4/21: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. I'll post as I can and should improve day-by-day. Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
A segment that aired Tuesday night on KGW, Portland’s NBC affiliate station, got a few things wrong about bike theft in Portland. (Note: See update at end of story posted on 4/16.) The Story with Dan Haggerty spent about six minutes on the topic, framed around the assertion that the Portland Police Bureau’s Bike Theft … Read more
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Some food for thought during National Bike Month.
Labels we use influence more than you might realize.
Shovels full of gravel coming up at 11.
Stromer strikes impressive notes in their latest ad.
The ways that the shifting bike media have led, fed and followed changes in biking culture.
A tally of median home prices per neighborhood ranked by the time it takes to bike to the city center.
Major travel website thinks it’s completely normal and acceptable to run bike riders off the road.
A story posted on The Oregonian’s website earlier today seems to make a joke about very serious and potentially dangerous driving behavior.
Sorry PBA and The Oregonian, the push for new transportation revenue was never just about paving and maintenance.
Frank Warrens is not happy about the new bike lanes. A cover story in this month’s NW Examiner is stoking an old but unfortunately familiar meme: the “war on cars.” In Driving out Cars, Allan Classen, the publisher and editor of the free neighborhood newspaper, focuses on how new buffered bike lanes have impacted people … Read more