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  • Man dies from collision on Highway 18 during Reach the Beach ride
    Oregon State Police survey the scene. Dayley's bike can be seen in the upper right. 65-year old Camas, Washington resident Steven Dayley was bicycling along the same route as the Reach the Beach ride on Saturday when he was struck from behind by a man driving a pickup. Dayley died from his injuries...
  • Electronic bicycle counter coming to Hawthorne Bridge
    A bicycle counter similar to this one will be installed on the Hawthorne Bridge later this summer.(Photo: Eco-Counter) At long last, Portland is set to install an electronic bicycle counter. The new tool, which will be placed on the Hawthorne Bridge, will provide a daily and annual, ongoing count of...
  • The Monday Roundup
    L.A. got some major attention in the NY Times. Here's the top news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week... - Sightline takes a look at why women don't ride bikes to work more often and finds the reasons are more complex - and sometimes simpler - than many people think. - Already...
  • Portland reclaims #1 spot in Bicycling Mag rankings
    Back on top where we belong. Bicycling Magazine has just released their 2012 Bike-Friendly Cities rankings and Portland sits atop the heap once again. Portland was ranked #2 in 2010, which was the last time the rankings came out. Prior to that Portland had earned the top spot every year since 1995....
  • Hundreds gather to remember Kathryn Rickson
    The corner of SW 3rd and Madison filled with people who came together to remember Wednesday's tragedy.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Less than 48 hours after Kathryn Rickson lost her life while bicycling on SW Madison Avenue in downtown Portland, well over 200 people came together to grieve and to...
  • BTA, community call for action in light of downtown tragedy
    The BTA wants to make guards like these (installed on Water Bureau trucks in 2008 in response to a fatal collision) mandatory.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland With the death of Kathryn Rickson still fresh on the minds of many (the community will gather at the intersection tonight at 5:30 pm), there is...
  • Racing on the Volcano: Mount Tabor's 60th Season
    Then and now on Mt. Tabor.(Photo L: James Mason/Photo R © J. Maus/BikePortland) This coming Saturday, May 20th, kicks off an astonishing 60th year of bike racing in Southeast Portland's Mount Tabor Park. The 1.3 mile circuit around the city's dormant volcano has played a prominent role in Portland's...
  • Follow-up on NE Multnomah project: Now open for public comment
    Detail from PBOT drawings of proposed changes on NE Multnomah St. On Wednesday I shared a look at what PBOT plans to do on NE Multnomah as part of a project to re-configure that key east-west connector through the Lloyd District. NE Multnomah is poised for major residential and retail development,...

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