Let me ask you hard-core cyclists out there a couple questions. 1) Is your desire for fast food really strong enough to have forced Burgerville to change their drive-thru policy? 2) Isn’t it difficult to bike with a combo meal? I ask because I’m not a cyclist (my ride is too slow and uncomfortable), and […]
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Witnesses Detail Near-Fatal Bike/Car Crash
There are some interesting witness accounts contained within the now-public police request for a search warrant in the case of Wayne Conrad Thompson, the Kia Sportage driver who struck and nearly killed Portland cyclist Mike Luther two weeks ago. Conrad is currently being held in jail on charges of first and second degree assault with […]
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British Transportation Minister In Portland
British transportation minister Sadiq Khan was in Portland today, meeting with Metro Regional Council President David Bragdon to talk about Portland’s active transportation management strategies: KHAN: Checking out a bike lane opposite Metro’s headquarters on NE MLK this afternoon… Khan is a Labour Member of Parliament for Tooting—a district of South London just four miles […]
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Cyclist Hit By Car Was Uninsured Safety Advocate
One week after Portlander Mike Luther was seriously injured while biking in a parking lot off NE 122nd, his family has released a statement asking for help covering Luther’s medical costs and bringing justice to the Kia Sportage driver who allegedly backed into him while going 40 MPH in reverse. The driver, Wayne Conrad Thompson, […]
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“Did I Win?”
YES! You did win! (If by “winning” you mean “laughed at on the internet.”)
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Bike Sting!
Apparently there’s a stop-sign sting going on in Ladd’s Addition right now. Don’t get stung by the police bee—tickets are steep at 200-plus bucks.
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City Installs First Cycletrack
Portland takes another step toward becoming the Amsterdam of the West today, installing Portland’s first cycletrack downtown. Adams promised to install one of these special bike lanes in his 100 Day Plan and today he’s christening the stretch of SW Broadway near Portland State University that has cars parking on the outside of the bike […]
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NE 122nd Claims Second Serious Bike Wreck This Week
On the heels of a fatal bike-car hit and run on NE 122nd and Fremont Thursday morning, police responded to a second bike crash on NE 122nd last night. The police report reads: Friday afternoon at approximately 2:00 p.m., Portland Police Officers from East Precinct responded to the area of Northeast 122nd Avenue and Northeast […]
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BTA Walks Out On CRC Bridge Design Group
After a heated meeting of the Columbia River Crossing’s Bike/Ped Advisory Committee, it’s official—the region’s largest bicycle advocacy group, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has quit the big bridge project. The BTA spent three years working with the CRC staff on the bike path components of the $4.2 billion bridge replacing the I-5 bridge to […]
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Fatal Bike Crash was in Dangerous Intersection
Updated with cyclist’s name at 12:27 PM. The city’s third fatal car and bike crash this year occurred last night on NE 122nd. The police aren’t releasing much information about what happened, but it’s not clear whether they have much, since they arrived on the scene after 52-year-old cyclist James Neal Wagner was already dead […]
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Best Use for Memorial Coliseum
It’s been suggested that a velodrome be installed in the Memorial Coliseum. Frankly, that sounds more than a little boring. However, if the Coliseum were turned into the Northwest’s premier Indoor Synchronized Bike Riding venue, well then, that would be a whole different story. As you can see from the video below, Synchronized Indoor Bike […]
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Boston Beats Portland on Bike Sharing
The idea to provide a fleet of shared bikes in downtown Portland that would be rentable like Zipcars has seens stalls and restarts over the years. While the city is currently pondering a plan to put about 660 shared bikes on our streets, other cities are starting to seriously endanger our “America’s Best Bike City” […]