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• Widmer Bros. Brewery goes big for bike parking

  Rob Widmer in his company’s new bike parking facility.(Photos © J. Maus) Widmer Brothers Brewing is well-known for their Hefeweizen beer and for being one of the nation’s pioneering craft brewers. But perhaps less well known is their commitment... Posted Dec 15 2008, 08:01 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Business, Infrastructure, Bike Friendly Businesses, Bike Parking, rob widmer

• Park your bike on carfree Peacock Lane

  At some events there’s nowhere good to park.(Photo © J. Maus) Now you’ll be able to park your bike at the carfree evening planned for viewing the lights on Peacock Lane this Sunday. I reported a couple weeks ago that the neighborhood association... Posted Dec 08 2008, 01:13 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Bike Parking, bikeracker, Page Two, carfree

• First look at another new on-street bike parking design from PDOT

  New design utilizes metal posts (instead of flexible plastic bollards).(Photos © J. Maus) Continuing on their program to create more on-street bike parking facilities, the Maintenance Division of the City of Portland Office of Transportation began work... Posted Sep 25 2008, 07:17 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Bike Parking, bike corrals, on street bike parking

• Entrepreneur finds niche with temporary bike parking

  BikeRackers in action.(Photos © J. Maus) If you think it’s hard to find a bike parking spot around town, try finding one at an event (especially if it’s bike-related). Last March, a local entrepreneur set out to solve that problem and so far... Posted Sep 23 2008, 04:28 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, News, Business, Infrastructure, The Scene, Bike Parking, bikeracker

• More on bike parking from the other side of the hill

  (Photo from OregonLive.com) Portland’s new on-street bike parking corrals are the subject of an editorial in the Hillsboro Argus today (Hillsboro is about 17 miles west of Portland). In OK Bike Corral, Argus publisher Clark Gallagher shares concerns... Posted Sep 23 2008, 03:10 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Media, Infrastructure, Bike Parking, bike corrals, hillsboro

• PDOT makes the case for new on-street bike parking

  “On-street bicycle parking can provide many advantages… These advantages, which accrue to businesses and citizens, also support several city policies and objectives.”– from a PDOT press release Since some folks seem determined... Posted Sep 19 2008, 06:49 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Bike Parking

• KATU spins new bike parking into ‘bikes vs. cars’ issue

  KATU-TV has a hot story; bikes should pay to park!(Screenshot from KATU-TV video). I was afraid this might happen. With today’s big rollout of the four new on-street bike parking corrals in downtown Portland, I wondered how the local media would... Posted Sep 19 2008, 05:01 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media, Infrastructure, Bike Parking

• And then there were four; PDOT installs bike corrals downtown

  “These corrals… are intended to serve the high volume of people arriving by bicycles at these locations.”– from a PDOT media advisory about new bike parking downtown The streetscape of downtown Portland has been forever altered... Posted Sep 18 2008, 03:41 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Business, Infrastructure, Bike Parking

• First photos of new on-street bike corral downtown

  New on-street bike parking at SW 3rd and Pine.Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) As promised last week, PDOT is moving ahead quickly with their on-street bike parking program. The first of four bike corrals slated for downtown Portland has already been... Posted Sep 16 2008, 06:33 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Bike Parking

• City to unveil four new “bike corrals” downtown

  A PDOT concept drawing of new on-street bike corrals coming to downtown Portland by the end of this month.(Click to enlarge) The City of Portland Office of Transportation has chosen National Parking Day (9/19) as the date to unveil four new on-street... Posted Sep 10 2008, 01:44 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Bike Parking

• Seattle rolls out on-street bike parking

  On-street bike parking in downtown Seattle.(Photos © J. Maus) I spotted a nifty on-street bike parking facility outside of the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle (site of the Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference) yesterday. The rack not only gives needed space... Posted Sep 04 2008, 10:37 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Bike Parking

• New Alberta eatery goes big for bike parking

  While riding down NE Alberta Street yesterday I noticed a new cafe with some fantastic bike parking. (Photos © J. Maus) The place is called the Radio Room (NE 11th and Alberta) and according to a posting on Portland Food and Drink it is owned by four... Posted Aug 29 2008, 01:06 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Business, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Northeast, Bike Friendly Businesses, Bike Parking

• Portland bike parking provides lessons for New York City

  Still from video — Watch it below Streetfilms, the video-journalism arm of the New York City-based Livable Streets Network, has published a film that focuses on Portland’s signature bike parking treatments: bike oases and bike corrals. The... Posted Aug 14 2008, 09:11 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media, Infrastructure, Bike Parking

• On-street bike parking stalled by design issues

  Ethos Music Center in North Portland is awaiting an on-street bike corral(notice the paint marks on the road).(Photos © J. Maus) PDOT crews have prepped the road for the new on-street bike racks (known as a “bike corral”) in front of the non... Posted Aug 07 2008, 01:36 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Bike Parking

• Sunflowers will soon bloom on Belmont bike corrals

  Greg Raisman wants to make the bike corrals on SE Belmont a bit more pleasing to the eye.(Photos © J. Maus) By the end of this summer, sculpted sunflowers will adorn the on-street bike parking (PDOT calls them “bike corrals”) on Belmont Street... Posted May 27 2008, 01:15 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Business, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Southeast, Bike Parking