The Italianate style Leo Adler House (now a museum) in Baker City.
Mr. Adler and his family lived here for 94 years.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Mr. Adler and his family lived here for 94 years.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Getting things started at Cycle Oregon 28
For sale at the Cycle Oregon gift shop.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
People from 46 states in America and six countries around the world have made their way to Baker City in Eastern Oregon to embark on the 28th annual Cycle Oregon ride.
There are 2,200 riders here, ranging in age from 8 to 81. Add them to the several hundred staff and volunteers and they constitute one-fourth the size of the total population of this “large” Eastern Oregon city (whose population has hovered around 10,000 for the past 100 years). Cycle Oregon has created a small, completely self-contained city at the Baker Sports Complex. The sprawling base camp is complete with a live entertainment stage, a gift shop, a bike shop, showers, and more. If the mood strikes, you can even do yoga, get an acupuncture treatment, or get a pre-ride massage.
Orange Line/Tilikum Bridge opening day open thread
Today is the Big Day. TriMet’s new Orange Line MAX and the Tilikum Crossing Bridge opens for regular service.
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New Ride Report app gives ordinary Portlanders the power to evaluate streets
A map of more stressful and less stressful bike routes,
created by Ride Report beta testers. Knock CEO
William Henderson warns that there’s not enough
data yet to draw conclusions.
(Image: Ride Report)
created by Ride Report beta testers. Knock CEO
William Henderson warns that there’s not enough
data yet to draw conclusions.
(Image: Ride Report)
Everybody who bikes in Portland has opinions about the best and worst streets to bike on. But there’s no clear way to combine those opinions into the sort of information that officials can actually use.
Enter the new mobile app that’s currently available only in Portland: Ride Report.
Launched as an iPhone app this week (with an Android version in the works), Ride Report provides an extremely simple way for users to answer a single question about each bike ride they take: Thumbs up or thumbs down?
Wonk Night focuses on pursestrings and politics of big projects (photos)
We might need a bigger venue!
Sure, we’ve got your shiny new Orange Line light rail corridor and the fancy bike/walk/bus/streetcar/light-rail-only bridge, but what’s next?
Police investigating car in north Portland hit-and-run
Screenshot of tweet by @BluTarp.
Portland Police are investigating a hit-and-run case after a woman was struck while bicycling on North Skidmore last night.
Hoping to be Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler seeks a cycling education
Wheeler took a very close look at an idea for an expansive
network of neighborhood greenways in southeast Portland
that was introduced to him by volunteer activist
Terry Dublinski-Milton.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
network of neighborhood greenways in southeast Portland
that was introduced to him by volunteer activist
Terry Dublinski-Milton.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
If you have aspirations to be mayor of Portland, you must know your way around cycling issues.
That fact was cemented yesterday when mayoral candidate Ted Wheeler sat down for a meeting with cycling advocates just one day after he officially announced his campaign. The meeting was organized by his staff several weeks ago as a simple informational session to help the current State Treasurer bone-up on bicycling.
Here’s who Wheeler met with for just over an hour at the central eastside office building of Alta Planning + Design: (Disclaimer: Alta offered to host. Wheeler’s staff asked me who should attend and I gave them a list): Terry Dublinski-Milton from SE Uplift and BikeLoudPDX; Alta Planning’s CEO Mia Birk; Ian Stude, Director, Transportation and Parking Services at Portland State University; and yours truly. (Others invited to the meeting but who were unable to attend were: Alta Planning Principal and Program Specialist Jessica Roberts; Carl Larson from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance; founder of Rosewood Bikes Matt Martin; and citizen activist Lizbon Grav.)
ODOT campaign says it loud and proud: ‘Every Intersection is a Crosswalk’
(Photo: Peter Koonce via ODOT)
Americans have become sadly accustomed to so-called “safety” campaigns that scold people for being insufficiently cautious while obeying the law.
A more sensible approach, of course, would be to help everyone understand what the law is and (if you have to scold anyone) stick to scolding people who actually break it. That’s why this new campaign from the Oregon Department of Transportation is such great news.
Weekend Event Guide: Orange Line opening, BMX, cyclocross and more
Like old-school BMX? Head up to Vancouver for a show and swap.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
This menu of delicious rides and events is brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. Their support makes BikePortland possible.
The day has finally come for the new TriMet MAX Orange Line to open in all of its glory! We’ve been riding the new paths for a while now and many of you have already ridden and/or walked the Tilikum Bridge. But Saturday is the day it opens for real.
Unfortunately I’m leaving town so I’ll miss the all the newness. I’m headed back out to Eastern Oregon (can’t seem to stay away!) for the start of Cycle Oregon. I’ll be riding all next week and reporting from the road. I’ve covered Cycle Oregon many times, but this time you can expect something different. I’m not bringing my usual camera gear so I plan to focus more on the stories and the people than I have in the past. Should be as fun and enlightening as ever.
What are your plans? Whatever you do, we hope you get out on two wheels. Enjoy the weekend!
BikePortland is 10 years old. Let’s have a party!
Can you believe we’ve survived for 10 years?
Michael and I recording our subscription
promo video a few nights ago.
(Photo by Guthrie Straw)
promo video a few nights ago.
(Photo by Guthrie Straw)
A full decade of your comments, crazy stories, controversies, tragedies, triumphs, rides, meetings… It has been one hell of a journey.
As of this morning we’ve published 11,281 Front Page stories and 307,136 comments. That’s a lot of memories!
We have so much to celebrate. Thanks in large part to your recent outpouring of support (we’re up to $16,000 and counting!), I am relieved and excited to say that BikePortland has never been stronger.
To look back at our amazing decade and start the next decade off on the right foot, please help us celebrate.
Roll on over to Velo Cult (1969 NE 42nd) on October 2nd for our 10th birthday bash.
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We’ll have a cake, food, wonderful drinks of all kinds, live music, a prize raffle, a speech or two, and a whole lot more. Bring your best and worst BikePortland memories. In the spirit of how we do things around here, everyone will be welcome to step up to the mic and share their thoughts and perspectives about our little blog.
Name tags will be provided if you want to share your username in hopes of meeting your dearly beloved comment-friends.
Oh, and what’s this I hear about a new subscription program? Show up, learn all about it, and then sign-up to help us keep BikePortland strong for another 10 years.
You are all such a huge part of what we do that I couldn’t imagine marking this milestone without you.
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BikePortland’s 10th Birthday Party
October 2nd at 6:00 pm
Velo Cult Bike Shop and Tavern (1969 NE 42nd)
Families encouraged! It’s an all-ages venue
Facebook event
Hope to see you on the 2nd!
What’s the point of bike share? This survey explains it well
A bike share demo in Portland, 2011.
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)
In the last two days, we’ve reported in detail about the new bike-sharing system that Portland finally seems poised to secure next week.
All of these operational details have prompted a lot of discussion around a simple, fundamental question that everybody (including me, when I started reporting on bike sharing four years ago) tends to struggle with. What exactly is the point of bike sharing?
The charts below should help a lot.