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  • Introducing the BikePortland Bookstore

    Get your learn on with books about bikes (and other stuff). It’s time to get smart, and we don’t just mean using hand signals and fighting traffic tickets. Making headway against 50 plus years of car-centric policies, planning, and culture is no easy task. We need to educate ourselves. The...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008

  • B-SMaRT close calls/crash reporting tool: One month later

    This map shows were close calls and collisions have been reported with the BikePortland B-SMaRT tool.Click to enlarge(Graphic: Joe Broach). It’s been just about one month since we launched the Bike Safety and Monitoring Reporting Tool, a.k.a. B-SMaRT. The Google Maps-based tool is a new way to...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008

  • Slip slidin’ away? Check out these tips and free workshops

    This woman stays dry and visible with a poncho.(Photos © J. Maus) Monsoon season is upon us in Portland. When you jump on your bike these days, you never know what awaits you; wind, rain, leaf-strewn (and slippery) bike lanes, or all of the above (no ice yet, but that’s coming too). This time of...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-12-2008

  • Introducing B-SMART; a close call reporting tool

    Screenshot — Try it out! The new close calls map I offered a sneak peek of back in August has been launched. We’ve even come up with a snazzy acronym… B-SMART ~ the Bike Safety Monitoring and Reporting Tool In addition to filing your close call reports, this Google Maps-based tool also...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-20-2008

  • ‘Rubber to the Road’ headed to the web

    Cover of Rubber to the Road, Volume 1. Rubber To The Road is a two-volume set of guide books (first published in 1998 by David Guettler and compiled by Peter Marsh) that detail some of the Portland area’s very best road rides. It was one of the first books on biking I picked up when [...]
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-24-2008

  • Hotline helps maintain better bikeways

    This sign placed in the bike lane forced bikes into motor vehicle traffic.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in June, i was biking my normal route to the office (southbound on N. Interstate near the Rose Quarter), when I came across something appalling. It was right out of a horror movie. The view looking south...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-21-2008

  • Sneak peek at new close calls/collision reporting tool

    Screenshot of new crash and close call reporting tool.(Click to enlarge) A graduate student at Portland State University’s Center for Urban Studies has made exciting progress on a tool that will allow the community to report close calls, collisions and problem locations. The last time I mentioned...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008

  • Lawyer creates DIY toolkit for citizen prosecutions

    Lawyer Ray Thomas during a press conference earlier this month.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland lawyer Ray Thomas has released a do-it-yourself toolkit of resources and case studies meant to help anyone who seeks to bring violators of traffic laws to justice. The process, known as a “citizen initiation...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-25-2008

  • Tis the season: A bike theft primer

    This reminder brought to you by your friends at the Lloyd TMA.(Photo © J. Maus) Since summer is the peak of bike theft season, and many newbies are taking to the streets (with shiny new steeds) for the first time, I thought it was time for a bike theft prevention refresher course. The other day, while...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-24-2008

  • New Portland bike map: Bigger, better, Beaverton

    The Transportation Options division of PDOT has just printed up 30,000 new city bike maps (not to be confused with Metro’s “Bike There” map). I got a look at them first-hand today thanks to long-time Options staffer and mapping guru Jeff Smith. Jeff pointed out that for the first time...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-20-2008
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