The 10 busiest bicycling spots in Portland
BikePortland
by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
12h ago
(Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) The top 10. Why are some places more popular for bicycle users than others? How important is infrastructure versus other factors such as proximity to destinations, connectedness to other infrastructure, and so on? What’s parts of town have the most bicycling hot-spots? I’ve been poking around the 2023 City of Portland Bicycle Count Report and thought it’d be fun to share the top ten highest traffic locations. So on Sunday I grabbed my 13-year-old son and we visited all 10 locations. I got one of the spots incorrect so I had to roll over there this morning, but othe ..read more
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Comment of the Week: Tolling Schmolling
BikePortland
by Lisa Caballero (Assistant Editor)
12h ago
This week’s comment came in six days ago, in response to our short post about Governor Kotek ditching regional tolling plans. Jonathan’s post didn’t read any tea leaves or probe the deeper reasoning behind the Governor’s decision—abandoning tolling just seemed like another change flying in on the whirlwind. (Offhand, to me, it seemed one of a piece with her urban growth boundary loosening, part of her push to incentivize a market-based approach to getting more housing built—let ‘em live further away, and don’t charge ‘em for it!) WRF, who self-describes as a rare “transportation professional ..read more
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Monday Roundup: Public housing in Paris, e-bike libraries, and more
BikePortland
by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
15h ago
Welcome to the week. Even though the sun isn’t supposed to last, the good vibes are unstoppable. Here’s what our community has been talking about for the past seven days… Putting out fires: Bike advocates and shop owners are worried that a new law in San Francisco aimed at e-bike battery safety has gone too far and will snuff out more than fires. (The San Francisco Standard) A smarter warning: A new product called Copilot uses a mix of software and AI to go several steps beyond radar detection and sounds like the most advanced rear camera/light warning system on the market. (Ars Technica) $10 ..read more
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Podcast: In the Shed with Eva & Jonathan – Ep 15
BikePortland
by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
3d ago
Eva’s back from Italy! In this episode, she shares a bit about her magical time in the land of small cars, ancient roads, and wine tasting in Tuscany. Get this: Eva walked 98 miles in two weeks! That either sounds like a dream or a nightmare depending on if you have comfortable shoes. We talk about the latest Portland Bike Count report and I share the top 10 (actually 11) busiest bike intersections in the city. Eva shares her dream of operating bicycle vending machines on high traffic corridors, and then things devolved from there. We touched on tolling, freight lobbyists, my theory on what ..read more
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Participatory budgeting campaign has launched in Portland: Here’s what you need to know
BikePortland
by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
3d ago
(Jonathan Maus / BikePortland) What if you and your fellow Portlanders had a direct impact on what city funds were spent on? I’m not talking about lobbying politicians and then hoping they do what you want; I’m talking about true direct democracy where you come up with a project idea, work with your peers to flesh it out, get support for it from a vote of the people, then get it funded and implemented. That’s the promise of participatory budgeting (PB), and a local effort to have it become an official part of the city of Portland’s budget process launched on Thursday. The Community Budgeting f ..read more
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Jobs of the Week: Oregon Department of Transportation
BikePortland
by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
3d ago
Need a job? Want a better job? Just looking for a change? You are in the right place. Don’t miss these recent job announcements. Remember, you can always stay abreast of jobs as soon as they get listed by signing up for email updates. Transportation Electrification Analyst – Oregon Department of Transportation Climate Planner – Transportation Electrification (Limited Duration) – Oregon Department of Transportation For a complete list of available jobs, click here. Be the first to know about new job opportunities by signing up for our daily Job Listings email or by following @BikePortland on ..read more
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Weekend Event Guide: Goats, crows, beer, and a volcano
BikePortland
by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
3d ago
Where will the paths take you this weekend? (Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) Sun! You want it. We got it. You also want fun things to do. We got those too… Friday, March 15th Climate Curious Happy Hour – 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Upright Brewing (N)Talk about the big redevelopment of the Lloyd Center with folks in-the-know, with a focus on making sure it makes people and the planet healthier. Panel and Q&A hosted by EcoLloyd. More info here. Saturday, March 16th Beaverton Farmers Market Ride – 9:30 am at Tigard Public Library (West Side)A family-friendly ride where I can guarantee a kiddo or two and ..read more
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A few comments about sex
BikePortland
by Lisa Caballero (Assistant Editor)
3d ago
Last week Jonathan texted me that he “would really love to see more women using our comments section.” Little did he know that men and women communicating is something I, for decades, have spent a lot of time thinking about. It probably started with that 1981 Gloria Steinem piece, Men and Women Talking, and continued with the excellent 1990 book by linguist Deborah Tannen, You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. It’s a fascinating topic to me. The wrinkle of internet message boards is that most people comment anonymously, so you don’t know their sex. The structure of a Zoom ..read more
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Opinion: Actually, yes, cars are the problem
BikePortland
by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
3d ago
From a road safety protest on SE Division in December 2016. (Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) I’m still going through the recent bicycle count report published by the Portland Bureau of Transportation this week and there’s something I need to make very clear: The reason more people aren’t biking is not because of some flaw in the idea of bicycling itself or even because of any shortcomings in the network of roads, paths, and lanes that people do it on. The problem is cars. Too many cars, to be exact. And too many of them driven without regard for others. This isn’t just my opinion, it also happens ..read more
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Let’s talk about the I-5 freeway cap
BikePortland
by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
3d ago
Conceptual drawing of cap looking southwest from NE Tillamook toward the river. (Source: ODOT) Just two days after the Biden Administration announced a $450 million grant to construct highway caps above I-5 through the Rose Quarter, the advisory committee that is largely responsible for making it happen held a meeting. Members of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Historic Albina Advisory Board (HAAB) gathered on Zoom Tuesday. The group aired feedback on the grant news and watched presentations about the caps and other details from project staff. HAAB meeting on Zoom with ODOT Dire ..read more
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