Mark Gorton – Rethinking the Automobile


I recently traveled to the Oregon Active Transportation Summit in Salem, Oregon.  I was so inspired by the keynote presentation Beyond the Automobile by Mark Gorton (which I happened to videotape) that I wrote a commentary piece for The Oregonian in hopes that I could help spread Gorton’s liveable streets message beyond the choir and also to connect it to the local transportation policy debates around the Columbia River Crossing and free parking in Portland.

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Live from the Oregon Scenic Bikeway Conference

We are streaming live from the Scenic Bikeway Conference in Salem. Tune in to learn about Oregon’s Scenic Bikeways, including the Old West , Blue Mountain Century, Grande Tour, Twin Bridges, McKenzie Pass, Sisters to Smith Rocks, Metolius Loops, Covered Bridges, Willamette Valley, as well as the proposed Tualatin Valley and Madras Mountain Loop bikeways. Click here for full schedule.

Coast Hills Classic Among Nation’s Top Spring Rides


Congratulations to our friends at Bike Newport for having their Coast Hills Classic MTB race highlighted by Active.comRegistration is now open for the May 5 event, and there’s $1,500 in prizes up for grabs. If you missed it last year, it was epic. If you raced it, you know! Want to get a taste? Check out this video we made at last year’s event.