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The City of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee meets tonight at City Hall (7pm, 1221 SW 4th ave in the Lovejoy Room). Below is the agenda as prepared by PDOT bike coordinator Roger Geller. Green Bike Boxes Roger will provide an update on their status, including the recent approval by FHWA for Portland’s experiment with them … Read more
Whether you are for or against a mandatory helmet law, I think it’s safe to say we haven’t heard the end of this yet. Playing into my hunch is an editorial in today’s Portland Tribune: Bicycle helmet law’s a no brainer. In the piece, the Tribune shares the type of soundbyte that will be very … Read more
This just in from the Community Cycling Center: Community Cycling Center Board Grows The Community Cycling Center is delighted to announce the addition of two new members to our Board of Directors: James Coon and Daniel Kaempff. Jim Coon, a “die-hard,” year-round bike commuter for over twenty years, is a founding partner at Swanson, Thomas … Read more
Click to enlarge The following is an excerpt taken directly from TriMet’s website: Tips for Bike Commuters During MAX Steel Bridge Service Interruption August 2-24 The Steel Bridge will be closed to cars, buses and MAX trains August 2-24, 2008, as crews connect existing tracks to the new MAX Green Line tracks on 5th and … Read more
This just in from the Portland Police Bureau (emphasis mine): “At 2:58 pm East Precinct officers were dispatched to the area of SE 147th Av/Stark Street on a bicyclist hit. Officers arrived and determined that the bicyclist was hit by a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Lance Waddy. Waddy and the bicyclist were both traveling eastbound … Read more
A special event will close the south sidewalk/bikeway of the Hawthorne Bridge from 6am to 7pm this Saturday (8/2). See full details in press release from Multnomah County below: Red Bull event to close Hawthorne Bridge sidewalk and traffic lane on Saturday The south sidewalk of the Hawthorne Bridge and an eastbound traffic lane will … Read more
If you really don’t like bike thieves, check out this step-by-step how-to posted to Instructables (video below)… “With a $40 pay-as-you-go cell phone, stun gun, and some basic electronic components, you can teach bike thieves a lesson and, hopefully, foster a small social change through individual action…”
From the Community Cycling Center: GEAR UP FOR BICYCLE DAY AT OMSI JULY 26 Portland, OR (July 3, 2008) Take life by the handlebars and celebrate Portland’s favorite form of transportation at Bicycle Day, a new event hosted by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) and the Community Cycling Center. Learn about safety, … Read more
This is a just a notice that the Portland Bike Forums are temporarily down. Over the weekend, some sort of annoying spam/security breach resulted in every one of the 800 or so members being sent an email that said: “Your account on Portland Bike Forums (by BikePortland.org) has been locked because someone has tried to … Read more
The short video below premiered at Bike Porn 2. It contains some dirty language but it’s definitely worth watching for what I think is one of the best lines ever spoken in the growing bike box film genre…
Long known as the place to recycle used bike parts, now the CCC has a tire recycling program.(Photo © J. Maus) For years, Portlanders have taken their used bikes to the Community Cycling Center (CCC). Donors can rest assured their old bikes will be lovingly restored and then re-used in a variety of social service … Read more
Comment of the Week: Real talk about building bikeways in east Portland