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.
A group of Portlanders plan to honor Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving that is the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season) by taking over several parking spaces downtown. According to a post on Portland Indymedia, the plan is to lock bikes together in prime parking spaces and have a picnic on the sidewalk … Read more
[Via the Oregonian] Northeast Portland resident Daniel Whittlinger, who was arrested back in July 2007 after striking three riders in the Seattle-to-Portland ride has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.
As a follow-up to our story back in July about the new “Hang Bike Here” stickers on TriMet MAX trains, the transit agency sent out an alert today with additional information about how to load your bike on MAX. Here are their three main rules: 1. Check to see if there’s room. As MAX approaches, … Read more
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) has been re-elected as the House GOP leader. This is the same John Boehner who ridiculed Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s bike commuter tax when it was included as part of an Energy Bill back in December of 2007. After suggesting that Blumenauer recuse himself from voting on the bill (because he rides … Read more
The following incident was posted on PDXFixed this evening… On my way to work yesterday (about 2:30), I was going down Moody, just past the Ross Island Bridge. I saw someone on a red road bike get hit by a black sedan, then the sedan drove off. Front wheel looked all fucked up. Roadie started … Read more
A bike pump provided by the City of Stockholm.(Photo: Lindsey Maser)
All you need to know, in the palm of your hand.(Larger views below)(Photo: Jennifer Campos) The City of Vancouver Washington (just a few short miles north of downtown Portland) has a new bicycle resource card available. According to Jennifer Campos, a planner in Vancouver’s transportation department, the card is small, portable, and provides all the … Read more
[via Cyclelicious] Here’s an entertaining bit of guerilla marketing. Check out the recall notice below that appeared in the recent New York Times Special Edition (a face edition of the paper).
The story below from the Oregonian was sent to me by a reader. It’s sad on so many levels (emphasis mine): A 97-year-old woman was killed Saturday in the parking lot of an apartment building in Milwaukie when she was hit by a car that was backing out of a parking space, the Milwaukie Police … Read more
The winning design in action.(Photo: NYC DOT) The New York City Department of Transportation has picked a winner in their City Bike Racks Competition. It’s an elegant and simple hoop design created by a team from Copenhagen (which is quite fitting). The NY Times City Room blog has the story: A simple circle, resting on … Read more
New gadget fools the light into thinking your bike is a car.(Photo © J. Maus) Have you ever biked up to an intersection and had the sinking feeling that the traffic signal sensors don’t know you’re there? A new gadget (that’s still a prototype at this point) just might solve that problem. Here’s the news … Read more
On Monday, the New York Times featured a story about bike-sharing in Europe. I’ve got an in-depth story (guest article actually) about Portland’s bike-sharing status that will hit the Front Page in the next few days, but there were so many great quotes in this story that I thought it deserved a story (and so … Read more