6/25: Hello readers and friends. I recently had my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
We have several elections here in Oregon that are being closely-watched across the country, but none more so than the race for governor, in which unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson and Republican candidate Christine Drazan both stand a chance at beating Democrat Tina Kotek and ending Oregon’s decades-long streak of blue leadership. Drazan, Johnson and Kotek’s … Read more
796 people died in Oregon road collisions in the last two years, a 42 percent increase.
A bipartisan legislative committee will be chosen in a few weeks.
Plans for city action are already underway, officials said.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bud Pierce says he’s hit on an idea.
In 2016, Portland voters will vote on a local gas tax, a new mayor, a transportation commissioner and a governor.
Pressure is building for Governor Kate Brown to let him go.
Oregon’s overwhelmingly Democratic state legislature seems to be preparing to fund major freeway widenings around the Portland metro area.
Oregon’s next governor rides a tandem.
The state’s key transportation lobbyists struck a grand bargain last Thursday.
Scott Barbur had said this image pops into his head whenever he has to listen to cyclists.
