Dispatch from Izmir, Turkey, where mobility options abound
BikePortland subscriber Timur Ender recently visited family in Turkey and shares his impressions about how people get around.
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Guest post: Time to design streets with the ‘Worst Portlander’ in mind
Have we provided adequate protection?
Guest post: The death of Flint Street, one of Portland’s major bike routes
All in the name of a wider I-5.
Guest post: Embracing fear (and tips to feel it less often)
I’m tired of being told to be safe/ride safe/stay safe.
Guest post: My day as a Portland Public Schools bus driver
A dispatch from Brock the school bus driver.
Guest article: Why I perservere on the west side’s mean streets
It’s nerve-wracking out there, but it sure beats driving.
Guest article: Want safer streets? Ask for them
Maybe we’re asking the wrong people and, perhaps, the wrong questions.
Why are they so angry? (A guest essay)
Guest contributor Sarah Gilbert delves into anger out on the road and her personal way of dealing with it.
Guest Article: An update from ODOT on the Historic Columbia River Highway
The Historic Columbia River Highway is a bicycling gem. And it just keeps getting better.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) This guest article was written by ODOT’s Region 1 Transit and Active Transportation Liaison Jessica Horning and ODOT’s Historic Columbia River Highway project coordinator Kristen Stallman. The Historic Columbia River Highway is one of Oregon’s most popular … Read more
Guest Article: Urban mountain biking in Portland – What it could be
Typical “flow” singletrack on the Beginner Trail inLebanon Hills.(Photo used with permission ofDakota County Parks, Minnesota) This article is written by Joshua Rebannack. Joshua contacted me after he read our recent coverage of mountain biking in Forest Park. As a way of helping Portland see a different vision for urban, off-road bicycling access, Joshua wanted … Read more
Guest Article: PBOT must guarantee sidewalk funding
The street outside Morgan Maynard-Cook’s house. This article was written by Steve Bozzone, Vice-President of the Oregon Walks board of directors. — Recently sidewalks and crosswalks are on everyone’s radar, but for a tragic reason. In a part of Portland that has precious few of either, 5-year old Morgan Maynard-Cook was struck down last week … Read more
Guest Article: Life on a Former Future Freeway
Riding on SE 52nd Ave., along the route once slated for a major freeway and which is now planned to become part of the 50s Bikeway.(Photo © J. Maus)