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Slideshow below/Gallery(Photos © J. Maus) On Saturday, about 1,000 Portlanders joined rallies around the globe to raise awareness of climate change. The 350 Climate Action Rally was part of the 350 campaign, which bills itself as a “global grassroots campaign to stop the climate crisis.” Not surprisingly, many people came to the rally at Pioneer … Read more
Note: At 7:29pm this evening I published a story based on a Craigslist post (it has since been flagged and is no longer visible) that contained photos and serious allegations about a bike thief working in Southeast Portland. In the past hour I have heard from several personal friends of the alleged thief and they … Read more
Farmer Juvencio Arqueta chats with Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten during a tour of the area on Monday. Arqueta’s farm is on land that the County wants to designate for future development. – Slideshow below – (Photos © J. Maus)
The City of Vancouver announced today that they’ve installed a new bike lane along SE 20th Street (from 176th to 192nd) that includes a “buffer area between the bicycle and the travel lane.” This is the latest in a string of bikeway news from Portland’s neighbor to the north. Last month we reported about a … Read more
Graph from BTA survey results.
[UPDATE, 12:28pm: We’ve just published a separate story with more results from this survey that were not initially released.] Results have been released from a survey conducted by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) last August. The intent of the survey, titled Bicycling Perceptions and Experiences in Oregon and Southwest Washington, was to garner feedback and … Read more
An Oregon Department of Transportation repaving project will bring two new mid-block crossings to SE Powell Boulevard. The $4 million (estimated) Powell Boulevard Pavement Preservation project will begin in Spring 2010 and will include repaving Powell from SE 51st Avenue to Interstate 205. In addition, ODOT will build new sidewalks (in compliance with ADA), and … Read more
Plan drawing for crossing of Spokane at SE 13th. Notice new refuge island, semi-diverter (allowing bicycles onto Spokane but not cars), and curb extension. Red boxes are places where on-street parking will no longer be allowed. – Download Spokane Bike Boulevard project details (400K PDF) –
Bike Porn 3 trailer was released last night. –Watch it here-. Portland’s bike porn provocateur “Reverend” Phil Sano is back on the road. Sano and his crew are on their 16 city “Chain Whip” tour showing Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound (note: trailer is NOT safe for work). Sano’s collection of short films features bikes … Read more
Cover of Kurmaskie’s latest book, on store shelves February 2010. Remember two years ago when we checked in on local author and self-described “adventure dad” Joe Kurmaskie right before he and his family embarked on journey across Canada? Well, somehow the family is still together (joke) and Joe has just finished a book about the … Read more
The mechanics classroom at UBI’s new location on N. Williams.(Photo: UBI) United Bicycle Institute (UBI) is all moved into their new satellite campus in North Portland (they also have a campus in Ashland) and this Saturday they’ll throw the doors open and welcome the community with an Open House event. According to UBI’s John Baxter, … Read more
This 7.2 mile stretch of the Springwater should be much smoother by summer 2010.(Map: City of Portland) A project to repave the popular Springwater Corridor Trail that was green-lighted by Metro back in March is now scheduled for completion by early June 2010. The $1.8 million project will overlay asphalt on top of the original … Read more