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September 18, 2024 – BikePortland
Sep 18, 2024 · The original PDX WNBR, the one that’s happened in Portland since 2004, is an official project of Umbrella, a 501c3 nonprofit that provides financial and legal support to a host of cool things in our community — from the naked ride to Shift (host of the Bike Summer calendar), Breakfast on the Bridges, The Ladd’s 500, and so on.As the legal entity (a.k.a. fiscal sponsor) behind PDX WNBR ...
Mitchell Point Tunnel in the Gorge open to the public for first time …
Nov 11, 2024 · Take Transit: Take the Columbia Gorge Express operated by Columbia Area Transit from Gateway Transit Center, Cascade Locks or Hood River.. All Eastbound Columbia Gorge Express buses from Gateway Transit Center, Troutdale and Cascade Locks (run by CAT) will drop off at Mitchell Point on Saturday, Nov. 16.
Oregon State Parks e-bike rule change takes key step forward
Oct 10, 2024 · The State of Oregon has taken an important step toward what could be a big change to where electric bikes can ridden. On Wednesday, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) announced that the official rulemaking process has begun for where e-bikes can be used in state park properties and the Oregon Coast.
Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride will take the year off
Jun 12, 2024 · Working as an unpaid volunteer at a community bike shop here in NC, I feel for the organizers, I really do. Even paid staff get burned out. Finding the right sort of leadership is really hard, and keeping them going year after year is harder still, given collective volunteer meltdowns, constant budget woes, sudden and arbitrary non-cooperation by other staff and agencies, the weather, and ...
Aufderheide Drive finally gets its due as one of the best bike …
Nov 22, 2024 · It’s shocking it took this long but I’m happy to say Aufderheide Drive is now an official State Scenic Bikeway. As expected, at their meeting Wednesday the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission approved an application to make Aufderheide Drive, also known Forest Road 19) the 18th official Oregon Scenic Bikeway.The Scenic Bikeway program began in 2009 and this is the first new designation ...
Weekend Event Guide: Trail maintenance, Gaza solidarity, and more
Dec 5, 2024 · Adaptive Cycling Ride – 1:00 pm at Portland Saturday Market (Waterfront) Are you in need of a special bike to suit your needs? One that offers more power-assist, better balance, or other features that might be hard-to-find or understand?
Another north Portland bike shop is closing – BikePortland
Oct 14, 2024 · When Kenton Cycle Repair closes its doors for good on October 26th there will be no bike shops in north Portland west of Interstate Avenue. The closure, announced by the shop’s owner Rich Walker in an email to customers on Saturday, leaves an 18 square mile swath of our city without a bike shop.
Podcast: In The Shed Episode 33 – BikePortland
Dec 6, 2024 · Shedenizens, Thank you so much for highlighting 82nd Ave in your conversation! If it comes up again, PBOT’s bikes slowing down transit comments on 82nd aren’t about buses sharing a lane with bikes, they refer to a strawman analysis PBOT did with overbuilt protected bike lanes taking up the entire outside lanes on 82nd, and …
Portland’s new mayor Keith Wilson is steeped in transportation
Nov 7, 2024 · It’s official: Keith Wilson is Portland’s next mayor. A relative political newcomer who received just 5% of the vote when he ran for a seat on Portland City Council in 2020, he walloped his incumbent competition and will finish with about 62% of the votes.