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Rise Again, an art show to raise money for Japan disaster relief, will feature several artists and crafters who are regulars in the Portland bike scene. The list of artists include: former BikeCraft vendor Tiago DeJerk, whose stencil paintings have graced the Pedalpalooza Poster among other things; Skye Blue, one of the founding members of … Read more
The City of Portland is hosting their first annual Safe Routes to School Spring Kick-Off on Saturday April 2nd. The event will take place at Beach School (1710 N Humboldt) from 10 am – 2pm. More info on the City’s website
PBOT has announced the first open house for their N. Williams Ave Traffic Safety Operations Project. Learn more about the project in our story from January and get details on the open house below… Come take a look at potential N Williams transportation improvements – to the bike lane, auto lanes, bus stops and crosswalks … Read more
Here are the details: SW Barbur Blvd. High Crash Corridor Safety Project PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Drop by anytime between 6:30 & 8:00 PM Optional Overview Presentation at 7:00 PM Markham Elementary School (cafeteria) (10531 SW Capitol Highway) Nearby TriMet Transit Access: Bus Line #44 Somali and Arabic interpreters available. Stop by … Read more
Check out these two great volunteer opportunities that just popped up. One is with the Community Cycling Center’s youth bike clubs program and the other is with the City of Portland’s Transportation Options division. From the CCC: Starting in early April 2011 we’ll be implementing six Bike Clubs in North and Northeast Portland. Our Bike … Read more
As we shared a month ago, Clackamas County is set to break ground on an exciting new six mile bike/walk trail from downtown Milwaukie to the City of Gladstone. The press release below has details on the groundbreaking ceremony slated for Tuesday, March 22nd: North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District sets Trolley Trail groundbreaking ceremony … Read more
I got an interesting press release today from a company named Madame de Pe. They make “rain couture from Amsterdam, designed and tested on Dutch bicycles”. With the amount of rain we get here in Portland and the wide affection for Dutch bicycles, I was curious what you all might think. At about $300 per … Read more
Portland’s bike polo players and advocates have been selected to host a qualifying tournament for the Cascadia region. Bike polo teams from across the Pacific Northwest will come to Portland May 21-22 for the event. To help with event costs, Portland Bike Polo is selling banner space on billboards that will be placed around their … Read more
There will be a lot of people posting updates from the 2011 National Bike Summit via Twitter, so I figured I’d post the widget below. If you’re not adept at Twitter, you can simply keep this post open in your browser to follow all updates from folks posting about the Summit…
One of Portland’s many bike-related businesses, Cycle Dog, continued their surge in success with airtime on the nationally televised Today Show this morning. We first wrote about Cycle Dog back in July of 2009, and they’ve just gotten bigger and bigger ever since. Former Nike employee Lanette Fidrych started the company and she uses old … Read more
In his ongoing commitment to technology and the arts, Portland Mayor Sam Adams announced a new iPhone app today. The app, Public Art PDX, was developed in a collaboration between Adams’ office, the City of Portland, the Regional Arts and Culture Council and local app developer Matt Blair. Why do I love this app and … Read more
Bikes Belong announced today that cyclocross pro Tim Johnson will take a week long bike tour with a small group of riders from Boston to Washington D.C. in order to raise awareness for bike funding. The destination is the National Bike Summit. It’s great to see someone from the racing world get behind advocacy like … Read more