(File photo) Local consulting firm Alta Planning and Design has landed a contract to develop a bicycle master plan for Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Alta — who is currently working with PDOT on an update to Portland’s bike master plan — has been hired for the four-month project. According to Alta principal … Read more
Metro wants our input to help them set priorities on how to spend the $225 million dollars they secured through their Natural Areas bond measure. They’ve had a series of open houses and the comment period ends this Friday (7/6) (you can comment online, see below).
Racers at the line duringthe 2005 event.(File photo) Racers and organizers are getting ready for the ninth annual Alpenrose Challenge. The event — which is free to spectators — will feature three full days of track racing action on southwest Portland’s world-famous Alpenrose Velodrome. The race will draw top track talent to Portland to compete … Read more
Crowded paths, like this one on the Steel Bridge, are an issue in Boston too.(File photo)
A bill that would have allowed bicyclists to yield at stop signs passed the Oregon House in 2003.(File photo) Continuing the discussion of whether or not Oregon should seek an Idaho-style, roll-and-go stop sign law for bicycles, I recently looked back at our previous flirtation with the idea. Back in the 2003 legislative session, Senator … Read more
From the Willamette Week: “Jennifer Knight pleaded no contest Wednesday to three citations she received in rural Washington County on June 9. At 12:49 pm that day, she hit and killed bicyclist Timothy O’Donnell, 66, of Aloha.
Dingo rides the Burnside Bridgeduring a recent bike parade.(File photo) Because of a tricky construction project on the Burnside Bridge, Multnomah County officials have decided to close the entire span to cars for three weeks in July. And according to Mike Pullen from their Public Affairs Office, the bridge will remain open to bicycles and … Read more
Pereira in Mountain Bike Magazine.Photo: Dave Roth Local bike builder Tony Pereira is having a dream year. Last winter he found a great new shop space near SE 24th and Belmont and in March he took home coveted trophies from the North American Handmade Bike Show for his gorgeous,”Roaring 29’er”, fillet-brazed, mountain bike. A relative … Read more
[Updated: 10:56am, 6/30] The Portland Mercury blog reported an incident this morning that happened yesterday afternoon between a TriMet LIFT bus (the smaller ones used for transporting disabled riders) and a bicyclist near the intersection of NE Multnomah Street and NE Grand Avenue (Google Map of location).
Leader of SWTrails, Don Baack.(File photo) The serpentine, hilly, and narrow roads that make up most of southwest Portland are a far cry from the idyllic bike boulevards of inner southeast Portland. But that hasn’t stopped a year-long effort by citizen activists and a group called SWTrails from working to create similar bike-friendly streets in … Read more
Back in February I shared the news about an effort to bring two new on-street bike parking “corrals” to SE Belmont. This morning, PDOT crews began the installation! Here are a few photos sent to me by Bill Stites, who has been instrumental in making this happen: Looking west from SE 34th St. (in front … Read more
Seattle writer Mike McCann will read his contribution from, “Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures” at Powell’s Books on Hawthorne (3723 SE Hawthorne) tonight at 7:30. The book was just released by Casagrande Press and was edited by Erich Schweikher, a local cyclist and professor of composition at Portland Community College. Schweikher spent a year collecting hundreds of … Read more