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6/20: Hello readers and friends. I am having my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries today so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Neal Fegan, builder of sculptural velocipedes.(Photos © J. Maus) Custom bike artist and fabricator Neal Fegan of St. Johns-based Montana Transit Authority has done it again. Back in 2008 we shared his amazing and functional, sculptural art bikes, last summer he wowed onlookers with his interpretation of a pedicab, and now he’s got a new … Read more
New bike lane on NE 12th at Sandy.(Photos © J. Maus) Last week I shared how the East Burnside/Couch couplet project would impact bikeways. One of the biggest changes I warned you about was a new lane configuration on NE 12th at Sandy. PBOT crews installed the new treatment over the weekend and I ventured … Read more
A very popular section of the trail would be effected by the closure.(Photo © J. Maus) A project to enhance and improve the 170-acre Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge could close a popular section of the Springwater Corridor Trail for up to four months next summer. This closure is separate from the re-paving project that will … Read more
The new bike boulevard in Sellwood. There might be one coming to your neighborhood next. Will you have a say in what it looks like?(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is in the midst of a massive public outreach effort to share their bike boulevard plans. If you want to … Read more
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The aftermath.(Photos: Wakefield Gregg) The eBike Store on N. Vancouver Street and Alberta was burglarized early this morning. Owner Wakefield Gregg says thieves threw a brick through one of his storefront windows and took a bike valued at $1,800. This is the second smash and grab at a North Portland bike shop in less than … Read more
Morrison Bridge back in September.(Photo: Elly Blue) Multnomah County has announced details of a dedication ceremony to celebrate the long-awaited opening of improvements to the Morrison Bridge. The event is set for next Tuesday (3/30) at 12:30 pm. Slated to speak are County Commissioners Jeff Cogen and Deboroah Kafoury, ODOT spokesperson Shelli Romero, and Mayor … Read more
Portland-based mountain bike advocacy group Northwest Trail Alliance has signed what they are calling a “landmark agreement” with Oregon State Parks. The agreement — the first of its kind between the agency and a user group — gives the NWTA the authority to design, build and maintain a network of new mountain bike-specific trails in … Read more
Detail from worksheet on traffic hazards from K-3 curriculum. The Bicycle Transportation Alliance, with a grant from the Oregon Safe Routes to School program, has developed a curriculum to teach traffic safety to young people. Called Neighborhood Navigators, the curriculum is available for kindergarten through eighth grade and is available free via download from the … Read more
From the 2008 edition of the ride.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland’s version of the Ride of Silence is set for May 19th. Ride organizer Brian Echerer has been working with other citizen activists and partners in hopes of re-invigorating the ride after a disappointing turnout last year and he got a boost in that regard … Read more
Screenshot from “Spring Cycle” page of 94.7fm website. Last Fall, the folks at Entercom Radio in Portland called me up and said they wanted to do a promotional campaign that focused on bicycling. I like radio — and I especially like spreading the good word about bikes to new audiences — so I said I’d … Read more
Looking north on NE 12th at Sandy/Burnside.(A bicycle-only lane is coming soon).(Photos © J. Maus) The East Burnside Couch Couplet project is nearing completion and the Bureau of Transportation has already begun the “traffic transfer” that will eventually turn Burnside and Couch into one-way, east-west thoroughfares. What will these changes mean for people on bicycles? … Read more