Portland Transport

Category: Bikes

  • Report from the Go Plantinum Kick-off

    The biknoscienti gathered in force last night for a double-header event at the downtown Bike Gallery store. The Trek Portland was publicly unveiled and the City’s campaign to attain Platinum cycling status was formally kicked off. It was announced that the first “Portland” was going to Congressman Earl Blumenaur (at Trek’s insistance). Earl then insisted…

  • Abject Pandering: Portland Transport Table at Alice

    BTA’s annual Alice B. Toeclips awards are coming up on March 4th (5:30 PM at the Oregon Convention Center). And yours truly is a nominee (blush). I’d like to see if we can organize a Portland Transport table at the event. Not because I want a rooting section (but that’s OK too), but because one…

  • Updated: 9 Points to Platinum

    Sam and Earl will unveil their 9-point plan to get Portland to Platinum Cycling status at an event Thursday evening (7PM) at the downtown Bike Gallery store (SW 10th and Salmon). See you there. Update Feb 1st: Here are the nine points in the plan to be announced tomorrow: Nine-Part Strategy: 1.Significant enhancement of Portland’s…

  • KBOO Bike Show: The TriMet Squeeze

    Have you heard about the cyclist who blocked a TriMet bus and was punched by a rider who was let off the bus? Probably you have because it was front page news in the Oregonian. Well, the issue has really blown up. People have all sorts of opinions on the incident, but now they are…

  • Portland Outlasts Davis in One Category

    We were all a bit stung when Davis, CA became the first Platinum cycling city in the U.S. I’m happy to say we’ve bested them in one category. I remarked a few months ago about the fact that Davis’ bike radio program, Bike Talk, was available via podcast while our own estimable KBOO Bike Show…