Joe Brazil wants bikes banned from country roads due to safety concerns.(Photo: FoxTV/St. Louis)-Watch video below- When a ban on people riding bicycles went into effect in the small casino town of Black Hawk Colorado last month, it seemed like an anomaly. Many people were outraged by it and advocates are still working to overturn … Read more
(Photos © J. Maus) The 17 days of Pedalpalooza officially came to an end at yesterday’s Multnomah County Bike Fair. With nearly 300 free events in just over two weeks and tens of thousands of people taking part, Pedalpalooza — which is in its ninth year of existence, depending on how you count — is … Read more
[Publisher’s note: I’ve got a lot of opinions, but it’s perilous for me to try and weave them into the daily news stories here. So I’m going to try and start writing them up, once a week, in the form of the Friday Opinion column. Here goes…] Seen on Mississippi Ave. over the weekend.(Photo © … Read more
Beth Hamon, Sunday Parkways volunteer.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) OK Portland, it’s time to step up and take care of a good friend in need. That good friend is Sunday Parkways, an absolute gem of an event that we are all very lucky to have. Word from organizers is that the event is in need … Read more
Former Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard (L) and Andy Clarke from the League of American Bicyclists in June 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) As Vancouver residents and advocates work to save that city’s Bike Program from the budget chopping block, The Columbian newspaper says now’s just not a good time to ask. In an “In our view” … Read more
[The following article was written by new executive director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Rob Sadowsky.] Another big idea “To make a significant dent in bicycling mode share in Portland…we need to take significant steps to limiting the convenience of driving a car.” I was excited to read the various ‘Big Ideas’ submitted to BikePortland, … Read more
Sarah Gilbert(Photo: Amy McMullen) [This article was written by Portland resident Sarah Gilbert, a professional writer who blogs at AOL’s Daily Finance, CafeMama.com, and many other places. She’s also known as the woman who got a local food chain to open up their drive-thrus to bicycles. When not writing, Gilbert is tending to her three … Read more
Stephanie Routh of the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition at an Eye-to-Eye campaign event in 2009.(Photo © J. Maus) The leader of the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition, Stephanie Routh, has written a guest column in The Oregonian that provides a meaningful and important perspective on the recent TriMet bus crash that killed two people and injured three others … Read more
When too close leads to up-close.(Photo © J. Maus) The other day riding home from work I had an interesting interaction. I was riding my bike up N. Mississippi Ave. just past Widmer Brewing (map) when I noticed a big car door swing open ahead of me. Without making a sudden move, I positioned myself … Read more
The article below is a guest post by U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer. Blumenauer (right) and US DOT Sec. LaHood at the National Bike Summit.(Photo © J. Maus) When I first came to Congress in 1996, the concept of cyclists as a powerful advocacy group was, at best, near fetched. Now, almost fifteen years later, I … Read more
“The real strength of Minneapolis is its absolutely gorgeous, truly world-class off-street path system. Each has separate space for pedestrians. I biked on a half dozen wide, gorgeous separated bike-ped bridges.” — Mia Birk, CEO of Portland-based Alta Planning In the wake of Portland losing the #1 ranking in Bicycling Magazine that we’ve owned since … Read more
A few weekends ago my girls and I, and several other families, planned to attend a local event. Since it was a sunny day, the location of the event was fairly close, and we all tend to bike frequently anyways, it turned into an impromptu group ride. There were kids (youngest was age 7) riding … Read more