It might take some time, and enforcement, before the lane is this clear all the time.(Photos © J. Maus) Almost immediately after the thermoplastic cooled on the new cycle track on SW Broadway, reports came in that some folks were parking and driving their cars in the bike-only travel lane (one of them even ended … Read more
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance isn’t the only local non-profit encouraging Portlanders to go by bike in the month of September. The BTA’s Bike Commute Challenge started yesterday, but so did the Springwater Cycle Stroll. The Cycle Stroll is organized by the Johnson Creek Watershed Council. The event allows registered participants to track their miles ridden … Read more
Some folks are confused about these rack-shaped objects on the new transit mall.(Photos: Victoria Gilbert) Here’s a bit of good, bad, and confusing news about bike parking on TriMet’s transit mall in downtown Portland (we’ll get to the issue of actually riding on it in a separate story). Back in January, we reported on how … Read more
“All agreed that the car was going very fast in reverse and one person said he had heard loud words exchanged.” We reported this weekend on an incident in which Wayne Conrad Thompson was arrested after he collided, in his car, with a man on a bike. Thompson was charged with first-degree assault, a felony, … Read more
Mayor Adams said things like the cycle track are why Portlanders drive an average of 20% less than people in other cities.(Photos © J. Maus) Yesterday, the City of Portland unveiled their first cycle track. At a press conference on the campus of Portland State University, Mayor Sam Adams was joined by PSU President Wim … Read more
Bike traffic on Broadway Bridge, as seen during the Bike Commute Challenge in September 2008.(Photo © J. Maus)
Coming soon to Portland (in more ways than one).(Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen) Dreams on Wheels — a major exhibition of Danish cycling culture and its impact on urban design, transportation and society — is coming to Portland in October. The exhibit is being brought to Portland through a collaboration between the City of Portland, the Danish … Read more
Rural roads like this one could be developed for industrial use.(Photo: Kevin Van Dyke) Beaverton resident, race promoter, and bike advocate Kris Schamp has joined a grassroots effort to save 34,000 acres of rural farmland from industrial and residential development in Washington County. Schamp, owner of Portland Racing and communications director of Northwest Trail Alliance, … Read more
Portland’s new (and first-ever) cycle track has been installed on SW Broadway near Portland State University.(Photos © J. Maus)
Notice the marks where the road striping used to be.(Photos © J. Maus) As we reported last week, a bike lane has been installed on the uphill portion of the N. Mississippi Ave hill. This morning I got a chance to see it up close and personal. This project is yet another example of how … Read more
Wayne Conrad Thompson Police say today that 35 year old Wayne Conrad Thompson has been booked for allegedly causing a crash with a man on a bike yesterday afternoon at 2:00pm at NE 122nd and Glisan. Thompson has been arrested and charged with one count of assault in the first degree. The charge is a … Read more
Screen shot of Bike Quiver. An iPhone app just released yesterday could be a great tool in the war on bike theft. “Bike Quiver” was created by David Ross, an independent software developer who lives (and rides) in Portland. A serial number is the most important piece of information you’ll need to prove to the … Read more