Press releases, news alerts and advisories from agencies around the region. We post them here so you don’t have to navigate clunky government websites. If you have news to share, send your press releases to us via our contact page.
From volunteer coordinator Lily Karabaic: This year the Pedalpalooza Kickoff Party/World Naked Bike Ride is predicted to be bigger than ever, and I need nearly 100 volunteers to make this event successful. I’m still short about 20 positions, and the volunteer labor is vital to making the party run smoothly, safely, and allowing us to … Read more
The Urban Assault Ride, the self-described “biggest bike scavenger hunt series in the world” is coming to Portland for a second year, this Sunday, May 31. Teams of two will compete by racing around town, hitting checkpoints scattered across Portland, and completing various and sundry obstacle courses of ingenious design. The goal of the ride … Read more
Who knew tech nerds and bike geeks had so much in common? D.L. Byron, founder of BikeHugger, a Seattle-based bike blog, likes to combine his passion for bikes and blogs into what he calls “Mobile Socials”, which unite biking, tech talk, lots of free bike schwag (including a new Breezer bike!) and of course, good … Read more
The Portland Wheelmen’s annual Pioneer Century ride is coming up soon, Saturday, June 6th, to kick off the summer road riding season. This is one of the most popular road rides of the year — last year’s Pioneer Century drew over 1,200 participants. The Pioneer Century is a very flexible ride. The usual route is … Read more
This just in, from the Office of U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer: Tomorrow, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Co-Chair of the Congressional Bike Caucus, will join with fellow Caucus members for the Congressional Cycling Fair. In honor of National Bike to Work Week and to show their support of bike issues and bike to work opportunities on … Read more
Several readers have emailed me about this great project from Instructables. A group of students from MIT have created a system that uses a turning bike wheel to charge USB devices. It’s not quite a consumer-ready product yet, but it’s definitely got some promise. Check it out: How to Charge Any USB Device by Riding … Read more
Vegetable spoke cards inspire bike2market riders(Photo by Dan Liu) One of the best things about living in Portland is meeting other fun people and their bikes, and going on group rides lends a bit of camaraderie to a sometimes-lonely activity. Last year, on one of his weekly rides to the Portland Farmers’ Market at PSU, … Read more
Here are BikePortland’s traffic stats from the month of April: Visits – 162, 146 Average visit length – 00:03:22 Pages viewed – 386,703 Stories posted – 109 Top Five Stories (*In terms of pageviews analyzed by Google Analytics): 1. Massive turnout at “De Ronde” 2. One hour, 22 citations at Clinton Street stop sign 3. … Read more
A reader just passed along a note that the bike and pedestrian walkway below the Steel Bridge will be closed this week. Here’s the official notice from PortlandOnline.com: Lower deck of Steel Bridge to close for maintenance May 5-7 and May 10 HDR Engineering Inc. will be inspecting and maintaining the concrete portions of the … Read more
Jonathan Nicholas in Heppner, Oregon during Cycle Oregon 2007.(Photo © J. Maus) The following is a transcript of the speech given by Jonathan Nicholas at the City Club of Portland on May 1st, 2009. Nicholas was a columnist at The Oregonian for 26 years and is now the Vice President of Branding and Corporate Communications … Read more
The Tualitin Hills Parks and Recreation District has announced the completion of a new, 2-mile segment of their Westside Trail. Here’s more from their website: The new trail marks an important link in THPRD’s efforts to establish a continuous north-south trail backbone through its district. Combined with other existing segments and additional trail projects to … Read more
I’ll have something on the Front Page next week, but for now, below is the press release from the Bureau of Transportation with all the info about the upcoming Bicycle and Streetcar Open Houses. BICYCLE AND STREETCAR OPEN HOUSES Portlanders examine long-range plans to shape transportation and livability (PORTLAND, OR) – Imagine getting around Portland … Read more