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Driver kills man on a bicycle at southeast Portland homeless camp
“The speeds which people turn here is appalling.” – Sarah Heckles, Hygiene 4 All One man is dead and another man has been arrested after a collision between a driver and a bicycle rider around 3:00 am Sunday morning. Red arrow points to collision location. According to the Portland Police Bureau, 22-year-old Shane M. McKeever was driving southbound
Welcome to the week. It’s going to be a great! Let’s get started. Here are the most notable items our community came across in the past seven days: Cougar attack: Friends riding bikes together on a trail near Fall City, Washington heroically fought off a cougar that attacked a 60-year old woman. Cyclists used their bike to pin down the cougar until
There’s a new candidate for Portland City Council’s District 2 (N/NE) and you might have already heard his name. Or should say, seen his name on the side of cider cans in stores and gatherings throughout our city. After 12 years building his Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider business from his basement to his garage in the Woodlawn neighborhood, and then to
Skip to content Job Listings 7 hours 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. For a complete list of available jobs, click here. Be the first to know ab
Mingus Mapp on April 21st, 2023. (Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) Portland Transportation Commissioner Mingus Mapps wants to make one thing clear about the revenue generated from the local gas tax: it will not be spent on bike lanes. Unless you’re a bicycle rider who loves bike lanes. Then in that case, yes, revenue from the Fixing Our Streets program
Hosts Rick Potestio (center) and Jonathan Konkol (right) with the low-density building table in the foreground. (Lisa Caballero/BikePortland) Game on! Armed with only a bag of legos and a table-sized map of district properties, you and your team have a couple hours to insert 600 new residences into Portland’s historic Irvington neighborhood. The gr
Bike traffic on North Williams Avenue: May 4th, 2016. (Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) When City of Portland Transportation Planner Sean Doyle presented the 2023 PBOT bike counts at a meeting last week, he pointed to one figure in particular he feels is, “an important indicator of the quality of our bike network.” That figure was the number of women wh
This week we are highlighting a spectacular offering from Ridley bikes: The Noah Fast… The Noah Fast Disc is Ridley’s top-level aero model which has evolved from their popular and proven Noah bike, featured in the pro cycling peloton over the past few seasons. Here at Merlin you can find a variety of stunning colourways […] The post Bike of the Wee
One proposed change would carve out a different class for cargo bikes to allow them to have larger motors. (Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) The debate around electric bikes at the Oregon Legislature is heating up ahead of a work session and possible votes on Friday. As BikePortland reported last week, House Bill 4103 has split opinions among cycling a
(Jonathan Maus) Hi everyone. I’ve been out of town for the past two days, so I apologize for the tardiness of this post about tonight’s Bike Happy Hour (BHH). I don’t think we’ll have any local political candidates in the room tonight, but you never know who might show up. What I do know is that we’ll save some time on the mic to highlight the grea
A bike rider enters NE 72nd Drive at Tillamook, where they’ll be able to ride without worrying about drivers buzzing by. (Michael Mann) Location of Jersey barriers. See close-up of section circled in white below. (BikePortland) After incidents of extreme vandalism last month, Portland Bureau of Transportation crews returned to Rose City Golf Course
With my usual co-host Eva Frazier on vacation (hope Italy is amazing Eva!), I welcomed a special guest into the shed this week: Stephen Green! Stephen is a multi-talented business advocate and community builder you should probably know about if you care about the future of Portland. Why? For starters, Stephen is executive director of Business for a
Hi everyone, I’m starting the week being with family in Grants Pass (southern Oregon) today and tomorrow so this roundup will be a bit quick and short. I won’t be back in the Shed until Tuesday night, so please adjust your expectations as we settle into the week. Here are the most notable items our community came across in the past seven days: Pede
As two bills addressing e-bike regulation wind their way through the Oregon legislature, BikePortland readers responded with a slew of strong comments to last week’s article which focussed on one of them, House Bill 4103 Comments came in with a wide variety of opinion, commenter Eric even remarked, “I find it fascinating that I kind of agree with e
Veloforte’s founding belief is that everyone should have access to exceptional quality, delicious, real food to fuel their active lifestyle and endurance exercise. I have used many of their products to great effect for my rides, gym sessions and long days out hiking. They are always something to look forward to grabbing out of your […] The post Vel
Skip to content Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) 23 hours 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. For a complete list of available jobs, click here. Be
Headlines this week from Willamette Week and KATU. A truism I come back to often as I navigate frequent debates online and off is that multiple things — often conflicting things — can be true at the same time. In today’s world where public discussions are too often binary, having simultaneous multiple truths can be difficult for folks to accept. Ca
