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
Lenny Anderson, shown here at the dedication of a biking and walking path on Swan Island in 2010, is retiring.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Lenny Anderson, one of the most outspoken and effective transportation advocates in Portland, officially announced his retirement this morning. Lenny had served as the executive director of the Swan Island Business Association … Read more
Leave it to the logistics experts at Daimler to calculate that human-powered machines make good sense on the floor of a truck factory.
The driver of a pickup truck whose illegal right turn led to a bike/truck crash last Wednesday has been cited for two traffic violations typically associated with $695 in fines, Portland police said Tuesday.
Curtis Crothers, 53, suffered eight broken ribs, a broken scapula, a punctured lung, internal bleeding, a dislocated shoulder and 24 hours in intensive care.
The Cement Road with Fremont Bridge in the background..(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) There’s a renewed effort afoot that could result in something most observers thought would never happen: legal public access to the “Cement Road” that runs through Union Pacific’s Albina Yards along the Willamette River between Swan Island and the Fremont Bridge. Union Pacific … Read more
A large crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of a bike shelter at Daimler Trucks HQ this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Daimler Trucks North America, a commercial truck manufacturer based on Swan Island, celebrated a decidedly non-motorized achievement this morning: They opened a bike parking shelter near the main entrance of their corporate headquarters. The … Read more
The Waud Bluff Trail is finally open for business.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
This is where the candidates will debate economic development on Wednesday.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland The issue of bicycling on and around Swan Island is enjoying a major surge lately and it could take center stage during a debate on Wednesday between mayoral hopefuls Jefferson Smith and Charlie Hales. The topic of the debate is “the … Read more
Drawing of the future Waud Bluff Trail, which could open as early as spring 2012.– Download PDF –
The new bike rack at the Daimler Trucks North America headquarters on Swan Island.(Photo: Daimler Trucks North America)
The great news we reported last month is now official: The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) announced yesterday that they’ve received $2.96 million from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for two projects that will vastly improve biking and walking conditions in North and East Portland. The Portland projects are two out of 27 that … Read more
Detail from PBOT grant application for Going to the River project. Dotted lines show locations of new bikeways to be constructed.(Full size image here)