“The hope is that if enough people can show that this issue has also affected them, then the Portland Police and Multnomah County District Attorney’s office will… take appropriate, safe legal action.”— Mark Ginsberg, lawyer The alleged vehicular harassment of people riding bicycles by a resident of NW Rock Creek Road near Skyline Blvd continues … Read more
This map, created by PSU researchers in September 2009, shows bikeway network gaps. Areas with green outlines have high minority populations.(From Equity Gap Analysis of Portland’s draft Bicycle Master Plan – PDF)
Photo taken last night on N. Williams south of Hancock.(Photo: Andrew N.) What would help prevent people from parking cars in bike lanes? The problem as I see it, isn’t that people are simply jerks and don’t care about blocking a lane of travel that is reserved for the use of non-motorized vehicles — it’s … Read more
“Alcohol use leads to a host of unsafe bicycling practices, increased head and brain injuries, and costs to the cyclist and community.”— From the conclusion of a January 2010 study published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine A story reported by the Associated Press today underscores an issue I’ve had in my story queue for … Read more