This woman stays dry and visible with a poncho.(Photos © J. Maus) Monsoon season is upon us in Portland. When you jump on your bike these days, you never know what awaits you; wind, rain, leaf-strewn (and slippery) bike lanes, or all of the above (no ice yet, but that’s coming too). This time of … Read more
Screenshot — Try it out! The new close calls map I offered a sneak peek of back in August has been launched. We’ve even come up with a snazzy acronym… B-SMaRT ~ the Bike Safety Monitoring and Reporting Tool
Cover of Rubber to the Road, Volume 1. Rubber To The Road is a two-volume set of guide books (first published in 1998 by David Guettler and compiled by Peter Marsh) that detail some of the Portland area’s very best road rides. It was one of the first books on biking I picked up when … Read more
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 received the information below from Ellen Rogalin with the Clackamas County Department of Transportation & Development: The first new Clackamas County bike map, Bike It!, to be produced in 14 years will be released at two special events in September: · Kaiser Sunnyside Transportation Options Fair: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Thursday, September 4, … Read more
This sign placed in the bike lane forced bikes into motor vehicle traffic.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in June, I was biking my normal route to the office (southbound on N. Interstate near the Rose Quarter), when I came across something appalling. It was right out of a horror movie.
Screenshot of new crash and close call reporting tool.(Click to enlarge)
Lawyer Ray Thomas during a press conference earlier this month.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland lawyer Ray Thomas has released a do-it-yourself toolkit of resources and case studies meant to help anyone who seeks to bring violators of traffic laws to justice. The process, known as a “citizen initiation of violation proceedings,” is based on an … Read more
This reminder brought to you by your friends at the Lloyd TMA.(Photo © J. Maus) Since summer is the peak of bike theft season, and many newbies are taking to the streets (with shiny new steeds) for the first time, I thought it was time for a bike theft prevention refresher course. The other day, … Read more
The Transportation Options division of PDOT has just printed up 30,000 new city bike maps (not to be confused with Metro’s “Bike There” map). I got a look at them first-hand today thanks to long-time Options staffer and mapping guru Jeff Smith. Jeff pointed out that for the first time ever, they’ve devoted a full … Read more
Momentum is based in Portland’s sister cycling city, Vancouver BC. Vancouver, BC-based Momentum Magazine, has expanded their distribution in Portland. Editor Amy Walker says she wants to get the magazine in front of more Portland faces and to do it, they’ve contracted with the same distribution service used by the Portland Mercury. In addition to … Read more
A flyer for the PDX Bike Militia A new group known as the PDX Bike Militia has launched a service that will look to improve safety for bike riders in the city by pairing them up with “bike escorts”. In a message to the Shift email list announcing the new service, they described several examples … Read more