History: School parents formed human chain to highlight Powell Blvd dangers in 1958
Parents have been fighting for safer conditions on Powell for 65 years.
Newspaper archives, research from historians, generational trends — we love looking back as much as looking forward. Scroll down for stories that help put our current transportation policies and projects into perspective.
Parents have been fighting for safer conditions on Powell for 65 years.
The map includes several amazing details that give you a window into Portland bike culture at the turn of the 19th century.
Everyone who takes long multimodal trips knows the routine: before leaving the house, double-check to make sure you have your keys, wallet, and TriMet bike permit. Right? Well, that last one isn’t necessary anymore. But some commenters on our recent throwback article about what bike advocacy looked like at the beginning of the millennium reminded … Read more
The nationally-known campaign was strikingly similar to today’s Vision Zero.
The Clinton Street bikeway is one thing for sure: beloved.
When you step back far enough, the history of transportation starts to look less like a river and more like a set of waves.
Tall bikes look great in sepia, too.
Sam Oakland, an English professor, poet and author who rode his bicycle to work at what was then Portland State College, started rallying bicycle riders to attend City Hall hearings in the late 1960s.
119 years later, this short case for the merits of biking still feels like the perfect way to kick off a year of progress.
Before 2002, this was just another outdoorsy city on the West Coast; after 2008, it’s been just one more mid-size metro area with an increasingly lively central city. But something strange and wonderful happened in between.
Cover of October 1967 American Cycling magazineshows the nation’s top racers at Alpenrose Velodrome.(Photos by Peter Hoffman) While many people think of only bike commuters and naked rides when the topic of cycling in Portland comes up, our city also has a proud tradition when it comes to racing. We shared a glimpse of that … Read more
“… it being the object and intent of this act to provide for pedestrians and bicycles a highway separate from that used by teams and horsemen.”— Excerpt from House Bill 63 The more I read about Oregon’s tenth governor, T.T. Geer, the more intriguing this man becomes. As we shared back in 2009, Governor Geer … Read more
Comment of the Week: What the police say (and don’t say) in crash statements