🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
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“You ain’t gonna get Pedalpalooza in Tulsa-frickin’-Oklahoma.”–Tulsa resident Paul Tay, who’s currently visiting Portland Paul Tay, from Tulsa Oklahoma, is a great example of how you can’t judge someone’s character by their style of commenting on a blog. Some of you might recall Paul as a frequent BikePortland.org commenter that goes by the annoyingly self-promotional … Read more
The “Street Fight” presentation at the Carfree Conference taking place at Portland State University through Friday.(Photos © J. Maus) With 840,000 motor vehicles entering into New York City’s central business district each day, New York City has its share of challenges in creating livable, safe and people-friendly streets. But thanks to a burgeoning collaborative effort … Read more
Gil Penalosa at the Carfree Cities Conference.(Photos © J. Maus) During his inspiring keynote speech at the Carfree Conference yesterday, Gil Penalosa gave Portlanders a lot to think about. Penalosa is the former Commissioner of Parks, Sport, and Recreation for the city of Bogota, Colombia. During his tenure, he transformed that city (population 7 million) … Read more
The Sprockettes Dance Party Ride leaves the PSU Park Blocks at 6:00 tonight!(Photo © J. Maus) Below is a list of Pedalpalooza events for Wednesday (6/18). More information at Pedalpalooza.org. Bike to Skate Oaks Park, Rose Quarter fountain Take Trimet (1 center court) 5:00pm – 9:00pm Meet at the Rose Quarter at 5pm leave at … Read more
The scene here at City Hall tonight is on fire… literally.(Photos © J. Maus)
In his speech addressing an international crowd at the Carfree Cities Conference, League of American Bicyclists executive director Andy Clarke announced that his organization will launch a Bicycle Friendly Business program. In his address, Clarke also said the League plans to release the initial rankings of their recently launched Bicycle Friendly States program in September. … Read more
Hard at work in a street redesign workshop.Photo Gallery(Photos © J. Maus) After depaving a former parking lot in North Portland yesterday, the Towards Carfree Cities Conference marched on this morning at Portland State University. The first half of the program dealt with two topics of major interest to urban planners (and anyone interested in … Read more
[Submitted by Ashley Mitchell. More on Cycle Seen at CycleSeen.org] More photos(Photo: Rachel Siegel) Around 40 folks met up at Stumptown Roasters on Division this past Saturday around 10am. An early start, we checked out the art, drank some coffee and then headed to A Better Cycle to view the Ghost Bike installation and Bike … Read more
Racing on Mississippi Street was only part of an amazing day for bikes in Portland.Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) I realize it’s already Tuesday and there are new events to cover and rides to join, but I can’t resist sharing some photos, video and a few thoughts about a Saturday I’ll always remember. It started … Read more
See the Sprockettes (shown here at Cirque du Cycling on Saturday) perform at City Hall.(Photo © J. Maus) Pedalpalooza is in full swing! Below is a listing of events for Tuesday (6/17). The highlight is the free, public day of the Towards Carfree Cities Conference. Tuesday’s Program highlights include: a panel on the defeat of … Read more
Former parking lot soon to be garden.(Photos © J. Maus) With car use in decline across the country, millions of urban acreage currently devoted to parking them will soon go fallow. What to do with all those parking lots? Depave them! The International Towards Carfree Cities conference kicked off this morning with a depaving event … Read more
Just a small part of the massive crowd.More photosWatch video below(Photos © J. Maus) A massive crowd — which some estimate at well over 2,000 riders — took part in the Naked Ride through downtown Portland on Saturday night (technically Sunday morning). As we made our way from the Northwest Industrial Area to downtown (via … Read more