Buses and bicycles are both forms of “alternative” transportation, but that’s about the extent of what we have in common. There is an uneasy truce between us on the streets and our tenuous relationship tends to ebb and flow between cooperation and complaints. The size difference of our vehicles combined with the need for us … Read more
Portland bike insiders are wondering how we can go beyond the confines of U.S. standards for bike-friendliness and begin to adopt infrastructure and policies already in use in places like Amsterdam and Copenhagen. But before Portland can become a world-class bicycling city, we must first have a plan to get there.
I first brought you the news about original, Dutch Batavus bikes potentially coming to the U.S. market back in October. I had received spy photos of them from my correspondents at the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas.
Rex Burkholder at theThree Bridges dedication.File photo: 10/19/06 Metro Councilor and BTA co-founder Rex Burkholder will share his perspectives on Portland’s transportation network in Guadalajara, Mexico later this month. He’s been invited by the Bogota, Columbia-based, Ciudad Humana Foundation to give a talk at the second meeting of the Ciclovias Unidas de las Americas, a … Read more
The mysterious, Portland version of the Tour of Flanders sparked lots of interest last week.
Voodoo Donuts awaited us at the rest stop. Despite rainy skies, well over 100 bicycling bunnies joined the fourth annual Bunny on a Bike Ride yesterday. Head bunny Carye Bye and her trusty crew of volunteers led us on a circuitous route through northeast and southeast Portland. Highlights of the route included a spin through … Read more
A bill that would require transportation departments to erect a memorial sign whenever “a cyclist is killed in an accident involving a motor vehicle” will get a hearing at the state capitol in Salem on Wednesday (4/11). So far, 14 lawmakers have signed on as sponsors of House Bill 3020, which was created in response … Read more
The Community Cycling Center has gone global. Thanks to staff mechanic Rich Walker, the venerable, Northeast Portland-based non-profit is now offering select parts and accessories on eBay. Check it out via their new website.
Hundreds of helmets weregiven away at last year’sEarth Day Celebration.File photo: 4/22/06 Jeff Bernards, the man who has helped hundreds of Portland cyclists “Get Lit“, also likes to see them wearing helmets. Last year he secured a seed grant from ODOT that enabled him to give out 550 helmets at two community events, and according … Read more
North Portland Bikeworks, a non-profit, neighborhood bike shop located on Mississippi Street, wants to expand their long-running, free Repair Night program.
Story on Bike Beats inthis month’s St. Johns Sentinel.View article here It has been nearly two months since I asked for your input on neighborhood bike patrols* and an update is long overdue. Some of you might have noticed recent stories in the Portland Tribune and in this month’s St. John’s Sentinel.
View larger version (289 kb jpg). The current issue of Bike Biz magazine features comments from BikePortland readers. The focus of the piece is a report on John Burke’s presentation at the National Bike Summit, which sparked a discussion about Trek’s position in the industry and their role (or lack thereof) in advocacy. Bike Biz … Read more