As a low-car generation rises, youth organizers step up transportation activism
Few Portlanders rely more on low-car transportation than teens. Some are getting more sophisticated in advocating for better public transit, biking and walking.
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Portland’s best (and worst) elementary schools for biking and walking
Portland seems to be edging toward its transportation goal for elementary schoolers: getting as many of them to walk or bike to school as the average American kid did in 1969.
PBOT director co-stars in Safe Routes Streetfilm
The best cure for gloominess about the progress of active transportation in Portland is Safe Routes to School.
Portlanders bike back to school (photos)
Trillium Charter School on North Interstate.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Schools in Portland are back in session as of yesterday, and that means the biking to school season is upon us once again. (That, combined with the Bike Commute Challenge and the all the regular Portland bike traffic, often makes September feel like the busiest biking … Read more
Milwaukie police join Portland bike shop to offer bikes to kids in need
A three-year-old experiment that distributes unclaimed bikes to low-income kids in Milwaukie has taken root, with the help of Milwaukie’s police and Sellwood shop The Bike Commuter.
Catching the Beach Elementary School ‘bike train’
A good sign. (Photos © J. Maus) This morning on my way to the office, a sign at the corner of North Michigan and Alberta caught my eye; it read “Beach Bike Train meet up spot – 8:30 – Join Us.” It was about 8:25, so I decided to wait around and see if anyone … Read more
A new bike in the family
Eleni’s new Batavus.(Photos © J. Maus) My seven-year old daughter Eleni is the proud owner of her first city bike; meaning it came with fenders, a rack, integrated light, and more. It wasn’t easy to find a well built kids city bike in local bike shops. Most kids bikes are just mini versions of adult … Read more
New report details safety impact of Safe Routes to School programs
Kids learn the ropes during a bike safety class in Southeast Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) The Safe Routes National Partnership has just released a new report detailing how five communities around the country — including Portland — have used Safe Routes to Schools programs to create safer walking and biking environments. Titled Safe Routes to … Read more
Juggling work, life, and three kids — by bike
Joe Hagedorn, with sons Cole and Carter.(Photos © J. Maus) [Publisher’s note: This family biking profile comes to you from our newest writer, Alaya Wyndham-Price. Stay tuned for a bike-friendly business profile and other stories from Ms. Wyndham-Price.] “We bike whenever we can,” Hau Hagedorn said. I sat with her and her husband Joe discussing … Read more
Need a transportation bike for your kid? Good options are out there
Most kids’ bikes available in the US, like these spotted at Tour de Ladd this fall, aren’t fitted out for city riding. (Photo © J. Maus) After an exhaustive search for a good city bike for my son, I have concluded that kids bikes in general are in a sorry state. Either they are poorly … Read more
Review: Bridging the independence gap with the FollowMe
[Publisher’s note: This review is by our Family Biking columnist Marion Rice. Marion’s last column explored safety and cultural issues around carrying infants by bike.] Griffin and dad test riding the FollowMe.(Photos © J. Maus)