
President Obama raised eyebrows in the transportation world Monday when he announced a plan to invest $50 billion in transportation infrastructure that would jump-start a long overdue reauthorization of the nation’s transportation bill. The White House says “tangible accomplishments of the President’s plan over the next six years include” $50 billion in the first year … Read more
Ryan Hashagen chats with a man working on the Cully Boulevard reconstruction project (site of city’s first cycle track).(Photos: Steve Bozzone/Intersection 911)
Paul and “Buttercup”.(Photo: BikeFree.org) [via KOIN-TV] Paul Lebelle and Adam Burkowske arrived in Portland on Saturday afternoon after biking over 3,000 miles on their “Bike Free” charity ride. The duo are on a mission to provide bicycles to children of people in the military. Unfortunately their plans are on hold because Paul’s Cannondale touring bike … Read more