Photo Gallery: Jenna Bikes Ride
After amassing a large following on TikTok, Jenna Phillips is connecting with fans in real life.
The Scene
The people, clubs, and culture that make up Portland’s bike scene.
No, PBOT did not permit a car photo shoot on the carfree Blumenauer Bridge
A car besmirched this hallowed ground.
TriMet seeks artists to create their next round of bus murals
From patterns etched into bus shelters to sculptures along MAX lines, TriMet has curated a public art gallery across the region.
A photo gallery of cycling Halloween costumes
I delved into our photo archives to pull out some of the best outfits we’ve seen over the years.
Friday Profile: Carfree drag queen Poison Waters
“I wouldn’t be able to spend what I spend and look the way I look if I had a monthly car payment and insurance and gas and all that crap.”
‘Thanks for riding today’ mug will debut at Breakfast on the Bridges Friday
Custom camping cup for cruising across the river.
Bikeway art fans, check out the ‘Bike to Books’ design contest winners
These fun new designs will be installed this spring.
Meet Joe Brown, the biking leather goods salesman with an adventure streak
Business from a bike trailer suits this carfree entrepreneur.
Transportation Time Machine: TriMet bike permits
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
What Portland bike advocacy looked like in 2000
Usually the only window into this chapter of Portland’s history are photos, letters, and policy documents. But I was recently pointed to a series of videos created in 2000 that give us a fun view into a much earlier era of bike advocacy. The six, thirty-second videos were created by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (now … Read more
Lovers of bikes and beans will gather for international ‘Coffee Outside’ day
To a devoted set of Portland coffee and bike lovers, Saturday mornings are set aside for riding to a local park to brew (and drink) coffee outside. This weekly event, aptly titled PDX Coffee Outside, has been a weekly local tradition for several years and it’s still going strong. And this Saturday October 1st is … Read more
One of Portland’s hottest restaurants is powered by an electric cargo bike
It’s been a beloved Mississippi Avenue centerpiece for years, but thanks to a recent feature on Netflix’s “Chef’s Table: Pizza,” Portland pizza and ice cream joint Lovely’s Fifty Fifty is even buzzier — and much busier — than usual right now. The Netflix episode focuses on restaurant owner and chef Sarah Minnick and the creative, … Read more