Historic downtown Baker City is worth checking out.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Reed College renames Bike Co-Op for Mark Angeles
Screentshot from Reed Magazine blog.
The Reed College Bike Co-Op is now named the Mark Angeles Memorial Bike Co-Op.
Mark Angeles was the 22-year-old Reed graduate who was killed in a collision while biking on SE Gladstone back in May. Angeles was an active member of the Reed community and was manager of the Co-Op.
“Mark Angeles had an enduring impact on the lives of students, staff, faculty and many others beyond Reed,” wrote Reed’s Vice President for Student Services Mark Brody in an email last week. “We miss him dearly.”
On Tuesday Angeles’ friends and family organized a memorial event and bicycle ride in his honor.
As city preps for public bike share, it weighs rules for a private competitor
Will the bikes keep circulating?
PBOT thinks it’s important that they do.
(Image: Screen grab from Spinlister video)
PBOT thinks it’s important that they do.
(Image: Screen grab from Spinlister video)
Fourth in our four-post series about bike sharing in Portland.
Portland’s prospects for a public bike share system are looking as good as they ever have. Three of the city’s five council members said Wednesday that they’re excited to back a bike share deal, and a staffer for a fourth told us the proposal “looks great so far.”
Meanwhile, a different launch still seems to be in the works: a completely private bike-sharing system, a new product scheduled to be tested here in Portland by the peer-to-peer bike rental firm Spinlister.
A challenger to Charlie Hales wheels into mayoral race
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)
The race is on.
Today Ted Wheeler announced that he wants to unseat Charlie Hales as mayor of Portland.
Four ways Portland’s new bike share plan could flop
It’s coming. Finally. But will it work?
(Renderings via City of Portland)
(Renderings via City of Portland)
Third in a four-post series today about bike sharing in Portland.
Earlier today, we wrote about why Portland’s three-year bike share delay could accidentally make its system one of the smartest in the country.
Now, let’s look at the biggest ways the system could, if approved next week, totally fail.
Long-delayed Portland bike share rose from the dead. Here’s why that might make it better
A 2011 bike share demo in Portland. The city has scrapped its 2012 plan and is rebooting with a unique set of new ideas.
(Photos: J.Maus/BikePortland unless noted)
(Photos: J.Maus/BikePortland unless noted)
Second in a four-post series today about bike sharing in Portland.
There’s a case to be made against Portland’s new bike share plan. But that’s coming in a few hours.
First, let’s consider a more interesting argument: the possibility that because of its three-year series of mishaps, Portland could wind up with a much better system than it would have without them.
Portland overhauls bike share plan, braces to launch with or without a sponsor
Next week, Portland will consider a contract to put 600 “smart bikes” like this one (from Orlando’s Juice system) on the street by next July at no cost to the city.
(Photo: City of Orlando)
(Photo: City of Orlando)
First in a four-post series today about bike sharing in Portland.
Nine years after being one of the first U.S. cities to float the concept, the City of Portland plans to announce today that it’s finally ready to launch a public bike sharing system.
The key to the plan, which would be required to launch by July 2016: the city is planning to skip a generation of bike-sharing technology and launch a system that uses “smart bikes” with built-in GPS and self-locking mechanisms. The revised system would be 20 percent smaller but about 55 percent cheaper than the one the city originally planned.
‘Fast Bikes Use Water Ave’ and other signs coming to Esplanade near OMSI
Drawing of new signs coming to the Esplanade near OMSI.
(Image from Bureau of Development Services application)
(Image from Bureau of Development Services application)
Turns out that managers of Waterfront Park aren’t the only ones who want to keep fast-moving bicycle riders away from their paths.
PBOT adding full-time staffer to help implement Vision Zero projects
(PBOT graphic)
The City of Portland is continuing on their march toward Vision Zero.
After City Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting the concept back in June and followed it up with a spirited kick-off event last month, they are now hiring a full-time staffer to help make it a reality.
The Transportation Safety Program Specialist position will pay between $59,000 and $79,000 per year depending on experience and qualifications.
Here’s the official job description from the City’s jobs page:
Police shut down notorious ‘Slabtown’ stolen bike chop shop
Inside the stolen bike chop shop that operated above Slabtown for years.
(Photos by Portland Police Bureau – Forensic Evidence Division)
(Photos by Portland Police Bureau – Forensic Evidence Division)
11 neat ideas that U.S. cities could learn from Colombian cities
Urban growth boundary, Bogotá style: rainforest on the left, Virgin Mary statue in the middle, fourth-largest city in South America on the right.
(Click to enlarge. Photos: M.Andersen unless noted)
(Click to enlarge. Photos: M.Andersen unless noted)
Second in a two-post series.
It’s a little bit dumb that urbanists in the United States talk so much about Europe but so rarely about South America.