A how-to guide for the ultimate carfree Crater Lake rim ride
A how-to guide for getting the most of a carfree Crater Lake rim ride.
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After carfree success, Crater Lake National Park officials make it an annual event
Reader Sally Hunt and a friend took full advantage of a carfree Rim Drive back in June. After the resounding success of its first-ever carfree weekend this past June, Crater Lake officials now plan to make it an annual event. And, as a bonus, they’ll host another carfree weekend next month. Travel Oregon is set … Read more
Check out PBOT’s new carfree section of NE Klickitat Street
This is the new and improved NE Klickitat Street between 23rd and 24th. It’s the latest from PBOT as part of their ongoing development of the neighborhood greenway network.(Photo: Craig Harlow)
Crater Lake’s Rim Drive will be carfree for first time this weekend only
In a nod to bicycling and walking, this weekend cars, trucks, buses, RVs and all motorized transportation will be prohibited from Crater Lake’s Rim Drive.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Reader Story: How I survived auto amputation
Allison and her husband Michael.(Photo: Allison Sliter) [This story was submitted by BikePortland reader Allison Sliter.] A couple years back I lost some weight. A lot of weight, actually. I lost about 1500 lbs when my 1980 Honda Accord was donated to NPR. I had been dabbling in the carfree lifestyle for years. Leaving my … Read more
Impressions, photos of carfree SW Ankeny
With the entire roadway roped off, foot traffic (and the occasional person on a bike) crowds onto the SW Ankeny sidewalk.(Photos © J. Maus)
Enjoy a nearly carfree NW Cornell Road this weekend – Updated
Thanks to a PBOT construction project this weekend, the citizens of Portland will have a rare opportunity to enjoy NW Cornell Road through the West Hills with very little to no motor vehicle traffic.
First look: SW Ankeny is now carfree
PBOT has installed a bike corral to deter vehicles from SW Ankeny between 2nd and 3rd Aves.(Photos © J. Maus)
City of Portland poised to make carfree Ankeny Street a reality
One block of SW Ankeny will be carfree for four months starting in June.(Photo © J. Maus) The Oregonian reported yesterday that the Portland Bureau of Transportation has worked with business owners to negotiate a permit that will make SW Ankeny Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues carfree from June 21st to October 21st. This … Read more
Holladay St project: From carfree to… compromised?
Already half-way taken up by a MAX line, a few parking spaces is all that stands between an excellent east-west bikeway on Holladay.(Photos © J. Maus) If you’ve been paying attention you know that the City of Portland is coming up against considerable opposition in their quest to make even modest improvements to bicycle access … Read more
PBOT director in full support of carfree SW Ankeny
Carfree SW Ankeny, as seen during a special event in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus) Director of PBOT Tom Miller told us today that he supports making a block of SW Ankeny Street carfree. Miller said he met with business owner Dustin Knox yesterday and the two, “sketched out a potential pathway to success.” Knox owns … Read more
Downtown businesses push for carfree SW Ankeny street
Business owners want this to be the norm on SW Ankeny Street, shown here during an event in 2006.(Photo © J. Maus)