🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
Glendoveer Woods will have a self-service bike repair shop consisting of work benches and tools for the project’s residents and community biking organizations to utilize.— From City of Portland memo about the development We’ve covered new housing developments (like the “Milano” coming to the Lloyd District) that actively seek bike-oriented tenants in the central city; … Read more
It will be moved.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) [Publisher’s note: As an update to a story we covered several times last month, I’ve accepted a guest article from Chris Smith explaining his successful effort to have a streetcar pole on the Broadway Bridge moved out of the way of bike traffic. Smith is a well known … Read more
C.J. Speelman (on the right) is now rolling with a new cargo trike.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s been about a year since we introduced you to Wrench Raiders, the scrappy non-profit that provides free bike tune-ups for homeless Portlanders. Since then, Wrench Raiders has continued to provide free help and basic parts to their customers … Read more
If all goes according to plan, this intersection — NW Broadway and Couch — will be a four-way stop by this spring.
Nails found on Williams Ave last night by reader Josh H. Several dozen roofing nails were strewn in the bike lane on North Williams Avenue last night. We’ve gotten three reports from readers so far and have confirmed three separate locations where nails were found. The development is troubling because this isn’t the first time … Read more
Dan Sloan, photographed on Williams Ave back in 2010.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Remember Dan Sloan? He’s the nice guy who set up a bike repair stand on N Williams Ave and propped up a sign that said, “Free Bike Help + Advice.” Now Sloan has launched a more formal endeavor: Everybody’s Bike Rentals. “We provide … Read more
Wilsonville Mayor Tim Knapp (R) chats with OHSU Nursing student Jen Akeroyd about active transportation links in the region.(Photos: Patrick Croasdaile for BikePortland)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (bow-tie) at a special meeting on Friday. To his left are ODOT Region 1 Manager Jason Tell and Port of Portland Executive Director Bill Wyatt.
Why don’t we see more of this?(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The gender gap in bicycling will get its first national stage when the 2012 National Bike Summit begins in Washington DC next month. The Alliance of Walking and Biking and the Association for Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals have announced the inaugural National Women Cycling Forum, … Read more
A sign on the St. Johns Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus) UPDATED, at 9:55am on 2/11 Just before 6:30 pm tonight, Portland Police officers responded to a collision on the St. Johns Bridge. According to their report, a 23-year-old man was riding his bike and a 58-year-old man driving a small pick were involved in a … Read more
PBOT hopes these new markings improve safety at the intersection of N. Vancouver and Graham near Legacy Emanuel Hospital.
Sample receipt showing VMT charge.(Graphic: ODOT) At all levels of government, transportation officials are running scared due to a severe lack of funding available to maintain and improve our roads. The major reason for all this anxiety is the failure of the gas tax to evolve with the times. Truly a “dinosaur” of a funding … Read more