(Image: Autoliv Inc.) According to an article published on Tuesday by Reuters’ Amsterdam news bureau, the Dutch Cycling Federation is calling on political leaders to urge the automobile industry to begin installing airbags on the hoods of cars. The story reports that,
This sticker will be placed on the back and side of all trucks in the City of Portland’s Maintenance Operations fleet.(Photo: PDOT) The City of Portland is making good on a promise to lead the way in an effort to improve bike and truck safety. Today, they announced an event that will give people an … Read more
Bikes navigate streetcar tracks near South Waterfront.(Photos © J. Maus) With Portland’s streetcar plans heating up, and a recent TriMet bus/bike collision that claimed the life of a Beaverton boy, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) wants to know more about your experiences and comfort level when biking around transit. The BTA, in partnership with the … Read more
The City of Portland’s Bureau of Maintenance is pushing forward to improve bike/truck safety.
At tonight’s meeting of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee, PDOT Project Manager Rich Newlands unveiled the marketing materials intended to educate Portlanders about the new bike boxes coming this spring. Here is the centerpiece design of their “Get Behind It. The Bike Box: Portland’s new green space” campaign:
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
First, vandals hit the I-205 bike path, making off with metal and copper from light fixtures. Now, someone has set off an improvised explosive device (IED). From Oregon City News: Authorities are searching for the person or people responsible for setting off an improvised explosive device (IED) on a bicycle path that runs parallel to … Read more
Daniel Johnson hopes his pothole art gets noticed.(Photos: Heather Andrews) Over the weekend, Portland’s roads got a little safer thanks to a bit of effort and a bag (or two) of chalk. Daniel Johnson (in photo) and Heather Andrews took to the streets over the weekend to literally draw attention to potholes and other road … Read more
Freshly installed bike lanes and bike boxes in New York City.(Photo by Clarence Eckerson) For years, several U.S. cities have dabbled in an intersection treatment that is ubiquitous in many European cities: the bike box. Unfortunately, most of these boxes, including the one in Southeast Portland, have been more of a forgotten experiment than a … Read more
(Photo © Jonathan Maus) A month ago, I shared the Portland Water Bureau’s proactive plan to reduce the risk of collisions between their vehicles and bikes around their Interstate Avenue facility. The policy was made official on Tuesday when Water Bureau administrator David Shaff sent the following email to all employees: As a result of … Read more
Late Sunday night a man was assaulted while riding his bike along the bike/ped path on the west side of the river, just north of the Morrison Bridge. The rider, who goes by the name of Felix, reports that he was returning to his home in Southeast Portland after a Zoobomb run when he was … Read more
ODOT reports that vandals have “ripped apart” lighting fixtures on the I-205 bike path. Here are more details from ODOT’s Shelli Romero: