Western Bikeworks retail store to close by end of this year
WEBSep 18, 2019 · 18. (Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland) Another large Portland bike retailer has decided to shut down its brick-and-mortar location. Western Bikeworks is set to announce today that their 10,000 square foot shop on the corner of Northwest 17th and Lovejoy will close before the end of this year. Jay Torborg, CEO of Western Bikeworks’ parent company ...
Last minute city budget amendment will consider new park on …
WEBDec 6, 2021 · The Columbia riverfront in Vancouver is light-years ahead of anything Portland has on the Willamette. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) When Commissioner Mingus Mapps brought the amendment the Portland City Council at the November 10 meeting, he spoke encouragingly about the idea of using a project designed for practical benefits — in this case, helping people cross the Willamette River ...
Biketown system now reaches from St. Johns Bridge to SE 135th …
WEBJan 20, 2022 · Are you now in the service area? Last week the Portland Bureau of Transportation made the latest expansion of Biketown official: The system is now 25% larger and boasts a service area that reaches a few blocks north of the St. Johns Bridge and east to 135th Avenue.. PBOT held a press conference at Knott Park in the Parkrose neighborhood to announce the news and they were joined by PBOT ...
Your guide to ride the Portland Winter Light Festival
WEBFeb 3, 2022 · Get your crew and hit some WLF exhibits! (Photos: Willamette Light Brigade/Amy Sakurai) Just in time to cure the long winter blues, the seventh annual Portland Winter Light Festival is here! And we’ve got the details on five group rides and three excellent custom-built routes you can do on your own.
Council moves PGE’s central eastside “Mobility Hub” forward
WEBNov 20, 2019 · By this summer there could be a new place in the central eastside where you can stop and grab lunch, surf the web, and charge your e-bike. Today at Portland City Council, plans to redevelop a 10,000 square foot parking lot on the corner of Southeast 8th and Stark into the the region’s first “Mobility Hub” were strongly supported by Mayor ...
It’s too easy to park in Portland’s “protected” bike lanes
WEBApr 23, 2021 · That means only certain types of people use the system and many others continue to be left behind. We have a lot of bike lanes in Portland. If we add more robust physical protection they can achieve their full potential — and so can our 10-year-olds. — Jonathan Maus: (503) 706-8804, @jonathan_maus on Twitter and [email protected].
PBOT’s new concrete barrels on greenways are a very big deal
WEBAug 3, 2021 · (Installations on SE Salmon and Stark. Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland) Big and heavy and intimidating (to drivers). Last week’s announcement that the Portland Bureau of Transportation will install 80 concrete barrels on neighborhood greenways is a major step forward. After taking a closer look at a few installations over the weekend, I’m convinced these additions to our traffic calming ...
Weekend Event Guide: Singing, bikepacking, art of Foster, and more
WEBMar 7, 2024 · Milwaukie to Oregon City Ride – 10:00 am at Milwaukie Station Food Cart Pod Get to know the Trolley Trail on this ride led by WeBike, whose events are for, “Women, trans, and non-binary folks, which includes, but is not limited to: trans men, trans women, cis women, agender, gender queer, gender fluid, gender nonconforming and …
A congressman’s college class that has changed Portland forever
WEBFebruary 18, 2016. 13. Congressman and former Transportation Commissioner Earl Blumenauer, left, with alumni of the city-sponsored Traffic and Transportation class. (Photos: M.Andersen/BikePortland) The one-of-a-kind free transportation class funded by the Portland Bureau of Transportation is celebrating a …
BikePortland Podcast: Transportation Journalist Ryan Packer
WEBOct 18, 2021 · In this episode I spoke to Ryan Packer, a journalist based in Seattle who covers transportation issues for The Urbanist.Their name might sound familiar, because Ryan is also BikePortland’s special correspondent on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project, or what we often refer to around here as Columbia River Crossing 2.0.. Ryan recently visited Portland, so I thought it’d be fun to sit ...