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Last week I shared a story about Jesse Cornett, the former PSU staffer who’s making a run to fill Dan Saltzman’s seat on Portland City Council. I met Cornett on an organized bike ride (a common place to meet council candidates these days), but I also heard through the grapevine that he was highly savvy … Read more
Love the shadow.(Photo: Eric Deady) Portland’s Sellwood neighborhood is on a roll. Their new bike boulevard opened last month (although it’s not 100% done yet) and now a new bike shop, Bike Commuter, is set to open this Friday. Bike Commuter is located at 8315 SE 13th Street, just south of Umatilla, which is the … Read more
Party at KBOO!(Photo © J. Maus) It’s becoming a tradition on the KBOO Bike Show to open up the studio doors on the first show of the year. This year is no different — local band No They Do will be playing live (Blind Pilot played last year), free coffee and treats will be on … Read more
TerraCycle Inc., a locally based designer, manufacturer, and retailer of specialty recumbent parts and accessories has acquired Windwrap Fairings. Windwrap makes fairings (a.k.a. windscreens) out of Lexan plastic and is a well-known brand in the recumbent world. Mark Mueller, founder of the company that makes Windwrap Fairings, started the business in 1998 and has always … Read more
Jesse Cornett on New Year’s Day.(Photos © J. Maus) The race to replace Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman continues to get interesting. A week before Christmas, the former Director of Government Relations at Portland State University and a co-founder of the blog BlueOregon, Jesse Cornett, announced his candidacy. Cornett’s decision adds an important element to … Read more
New traffic calming device on SE Spokane St.(Photo © J. Maus) With their extensive plans for bike boulevards in the coming years (they’ve got 60 miles of them coming by 2013), it’s clear that the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has made residential street safety a high priority. Residential streets don’t garner the media … Read more
Bikes parked outside PSU’s Smith Student Union.(Photo © J. Maus) Word from our friends at the Portland State University Bicycle Advocacy Collective (PSUBAC) is that they’re kicking off 2010 with free ‘Breakfast for Bikers’ every day this week. From 9:00 to 11:00 am, you’ll be treated to pastries, coffee and other snacks: All you have … Read more
In our coverage of the new bike boulevard on Spokane Street in Sellwood many of you have shared questions and concerns about the new “channelizer” islands that have been installed. The islands are meant to channel motor vehicle and bike traffic into specific areas at intersections to avoid pinch-point conflicts, but several readers have said … Read more
This mystery crosswalk on E. Burnside at NE 8th seems to be working.(Photo: Doug Klotz)
A reader has sent word that Portland has a new fashion start-up focusing solely on bike-able threads. According to their still-under-construction website, Gear offers “functional, fashionable bicycle clothing” that is designed and manufactured right here in Portland. Here are a few photos from their website:
New “channelizing islands” at SE 7th and Spokane.(Photo: Alaya Wyndham-Price) On Saturday, the City of Portland hosted a party and bike ride on SE Spokane Street in Sellwood to celebrate the opening of a new bike boulevard. The project’s significance goes way beyond the speed bumps, “channelizers”, and other infrastructure changes and marks what the … Read more
The Springwater Corridor Trail is a major commute thoroughfare and recreational facility. (Photo © J. Maus) The Springwater Corridor Trail is the closest thing Portland has to a bicycle superhighway. When the trail is complete, you will be able to walk, run, skate, or ride your bike from the Steel Bridge all the way out … Read more