In 2017, Portland's ABC affiliate station @KATUNews had BP editor/publisher @Jonathan_Maus on their "Your Voice, Your Vote" interview show to talk about Oregon's (just passed) $15 tax on new bikes. The host asked "What abt people who say cyclists don't pay for roads?"

Here's a video version of the story about PBOT removing some concrete "Slow Street" planters

bikeportland.org/2024/07/30/con…

Street trees that create a perfect shady canopy for on-street bike parking in front of a bar. This is peak portland summer.  🌳🚲

Solar-powered, covered bike parking at the new PPS Multiple Pathways to Graduation bldg on NE 16th and Glisan 😲👀

Looks like @portlandgeneral plans to close the Springwater Corridor at SE Ivon (northern entrance) for 5 days - Aug 5-9 from 8am to 4 pm. Sign sent in by reader. No formal statement w more details yet. PGE Says they'll get back to me later today.

stay tuned.

Looks like @PBOTinfo has deployed a new fleet of scooters. They say it’s a soft launch with “big news” and full details coming in a few weeks.

Bike Happy Hour week 67 💕💯🫶😁😎

Any Steel Bridge upper deck riders out there?

Do you take the sidewalk or do you share the lane with car drivers? I explore both options in this video...

PBOT: Annual cost to maintain/operate public street plaza could ranges from $20,000 to $35,000 per year, not including staff time. And it's no longer an option for biz owners to foot bill. That is one of PBOT spox responses just shared in update to post.

bikeportland.org/2024/07/22/deb…

“We look forward to having an open dialogue w the community to identify the location that best serves Kenton. .. every situation is different, and it can be difficult to find a way to be fair to everyone about the use of public space.”- @PBOTinfo

bikeportland.org/2024/07/18/ken…

Reader sent in this photo of @PBOTinfo crews cutting back overgrown vegetation on NE 33rd south of Marine Dr this morning. Very good to know our reported concerns were taken seriously!

bikeportland.org/2024/07/08/the…

Curious what "Bike Play" is? This video will help.

Also: Its second performance starts in a few hours at Wilshire Park (Fri, 7/12 at 7pm)! (It runs through Sunday). More details on Shift calendar shift2bikes.org/calendar/event…

We might not have an "8-80" bikeway network yet, but Bike Happy Hour is already there! Love when folks bring their kids. Glad I brought water balloons and squirt guns!

Another wonderful Bike Happy Hour last night. Our 66th straight week of community gatherings! We moved over to the shade of the Ankeny Rd 🌈 plaza, welcomed a bunch of first-timers, tossed water balloons w kiddos, & enjoyed the company of others. 💯☀️😁😎

Yes we will gather for Bike Happy Hour this afternoon. Yes it will be warm. We have AC at Gorges & can move across street to Ankeny Tap if needed. Bring squirt guns, fans, & suit for post-even swim!
🔫💦🪭🩱🩳😎☀️

3-6 pm
Weds, 7/10
Gorges Beer Co patio - Rainbow Road Plaza

When it comes to heat-related delays on MAX light rail, it's all about catenary wires, weights, and pantographs

bikeportland.org/2024/07/09/ten…

View the full gallery here - bikeportland.org/2024/07/09/a-l…

Despite three days of record-breaking heat, many Portlanders continued to bike as normal. I was pleasantly surprised at how many people were out riding at the peak of the heat wave on Tuesday.

Called this overgrown vegetation into @PBOTinfo today and heard back a few minutes later that it has been added to the brush clearing crew's list.

Last night was historic for local bike advocacy. Worked w @bikeloudpdx to bring 27 city council candidates (including 3 mayoral hopefuls) to Bike Happy Hour where they were split into 4 teams & tasked to fix a flat tire together.

This is what democracy looks like! 👊🚲🙏

Here's our family biking columnist Shannon Johnson on why a cargo trike is a great fit for her family.

Sometimes, three wheels are better than two!

