Whew, that was a whirlwind two and a half hours of public testimony on the 2030 Bike Plan. The whole blow by blow of the hearing is here, but the takeaway message is that City Council is leaning strongly in favor of approving the plan and digging up funding. Well, at least that’s exactly what […]
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Liveblogging the Council 2030 Bike Plan Vote
Roughly 150 Portlanders rally for Council to adopt, fund and build the 2030 Bike Plan. City Council chambers are standing-room only this afternoon as the five commissioners discuss whether to approve the 2030 Bike Plan, which spells out 700 miles of bike lanes for the city to build over the next two decades and aims […]
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Portland Business Alliance Supportive, but Critical of Bike Plan
Only one hour until the big 1:30 pm BUILD IT bike plan rally at City Hall and our old friends the Portland Business Alliance (PBA) have chimed in with their official stance on the city plan to boost bike ridership: “generally supportive” but “concerned about specifics.” The PBA submitted six page letter (pdf) to the […]
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Portland’s 10,000th Soup-by-Bike Delivery
When Patrick wrote about upstart business SoupCycle in October 2008, it wasn’t clear whether the plan to deliver soup by bike weekly around Portland was genius or doomed. But, hey! Good news! The little business celebrated its 10,000th soup delivery today, dropping off a plastic container of “Democratic Republic of Peanut Chicken” to a nondescript […]
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Reasons Why the O’s Bike Plan Article Pisses Me Off
I was going to very articulately rip Joseph Rose and the Oregonian a new one after I saw their front page article headlined, “Portland Bike Plan goes before City Council, but can the city afford it?” But then Jonathan Maus at BikePortland.org posted such an effective, line-by-line takedown of this bullshit anti-bike pandering that I’ll […]
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Poyourow To Leave BTA?
Rumors are swirling that the lead local advocate for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance will soon announce her resignation—possibly over the next week. Poyorouw at the opening of the Trimet Green Line last September Michelle Poyourow joined the BTA in 2006 and during those three and a half years has become the public face of the […]
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Bike Shop Broken into Before its Opening Day
Tom Daly made this helpful mock-up of the break-in at his new shop. Chalk up another point toward Portland’s reputation as a bike thief capital: our fair city’s newest bike repair shop has been ripped off even before its opening day. Tom Daly worked for the past year as a manager at Joe Bike, saving […]
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Portland Tweed Ride!
Over 150 people braved the drizzle on Saturday morning for the 1st Annual Portland Tweed Ride. Even local designer Adam Arnold (sporting a wild, white Mozart wig) turned up to judge the dapper fashions. The ride veered from tea in Overlook park to a picnic lunch in Laurelhurst Park. The lesson learned: Portland cleans up […]
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A 5-Day Bike Vacation in Portland
Writer Willie Weir of Adventure Cyclist magazine makes his living loading up his panniers and touring exotic locales like Africa by bike. But for his most recent vacation, he and his wife spent five days just biking around Portland, camping in backyards and exploring Forest Park. The article is a geared toward Portland newbies and […]
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Hmm. This Seems Downright Lazy.
Here is the illustration our former art director made to accompany an article I wrote back in November about lack of funding for the 2030 Bike Plan. Here is the illustration that WW ran today with an article about lack of funding for the 2030 Bike Plan. Whoops. (Though kudos to their Ben Franklin for […]
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BTA on City Bike Plan: BUILD IT!
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and friends this morning kicked off their campaign to get City Council to not only adopt the 2030 Bike Plan but actually build it. Poyourow to Portland: Build for bikes! “Most transportation plans are adopted and then they go on a shelf and are forgotten,” BTA advocate Michelle Poyourow told […]
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Tweed, Trees, Strippers & Pinball: 4 Awesome Winter Bike Rides!
It’s that time of year where I’m the slowest cyclist on the road. While the roadies and hardcore commuters zip past me through the rain, I’ve been longing for summer and the return of beater bikes and laid-back rides. Luckily, there’s some high quality bike fun on the horizon for the end of January. The […]