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6/20: Hello readers and friends. I am having my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries today so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Peters: “…comments were in no way intended as an indictment of bicycle and pedestrian investments.”(Read full text below orclick to enlarge.) Back in August, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters raised a ruckus for comments she made on a PBS talkshow. When the conversation turned to transportation investments, Peters referred to “bike paths” as … Read more
Front page of today’s Oregonian The Oregonian has a front page story this morning about a new potential bridge that would cross the Willamette River south of the Marquam Bridge. Writer Dylan Rivera reports that it would be “Portland’s first new bridge in 34 years,” and that it would be unique among other Willamette River … Read more
A few weeks ago, I shared the news that the New York City Dept. of Transportation had decided to install the city’s first-ever physically separated bike lane (a.k.a. cycle track). Well, the bike revolution must have taken hold within the bureaucracy because they’ve already started the project. Video activist extraordinaire Clarence Eckerson happened upon it … Read more
Awards and bragging rights are at stake tonight.(File photo © Jonathan Maus) Tonight in Southeast Portland — just yards from one of the city’s busiest bikeways — the BTA will hold their annual Bike Commute Challenge after party. Thousands of bike commuters from companies throughout Oregon (see the impressive list here) “challenged” each other to … Read more
Local racers John Howe and Clint Culpepper (of Team Beer) with Adams.(All photos © Jonathan Maus) Sam Adams’ run for mayor got off to a rollicking start last night in Southeast Portland. People crowded into Roots Brewing like sardines for a glimpse at the man many expect to be the future leader of our city. … Read more
Sam Adams(All photos © Jonathan Maus) Unless you live in a cave, you know that tonight in Southeast Portland, City Commissioner Sam Adams will announce his candidacy for mayor (5:30 at Roots Brewing in SE Portland). But that’s not why I met up with him for an interview on Tuesday. Surprisingly, even though we’ve seen … Read more
You know a town is bike-crazy when an FM music radio station broadcasts their bike plan and makes a statement that calls for the city to get “bolder for bicyclists.”
“We are excited to share this victory with more than 2,200 supporters who have made it possible…this isn’t over…this land is still open to development proposals and we are committed to working towards the right fit for the neighborhood.–Save Madison South Remember the story about a group of neighbors in Northeast Portland who were concerned … Read more
Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffy at last night’s meeting.(All photos © Jonathan Maus) An influential advisory group made up of elected and appointed officials has narrowed the options for the design of the future Sellwood Bridge. At a meeting last night, the Policy Advisory Group of the Sellwood Bridge Project decided on four … Read more
[Editor’s note: This is the first article by new contributor Carl Larson. I hope to bring you more of his writing in the future.] The iconic Zoobomb Pyle will get a new home.(File photo © Jonathan Maus) The “Zoobomb Pyle,” that colorful jumble of janky kids bikes chained to the bike rack across from Rocco’s … Read more
Police Officer Robert Pickett(File photo © Jonathan Maus) Police Officer Robert Pickett passes on the news that thew newly formed Southeast Precinct Neighborhood Enhancement Team, with help from the SE Precinct Bicycle Patrol, has uncovered a stash of stolen property. “The loot” he says, includes nine “well-loved bicycles”. Unfortunately, when he ran the serial numbers, … Read more
Portland’s latest on-street bike parking racks await new home.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) While riding home last night up the Mississippi/Albina Hill, I noticed some familiar looking staple racks in PDOT’s equipment storage yard. It was two, three-staple rack assemblies welded together; the same configuration used in the on-street bike parking corrals that are popping up … Read more