*[Updated: 10/24, 12:39pm] The victim of today’s fatal collision in North Portland was Brett Jarolimek. Brett was an employee of the Bike Gallery and his death has hit many in our tight-knit community very hard. Brett Jarolimek racing at Alpenrose a few weeks ago.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) “Artist, craftsman, son, brother, cyclist, friend… I miss … Read more
[Updated: 3:58pm with photos from the scene.] Photo taken from the scene at 2:17pm. More photos below (Photo © Jonathan Maus) A bicyclist died in a collision with a garbage truck sometime around 12:30 today at the northwest corner of N. Interstate and Greeley in North Portland. I’m on the scene right now and just … Read more
They both competed on this old cruiser, and they’re still smiling!Slideshow below(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Yesterday, nearly 800 racers converged on the small town of Rainier, Oregon for the third stop in the River City Bicycles Cross Crusade. With heavy rains soaking the Portland area all week, I had visions of a slog through the … Read more
Scott Bricker at the 2007 Alice Awards.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) After a career with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) that has spanned nearly a decade, Scott Bricker has been named their new executive director. Bricker has served in an interim capacity since July when former executive director Evan Manvel stepped down. His selection comes after … Read more
Screen grab from Virgin Vacations website. I came across a website today that lists the “11 Most Bike Friendly Cities in the World”. It looks to be the work of a travel agency working for Virgin Atlantic Airways. The source of the list isn’t exactly what I’d call authoritative, but it was still fun (if … Read more
“In twenty years, when we have cycle-tracks on all arterials and a full network of bike boulevards across our city and bike training in every school, we’ll remember this decade as the time when we asked for change, and we got it.”–From a BTA Action Alert to support the Safe, Sound, and Green Streets initiative. … Read more
Here’s the latest from Portland’s only bike-oriented political action committee, Bike Walk Vote. Incidentally, the former executive director of the BTA, Evan Manvel is now working with them so I expect to be hearing a lot more from these folks during the upcoming political election season… Here’s their latest message about a gathering on Monday … Read more
The Community Cycling Center at NE Alberta and 17th.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Since Susan Remmers took over the Community Cycling Center back in March of 2006, the popular non-profit has gone through a major transformation. One of the many changes they’ve made is a recent re-wording of their mission statement. For some non-profits, that might … Read more
New on-street bike parking at ¿Por Que No?.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Remember Por Que No, that taqueria on N. Mississippi I wrote about earlier in the week that just installed new on-street bike parking? I just got an email from owner Bryan Steelman. He said that in celebration of this new bike parking, he’s offering … Read more
*[Updated: 10/19, 8:16am, 9:14am, 10:41pm ] The Portland Police Bureau’s Major Crash Team responded to a serious injury collision involving a bicyclist at around 5:00pm tonight out on NE Marine Drive near the Portland Airport. View of motorist, driving west on Marine Drive.View Google Street View
Only true 200+ pounders are eligible.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) No, not those clydesdales. I’m talking about bike racers. Big bike racers (well, big in bike racer terms at least.) In an effort to balance out field sizes, Cross Crusade chief Brad Ross announced on Sunday that this weekend’s race will feature a “Clydesdale” category, open … Read more
Our old friend Mary Peters, the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary who said bicycle paths aren’t transportation infrastructure, earned the rebuke of the League of American Bicyclists, than tried to make good with a verbose explanation, recently paid our region a visit.