I read a lot about barriers to bicycling and what can be done to lower them. Add new bike lanes. Create low-traffic, connecting bike routes that actually lead to where people might want to go. Add secure bike racks at transit stops. Make roads feel safer somehow. Ideas abound for…
This isn’t explicitly bike related, but I’ve been thinking a lot about equity lately. In part, it’s because of a post over at BikePortland, the blog for bike-related news and thoughts here, that describes a newly-created position in the Portland Bureau of Transportation: an Equity and Inclusion Manager. As I write…
I know, I know, it feels like spring in Portland, not winter, but I’m going with the technical definition here:) Either way, I’ll be co-leading another Cycle Wild trip in a few weeks — March 14-15 — to Battle Ground Lake State Park, and you should come! (Battle Ground Lake.…
Saturday! Valentine’s day! I’d planned to spend the day biking, since I thought I would ride the Oregon Randonneurs’ 200k route. But when I looked at the route they had planned, I noticed it was an out-and-back on many roads that I’ve already ridden on a bunch, and I was…