(Photo © Jonathan Maus) If you ride your bike across the I-5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver you now have more than just a narrow and sketchy pathway to deal with. The Columbian reported Friday that ODOT is using cannon fire to scare off flocks of birds that congregate on the bridge. Here’s a snip … Read more
Late Sunday night a man was assaulted while riding his bike along the bike/ped path on the west side of the river, just north of the Morrison Bridge. The rider, who goes by the name of Felix, reports that he was returning to his home in Southeast Portland after a Zoobomb run when he was … Read more
City of Portland bike coordinator Roger Geller.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) The current (Roger Geller) and former (Mia Birk) bike coordinators for the City of Portland will speak at a Women’s Transportation Seminar luncheon tomorrow (1/8). Birk, who’s now a principal at bike and pedestrian planning firm Alta Planning and Design, will give a talk called, … Read more
Metro Councilor Robert Liberty.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) From a Press Release: Metro Councilor Robert Liberty Announces Run for Re-Election to Metro Robert Liberty, who represents people in the southern half of Portland on the Metro Council (the area’s regional government), announced his decision to run for reelection to his Metro seat. While he seriously considered … Read more
ODOT reports that vandals have “ripped apart” lighting fixtures on the I-205 bike path. Here are more details from ODOT’s Shelli Romero:
Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler (L) and City Commissioner Sam Adams at a Safe, Sound and Green Street Town Hall in October.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Commissioner Adams’ Safe, Sound and Green Streets transportation funding proposal will be up for consideration by City Council on Wednesday. The proposal, which includes $24 million for 110 miles of … Read more
Blumenauer (shown here with Sam Adams’ chief of staff Tom Miller) visited Portland for a bike issue roundtable in July.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Former Portland City Commissioner and now U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer has garnered major media exposure in recent weeks. In early December the Oregonian profiled his rising clout on Capitol Hill. The paper … Read more
The Vanilla tricycle on display atthe 2006 Made in Portland Bike Show.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) An upcoming exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design will feature a custom tricycle designed by Portland-based bike builder Sacha White. According to an article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, the exhibit, “New West Coast Design: Contemporary … Read more
The Bikestation in downtown Long Beach.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) In downtown Long Beach, those who ‘go by bike’ don’t exactly get the red-carpet treatment. The streets are wide, the cars go fast, and there are few bike-friendly routes. The safest place to ride is on the sidewalk, but that’s illegal.
KATU, Portland’s ABC affiliate, ran a special “On Your Side” report last night on the fixed-gear bicycle brake issue. The story was given the headline of “Are brakeless bikes safe to ride?”. Of course “brakeless” bikes are not safe. But are fixed-geared bikes technically brakeless? That depends on your definition of brake and it seems … Read more
Tonight’s City Council session where Commissioner Adams was scheduled to present a bike safety resolution has been canceled. According to Roland Chlapowski, due to members of Council being sick and unable to attend, there will not be a quorom for the 6:00 hearing. The session will be rescheduled and I will post the new date … Read more
Coming to a car near you beginning January 2nd.