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Bikes await loading into South Africa-bound container.(Photo: J. Leonard) Thanks to a huge effort by Portlander Jenny Leonard and her friends and volunteers, 315 bikes and a bunch parts, tools, tubes and tires will soon be headed to rural South Africa where they’ll be used by kids who need a quicker and easier way to … Read more
Portlanders demo’d public bikes at a City hosted event last summer.(Photos © J. Maus) With their recent launch of 500 bikes and 50 kiosks, Denver is now home to the largest bike-sharing system in the United States. Bike-sharing has yet to catch fire in the U.S. like it has in Europe, so Denver’s foray will … Read more
Parks staffer Dan Moeller on the illegal trail back in February.(Photo © J. Maus) A work party scheduled for tomorrow will work to decommission a rogue bike trail that was discovered in Forest Park back in February. The event has been jointly organized by Portland Parks & Recreation and the Northwest Trail Alliance. Volunteers will … Read more
Sweeping curves on NE Couch are causing a lot of safety concerns.(Photo © J. Maus) The new segment of NE Couch Street that leads onto the Burnside Bridge from NE MLK Blvd. raised red flags as soon as it opened. Sweeping curves make it difficult for people on bikes to avoid riding on slippery bike … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a series of recommendations on how to improve health through transportation policy. The report is a resounding endorsement of the current stance of the U.S. Department of Transportation and of local and national advocacy groups and government agencies that are calling for an increased focus on … Read more
At their Annual Meeting at the Oregon Center Ball Room on Tuesday morning, the Portland Business Alliance gave a special award of recognition to some unlikely members. The PBA — long a thorn in the side of city bike planners (and others) for their positions on bike projects — gave their Transportation Award to two … Read more
Ray Thomas(File photo from a news conference in 2008 © J. Maus) “We have a mutant status on the roadway.” That’s one way lawyer Ray Thomas tried to describe the often confusing and misunderstood legal standing of people who walk and bike on the streets of Oregon. His comment came during a special edition of … Read more
The big bike insert as it appears in May issue of Outside Magazine. At a meeting of the Oregon Bicycle Tourism Partnership in City Hall yesterday, Travel Oregon unveiled details of how cycling fits into their $1 million national marketing campaign. Cycling is one of three main pillars (along with outdoor recreation and, somewhat inexplicably, … Read more
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
The first customer of the new racks (yes, she’s hugging it).(Photo: Dave Johnson) The Hillsdale Bicycle Coalition — who we introduced you to back in October — is celebrating their first real victory. Last Friday, crews installed three bike racks in front of OM Base Yoga in the Hillsdale Town Center (which happens to be … Read more
Beaverton resident Jim Parsons on the Fanno Creek Trail.(Photo © J. Maus) Metro has acquired rights for a trail easement across two properties in central Tigard that will allow them to add length to the popular Fanno Creek Greenway Trail. It’s not a huge piece of the trail, but it helps close a glaring gap … Read more
“I secretly hoped Portland “bike culture” was so highly evolved that people were actually using cycling as the basis for spiritual and metaphysical discussion in the same way that the psychedelic scene of the sixties inspired some to explore Buddhism and alternative philosophy.” The infamous author and blogger Eben “Bike Snob” Weiss has a feature … Read more