If you saw about 60 people biking through your alley in the Piedmont or Boise neighborhoods Sunday, here's what they were doing 🤣

And the last one from Bike Happy Hour last night... District 2 city council candidate Chris Olson

City Council district 3 candidate Jesse Cornett at Bike Happy Hour last night

Portland City Council District 4 candidate Mitch Green at Bike Happy Hour last night

And here's mayoral hopeful Marshall Runkel and his now infamous tiger story from Bike Happy Hour last night. 😲 🐅🐅🐯🤣

"I am a bike advocate in a big way. To really bring back bike share, we have to invest in infrastructure by doing basic blocking and tackling. And that's maintenance." - Portland mayoral candidate Keith Wilson w a 🏈🚲🏈🚲🏈 reference at Bike Happy Hour last night 👀

Just updated post with a short video from my visit to the shop

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See you later today! ☀️🍟😎🎤

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Just FYI, looks like @PBOTinfo got the camera fixed. Steel Bridge path is open as of right now, 12:50 pm on Tues June 17th

Many of our readers are frustrated and disappointed w @PBOTinfo for an extended, indefinite closure of the Steel Bridge bike path due to an equipment failure issue

bikeportland.org/2024/06/17/pbo…

The @SundayParkways in northeast was fantastic! Stress-free carfree streets, lots of wonderful people, local small business vendors, live music... Here's a video that gives you a taste of what you might have missed.

Here's the trailer -

It's actually, technically the Bleeps and Bloops ride, not the Bloops and Bleeps ride. Anyways... it's really about the sounds, so I made video for this one that you should totally watch with sound on 🔊🔊🎶🎵🎹🎹🎶👂👂

A wonderful night on the patio. Thanks to everyone who came out to Bike Happy Hour! 🫶☀️💯👊🏼

And here's the video for a different flavor. Also posted to our YouTube channel, which I'm sure you're subscribed to by now, right? youtu.be/02yzvMX9H48?si…

On Monday, @PortlandPolice announced they caught and arrested the "gun vandal" who was shooting out @PBOTinfo red light/speeding cameras

Bkgrnd story:
bikeportland.org/2024/06/07/pol…

There's also a video version of the story ⬇️

Bike Happy Hour was so incredible last night had to make a video to capture it all.

We had a record 5 city council candidates join us (4 of them gave short speeches) and the @pedalpalooza Ride for a Free Palestine met up at the end, so the crowd swelled.

Bike Summer + Bike Happy Hour = 💯🚲🌞❤️🌈🤯😁

Ankeny Rainbow Road Plaza is the place to be on Wednesdays!!!

Thanks @PBOTinfo and local businesses (Ankeny Tap & Gorges Beer Co) for creating these great public spaces.

Here's video of the exchange between @olsonforpdx and Mayor @tedwheeler

Don’t miss our fun video from last night’s Bike Summer @pedalpalooza Kickoff Ride!

Portland streets at their best. 😲🤯🔥

What a massive turnout at the @pedalpalooza kickoff ride!!!

What a fantastic crowd for Bike Happy Hour!! Thanks for coming out tonight everyone. Loved all the neato shirts 👚👕

Here's a short video and audio clip from the Marnie Glickman interview.

Listen to the full interview in the player on our blog, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Bill Walton loved bicycling and pedaled till the end.

He rode to practice. He wrote, “Bill Walton’s Total Book of Bicycling,” in 1985. He led a mass bike ride from Memorial Coliseum to Sunday Parkways downtown in 2019.

A legend in every sense of the word.

📸 @Jonathan_Maus

So much fun at the first ever Bike Summer @pedalpalooza Merch Pickup Party last night! 🎉💯 😎I talked to event director Meghan Sinnott, official artist Nia Musiba, and a few ride leaders. Bike Summer is going to be a-ma-zing this year.

Another milestone for Portland's bike bus movement was reached yesterday when @PBOTinfo Director Millicent Williams and City Traffic Engineer Wendy Cawley both joined the Abernethy Bike Bus.

Another wonderful night on the patio at Bike Happy Hour! ☀️🫶💯

ICYMI over on Instagram, here's a video introducing you to the new Ch'ak Ch'ak Trail on @PortOfPortland land in Troutdale along Columbia/Sandy rivers that is slated for a public opening in a few weeks. 👀

Tobias Read (on right in blue shirt riding over a bridge in north Portland in 2014) has won the Democrat nomination for Oregon Secretary of State
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