Let’s build it! Portland’s Protected Bike Lane Design Guide is finally ...
Oct 15, 2021 · At long last, Portland has an official guidebook to build out its protected bike lane network. If you're feeling a bit of déjà vu, that's because we excitedly shared this same news back in June of 2018. But for some reason, after it came …
Meet the guy who circumnavigated Portland’s urban growth …
Sep 24, 2024 · Jonathan: The usual places hear about the urban growth boundary are pretty wonky urban planning, you know, Metro regional government kind of spaces — not bike route spaces. So are you into urban planning? Is that part of the interest for you? Linus: I am interested in the policy that informs the lived reality that we’re in. I feel like Oregon in particular, it’s progressive environmental ...
MADE bike show returns to Portland in August – BikePortland
Jul 24, 2024 · Last year MADE brought around 200 exhibitors to the cavernous, 100,000-square foot former shipbuilding warehouse and in so doing set a new standard for handmade bike shows and cemented Portland’s status as a cycling epicenter.
Three families who bike to fight climate change – BikePortland
Sep 26, 2024 · The climate is heating up the family biking trend. Our original “why” for biking as a family was that we don’t want our kids to live in a climate change hellscape, so we ought to act like part of the solution by riding our bikes rather than driving.
Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride will take the year off
Jun 12, 2024 · Working as an unpaid volunteer at a community bike shop here in NC, I feel for the organizers, I really do. Even paid staff get burned out. Finding the right sort of leadership is really hard, and keeping them going year after year is harder still, given collective volunteer meltdowns, constant budget woes, sudden and arbitrary non-cooperation by other staff and agencies, the weather, and ...
Portland’s official city bike map is now digital and interactive
Aug 1, 2017 · Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) Founder of BikePortland (in 2005). Father of three. North Portlander. Basketball lover. Car driver. If you have questions or feedback about this site or my work, contact me via email at [email protected], or phone/text at 503 …
An epic, carfree, Portland to Seattle, multimodal adventure
Jul 21, 2022 · Waiting for a bike-free bus. Union Station in Portland. Art by Sonya Ishii in a Link station. Overgrown trail recommended by Google Maps en route to Mukilteo Ferry. Downtown Seattle bikeway. The alarm clock on my phone buzzed and made chirping sounds as I rubbed my eyes. It was 5:00
PBOT 'bike lane hardening' effort will replace plastic with concrete
Aug 14, 2024 · Geller’s comments last night prove PBOT is finally ready to build more serious cycling infrastructure. He says the bureau will put about $500,000 per year to the effort to harden its 20.5 lane miles of protected bike lanes with concrete curbs*.
People on Bikes: 44th annual Seattle to Portland ride
Jul 16, 2023 · People on Bikes is a series where we share portraits of people riding. See more from this series in the archives.. 5,500 people biked into Portland this weekend for the 44th annual Seattle to Portland ride. STP, as it’s known by locals, is such an institution around here it’s almost a rite of passage.
Biketown 2.0 is here and the electric bike share era has begun
Sep 9, 2020 · It's a big day for Portland's transportation system. Last night the transportation bureau flipped the switch on a long-awaited Biketown expansion. The Biketown app is now fully upgraded and 500 electric bikes are ready to be rented and currently spread over the expanded, 32 square-mile servic