Sunday Parkways set for first foray into Northeast Portland
Map detail of Northeast Sunday Parkways event planned for this Sunday.
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Kruger considers legal options, remains commited to bike races
Don Kruger, owner of Kruger’s Farm Stand on Sauvie Island.(Photos © J. Maus) Farmer Don Kruger, owner of Kruger’s Farm Market on Sauvie Island, says he’s “hanging tough” after the recent Multnomah County decision on his farm stand permit. During a standard permit update process that was triggered by a complaint from one of Kruger’s … Read more
Tigard council says City no longer required to put bike lanes on certain downtown streets
Downtown Tigard. Red lines show streets impacted by amendments to planning code.View Map On June 23th, Tigard City Council voted unanimously in favor of planning code amendments that remove the city’s requirement to have bike lanes on specific downtown streets. Along with that decision, they also voted on a code amendment that allows them to … Read more
BTA backs downtown Salem bike lane; community is split
“The more lanes I have, the more people I have… Once you put a bike lane in, it’s going to cut down a lane of traffic. That is my concern.”— Krishna Bhaptarai, owner of Katmandu Foods and signer of a petition against the bike lane plan Our story about a plan to re-stripe Commercial Avenue … Read more
Fraud hits local customers of online retailer Nashbar
Gabriel Tiller wasn’t smilingafter a security breach at Nashbar.com resulted in fraud.(Photo © J. Maus) Northeast Portland resident Gabriel Tiller is sort of a bicycle renaissance man. He has won a national tall-bike jousting competition, taken top prize at the Zoobomb Century, earned a spot on the gravity-biking podium at the Maryhill Festival of Speed, … Read more
Best idea yet for revamped “Made in Oregon” sign
This is what the sign looks like today. The effort by University of Oregon to re-design downtown Portland’s iconic “Made in Oregon” sign is once again in the news. Now that they own the building it is attached to, UO wants to make some changes to the sign. The issue created a bit of a … Read more
Adams takes Climate Action Plan to the people
About 50 people attended the North Portland Climate Action Plan Town Hall.(Photos © J. Maus) Last week I attended the Climate Action Plan Town Hall in North Portland. The event was a chance for Mayor Sam Adams to explain the City’s stance on climate change and to address feedback on the draft version of their … Read more
A “bold, creative” Clinton bike boulevard? See for yourself tonight
This “bicycle mandala” graphic is one of the treatments PBOT is proposing to install in an intersection along SE Clinton Street to make it clear to people in cars that they are on a bicycle boulevard.
Now rolling on Portland streets: Zigos with Child Pods
[*UPDATE: We had a review of this bike planned, but it is currently on hold. Our test bike had a major part malfunction, which was then replicated by the dealer (Joe Bike). Following that, the dealer has pulled the product from their lineup. We’ll publish the review when/if the bikes are available in Portland again.] … Read more
Salem business owners work to stop bike lane project
Commercial Street in Salem.(Image: Google Streetview) A plan to restripe Commercial Street in downtown Salem has been met with opposition by some business owners. Eric Lundgren, a bike advocate who manages a Salem bike blog and is a member of the Mid-Willamette Valley chapter of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, reports that at least one business … Read more
City installs 20th on-street bike parking facility
Bike corral on SE 28th.-Slideshow below/More images–(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation completed the installation of another on-street bike parking corral last week. This one — on SE 28th at Pine in front of Ken’s Artisan Pizza and Bamboo Sushi — is the 20th on-street bike parking facility installed by … Read more
Special screening of ‘Bike Porn’ for lycra-clad STP riders
STP is this weekend.(Photo © J. Maus) This weekend is the 30th annual Seattle to Portland ride and around 10,000 people are expected to roll into town. After over 200 miles (30 of them uphill) in the saddle, the riders will have a lot to be happy about when they arrive at Holladay Park near … Read more