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Boulder, Colorado has joined Portland and Davis, California as the only cities to have achieved the League of American Bicyclists highest rating for bike-friendliness. The League announced Boulder’s “Platinum” Bicycle Friendly Community award last week. Here’s a quote from League director Andy Clarke: “Boulder well deserves the platinum designation because they are actually delivering the … Read more
The League of American Bicyclists announced the first-ever winners of its new Bicycle Friendly Business designation at the Interbike trade show this morning. Among the 13 companies recognized, two were from the Portland Area. Alta Planning + Design was given the “Gold” rating and EasyStreet Online Services (from Beaverton) was given “Bronze”. Check out more … Read more
Just got a heads up about what looks like an interesting event coming to Reading Frenzy (921 SW Oak St.) on Thursday, October 9th at 7:00pm. A former Portlander, now living in Amsterdam, is working on a book about Dutch bicycle culture. Here’s the event description:
Request one of these stickers here. As I mentioned last week, Portland General Electric (PGE) has created a new sticker to promote bike/truck safety.
I don’t usually post rumors, especially when they have nothing to do with Portland. But hey, this is Page Two so here goes… Check out this story just posted by Joe Lindsey of Bicycling Magazine (whose work I really respect). He writes: “As if Lance Armstrong’s return to racing weren’t already shocking, now comes a … Read more
Remember the man-eating alligator that turned up on a traffic sign back in May? Thankfully, it has since been removed by city clean-up crews, but that pesky alligator seems to have resurfaced far out on the Springwater Corridor Trail. The Portland Mercury blog has the story: “Bikers on the Springwater Corridor and 190th came across … Read more
Ryan Trebon, shown here at a cyclocross race, is ranked 4th.(Photo © J. Maus) Professional mountain bikers from Oregon currently hold four of the top five rankings in the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Cross Country Calendar Standings. Here are the rankings: 1. Barry Wicks (Corvallis, Ore) 359 2. Adam Craig (Bend, Ore.) 334 3. … Read more
Here’s the press release from PDOT: Four new on-street bicycle parking locations unveiled on National PARK(ing) Day – September 19 (PORTLAND, OR) – The Portland Office of Transportation will be celebrating National PARK(ing) Day on Friday, September 19, with its four newest on-street bicycle parking facilities. National PARK(ing) Day is a nationwide event sponsored by … Read more
Portland City Council voted 4-0 (Mayor Potter was absent) in rejecting a proposal to rezone a large swath of open space in Northeast Portland (that’s currently home to Colwood Golf Course) for industrial development (I reported on this story last week). After the vote, Commissioner Nick Fish told the Oregonian, “This is an historic opportunity…We … Read more
According to Streetsblog, there’s an interesting meme about Sarah Palin and Barack Obama’s two-wheeled preference going around the right-leaning blogosphere. Here’s more from editor Aaron Naparstek: “These two images (below) have been floating around the right wing blogosphere under the shrieky, all-caps headline, “THIS IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.” One of the websites is … Read more
Reader Ed Manning witnessed a collision involving someone on a bicycle who was receiving emergency treatment this morning at SE 4th and SE Division Place (Google Map). He reports that it happened at about 8:00 am and the female cyclist was “in an ambulance stretcher with multiple ambulance and firemen working on her. I’m not … Read more
Screenshot of pdxcross.com Heidi Swift at The Everyday Athlete Blog introduced me to pdxcross.com this morning. It’s a great-looking new blog that is the work of a group of professional photographers who plan to document the Portland cyclocross scene. They’ve already uploaded slideshows from last weekend’s Pain on the Peak and the Kruger’s Kermesse. Check … Read more