City drops 84 bike parking spaces into East Portland parking lots
Portland may have just solved a very important puzzle: how do you get bike parking into suburban-style commercial developments?
East Portland
We admit it: Our coverage over the years has skewed largely toward Portand’s central city and surrounding neighborhoods. That’s because it’s just where our reporters have lived and that’s where a lot of bike news happens.
But it doesn’t mean we’ve ignored everything east of 82nd. Not at all! We published 100s of stories on this part of the city and you can find them all below. (We’d love to cover this part of the city even more, so if you or someone you know wants to be a correspondent, please get in touch.)
PPB will host bike safety ‘fiesta’ in east Portland tomorrow (7/19)
We realize this is last minute but it’s the first we heard about it and figured it’s worth getting the word out as far and wide as possible. This could be a great way for east Portland to learn about bicycling and have some good interactions with the Portland Police Bureau. Details and flyer below.. … Read more
Gateway Green wins $1 million Metro grant
A future bike park in east Portland – Gateway Green – has won a $1 million grant from Metro.
Legislator says effort to improve 82nd Avenue is ‘really picking up steam’
State Sen. Michael Dembrow says a window of opportunity is opening for the state to make Portland’s 82nd Avenue a better place.
It’s East Portland Week on BikePortland!
BikePortland news editor Michael Andersen and I are holed up in east Portland for an entire week of perspective-shifting, new-road learning adventures. Join us.
Community groups launch multilingual survey on where transportation fixes are needed
A coalition of nonprofits and community groups has created an easy-to-use online survey to ask more Portlanders what walking, biking and public transit improvements are needed most.
State’s $1.9 million gift says it: flashing beacons are the safety tool of the moment
Two state legislators’ announcement this week that $1.9 million from the state’s general fund would pay for 18 new flashing beacons at East Portland crosswalks communicated two things about Portland streets.
New parks will improve bicycling in east Portland
If you live, work or ride in east Portland, the announcement of two new parks is very good news.
State Rep secures $3.6 million in state funding for East Portland sidewalks
State Rep. Shemia Fagan at a press conference in April.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) State Representative Shemia Fagan has delivered $3.6 million in state capital funds to build sidewalks and crosswalks in East Portland. At a press conference back in April, Rep. Fagan announced her intentions to pursue this funding, which she saw as her duty … Read more
East Portland and cycling’s “downtown culture”
Oregon State Rep. Shemia Fagan.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think out Loud radio show hosted a conversation about “the future of bicycling” yesterday. The show was set up to discuss the recent release of reports by the City Club of Portland and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Leaders from both groups were in studio … Read more
Mayor Hales restores sidewalk funding for SE 136th Ave
In a show of political force, six state lawmakers joined Mayor Hales at a press event for the SE 136th sidewalk project yesterday.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Standing on a dirt and gravel shoulder and squeezed between two parked cars, Mayor Charlie Hales announced yesterday morning that he intends to move forward with the sidewalk project … Read more
East Portland fatality puts heat on City’s paving priority – UPDATED
Streetview of where a girl was struck and killed last night by someone driving a car as she tried to cross the street. Mayor Hales and his interim PBOT Director Toby Widmer are on the hot seat this morning for their decision to make paving a higher priority than safety. The City’s budget plan to … Read more