Prozanski has a point, but his bill specifically calls out Class 3 e-bikes, which by law do not have throttles and must be ...

Safety stops work: The wild success of the “bicycle safety stop” — aka Idaho Stop — is a shining example of how we need to ...

Where would our community be without an independent, reliable and respected voice for cycling and transportation? One that covers breaking news, helps foster productive dialogue, amplifies the work of ...

In this episode (YouTube version below), I sat down in the Shed with veteran Portland bike fun purveyor and artist Shawn Granton. Shawn has been involved with the ...

Words and images by Sarah Risser. Risser was a guest on the BikePortland Podcast back in March. 2023 was a devastating, record-setting year for road fatalities in Portland. 69 people were violently ...

Every year, members of the Metro’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT), an august group that includes mayors, commissioners, and top agency leaders, fly to Washington D.C. for a ...

A controversial bill that seeks to ban Class 3 electric bikes from bike lanes and bike paths isn’t the only e-bike bill filed by Oregon lawmakers in the new legislative session. House Representative ...

Portland City Council will establish their first-ever set of policy committees at their meeting on Wednesday. Based on documents posted to the council agenda today, there will be eight committees with ...

Late last night after their first-ever evening meeting, Portland City Council confirmed membership of the policy committees that will drive discussions around eight key topic areas. The council also ...

Slowly but surely, Portland is changing its tune when it comes to enforcement of driving rules and behaviors. In just a few short years we’ve gone from a frosty relationship between the Portland ...

5,000 bikes could be funded through the program.

When Shawn Granton mentioned a BikePortland comment during our interview last week, I was amazed that he remembered something written 17 years ago. Yes, Shawn never forgot that time in 2008 when ...