Comment of the Week: Nike’s self-inflicted recruitment challenge
Is one of the region’s most important companies turning its back on talent by locking its campus off from biking and transit?
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As Nike expands, so too could nearby biking options
A curb-protected bike lane proposed for WalkerRoad would serve Nike’s campus, but hasbeen delayed until 2019.(Image: Washington County, modified by BikePortland) Nike is planning to spend millions of dollars to build parking garages for 2,500 cars on its growing Washington County campus, but it’s not yet clear whether the sportswear giant will also be backing … Read more
Comment of the Week: Making Beaverton the country’s #1 biking suburb
Comfortable biking in suburbs arguably holds even more potential than it does in older, denser cities.
Nike bike share clogs bike parking at Beaverton Creek station
That main rack has been totally consumed, with evenings so bad that extra orange Nike bikes are either locked to the parking signs or just floating near the rack with front wheel u-locked to the frame.
Nike launches on-campus bike share system
For a thriving sportswear giant, Nike has seemed oddly unplugged from the active transportation revolution of the last decade.
Priority check: Washington County spending $21 million on Farmington ‘improvement’ project
The project is a reminder of the vast sums being spent in the region every day to speed up auto traffic at the expense of humans. Literally.
Beaverton PD launches distracted driving diversion program
New program would offer class in lieu of $110 ticket.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Beaverton Police Department wants to increase public awareness about distracted driving and especially the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. As of today, when people get stopped by Beaverton PD officers for violating Oregon’s cell phone law, they will … Read more
Slick Beaverton bike patrol van and trailer gets national award
(Photos: Beaverton Police Dept.) The City of Beaverton Police Department is proud of their bike patrol unit and they’re not afraid to show it off. The BPD announced last week that the van and trailer that houses their Bicycle Patrol Unit won second place in the 2012 Law and Order Magazine Police Vehicle Design Contest. … Read more
A chance for questions with Beaverton’s Mayor
Come ask Mayor Denny Doyle about bike access in Beaverton.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) If you missed seeing the city of Beaverton’s plans for the redesign of SW Broadway you have another chance to talk about the project with a powerful city official. Beaverton’s Mayor Denny Doyle is coming to Neighborhood Association Committee (NAC) meetings in … Read more
City of Beaverton looking for feedback on downtown redesign
SW Broadway in downtown Beaverton might soon look like this.(Conceptual rendering by the City of Beaverton)
Bike Gallery opens ‘Epic Tri Shop’ in Beaverton
Epic’s logo Hoping to get in front of a growing interest in triathlons in the Portland area, the venerable Bike Gallery has opened Epic Tri Shop, a new store located in the upper level of their existing Beaverton location. Although Epic Tri is in the same building as the Beaverton Bike Gallery, it will have … Read more
Opinion: A biased look at Beaverton’s auto dealerships
The subtitle of the article, “City planners hope for more investment in urban renewal district,” is buried under the heading “Beaverton auto sales drive city economy.” Full disclosure: I love bikes. I love riding them, talking about them, taking pictures of them, and just about anything else that involves them. I live in the suburbs … Read more
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project