Portlanders killed while biking in Napa, California
The couple loved to ride bikes and travel.
rural roads
Portland man killed by truck driver while biking on rural road
Police say the rider fell over prior to being hit.
Car passenger attempts knife attack on man biking in rural Washington County
Video shows license plate; but car is unregistered.
Love riding gravel? Meet Washington County’s unpaved road “Kahuna” Dan Morgan
He fought against paving rural roads. And won.
Letter to the Editor: Trouble in Corbett
Riding near Corbett is beautiful; but some locals would rather you didn’t.(Photo © J. Maus) A recent reader email shared an important perspective from another front in the battle for bike safety on rural roads. If you thought these issues were limited to Portland’s West Hills, rural Washington County, and Sauvie Island — think again. … Read more
Residents, riders come together on Skyline Blvd to discuss road safety
People who live and ride on and around Skyline Blvd in the hills above downtown Portland aired concerns about sharing the roads in a meeting Tuesday night.(Photos © J. Maus)
Tomorrow: Legal, law enforcement experts to join rural road safety forum
Traffic on Skyline Blvd.(Photo © J. Maus) Tomorrow night the Skyline Ridge neighborhood association is hosting a community forum to discuss rural road safety issues. Safely sharing high-speed, narrow, and winding rural roads like Skyline Blvd has been an issue for years; but back in August, the issue reached a boiling point when it became … Read more
Forum will discuss passing law, Skyline Blvd traffic safety issues
Traffic on Skyline Blvd.(Photo © J. Maus) Residents around Skyline Blvd have scheduled a community forum next month to discuss road safety issues. Hostilities between road users on narrow, winding rural roads like Skyline (and its many offshoots) got a lot of attention back in August when a local email list lit up with allegations … Read more
Been harassed on Rock Creek Road? Lawyer says to take action
“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
A rural road claims another victim
I hate to write this, but yet another cyclist has been involved in a serious crash with a motor vehicle on a rural road in Washington County. This time it happened in North Plains near Glencoe Road and Highway 26. This is a very popular cycling route and one I have ridden many times myself. … Read more