Construction zone becomes ticket zone for cyclists
As I reported last month, the Portland Police Bureau is on heightened alert to give out tickets in the MLK Viaduct construction zone near OMSI.
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SmartTrips program wants less cars downtown
The City of Portland’s Office of Transportation wants to “make your downtown trips easier, healthier, and less expensive.”
Help create a bike ad in the Willamette Week
River City’s cyclocross ad If you read the Willamette Week, you’ve probably noticed the River City Bicycles‘ ads. The shop has a long-running ad space in the local weekly and they always have a provocative message. In the past they’ve been funny, inspirational, and even controversial. Remember when Pepsico threatened to sue them over their … Read more
CCC serves up slick new website
Screen grab of CCC’s new site Northeast Portland-based non-profit, the Community Cycling Center, has launched a new website. The site is much friendlier to navigate than the old one (which had become quite a behemoth over the years) and they’re using WordPress (just like BikePortland) to make it all happen. Hosting is being donated by … Read more
Take the Sellwood Bridge survey
We all know the failing, old, Sellwood Bridge is a major broken link in our transportation network. Or, as the BTA puts it: “The Sellwood Bridge has extremely dangerous and inadequate bicycle and pedestrian facilities (a single 4-foot sidewalk on one side only)….the BTA has determined that the Sellwood Bridge is the major barrier to … Read more
A close-up look at a Coasting bike
The bike for the other 161 million? Yesterday I got my first, hands-on look at the fruits of Shimano’s new Coasting product initiative. Only three manufacturers (Raleigh, Trek and Giant) are licensed to make bikes with Coasting and I gave Trek’s offering, the “Lime Light” a closer look.
Southwest bike network map shows potential
Click for larger view (157kb JPEG) After months of planning, residents of southwest Portland, led by super-citizen trail advocate and Alice Award nominee Don Baack, have come up with a map of a new southwest bike network. Baack, who leads the group Southwest Trails, has been working hard to garner neighborhood feedback and collaborate with … Read more
River City Bicycles singles out special commuters
River City ad in the Willamette Week announcing Commuter awards. Back in January, River City Bicycles announced a contest to find Portland’s “Commuter of the Year”. Owner David Guettler asked for nominations through ads in local weekly newspapers and according to the shop’s Event Manager Jason Bietz, over 60 people responded to the challenge, “They … Read more
Update on injured cyclist Dawn Slawta
Dawn, two weeks prior to the crash. I’ve received some welcome news about the condition of Dawn Slawta. Dawn was seriously injured when her bicycle collided with a motor vehicle in northeast Portland on February 7th. The 25 year-old employee of Black Sheep Bakery in southeast Portland, struck her head (she was not wearing a … Read more
A "bicycle barometer" in Portland?
I was included in an email forward today that linked to an interesting device called a “bicycle barometer” recently installed in Italy. The story and photos were posted to a website that covers urban transport and mobility in Europe.
Shimano shares Coasting story
Shannon Bryant ofShimano Marketing At the closing ceremony of the National Bike Summit, the Shimano marketing duo of Shannon Bryant and David Lawrence hit the stage to tell the story of Coasting. Shimano embarked on this initiative five years ago when they teamed up with premier product design group IDEO. That was the start of … Read more
A report from inside the first Share the Road Safety Class
Wednesday was the inaugural session of the new Share the Road Safety Class. This new class can be completed in lieu of paying fines for certain bicycle, pedestrian and motor vehicle infractions. BikePortland reader Lev Tsypin, who runs Level Online Strategy, was in that first class and wrote up an account of his experiences (edited … Read more