I don’t know who needs to hear this but go ride a bike the next chance you get

Bookmark this post for the next time someone says "bike infrastructure is ableist." Dutch bike infrastructure, in the form of wide, multiuse paths, is used by countless disabled people every day. They use the same paths as bicyclists, and are safer than on our broken American sidewalks.

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

– Urban structures that don’t function without a car. – Public transportation that can’t keep up. – Bike paths that end abruptly or don’t exist at all. This isn’t a force of nature — these are political decisions that have made people car-dependent. medium.com/@Katja_Diehl...

Many people, including some bike people, tell us our bikes were too expensive and we're crazy for paying that much for them. Ope, no car payment in our home.

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202... Oooor, hear me out, we expand Biketown city-wide and drop the cost, finish the sidewalk network in the city, and complete the 2030 Bicycle Master Plan. Just my modest counter offer.

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Saving money on gas starts with smarter alternatives to owning a car. With an e-bike that can handle groceries, commutes, and school drop-offs, you can transition to a one-car family, using it for daily trips and saving thousands each year. #risinggasprices #gasprices #cargobike #ebike #SaveMoney

Moved to Portland for reasons both political and hard to explain. Fourth Place nailed the hard-to-explain part. youtu.be/U7rlGZh04Hc?... #Portland #Urbanism

Great thread…

A topic dear to my heart.

Zohran GSD-ing. This is what it's about. 💪

The mobility trend that's sweeping the nation.

"It’s hard to find a harsher testbed than NYC delivery work. If a cargo bike can survive 20-hour days hauling 300-pound loads over Manhattan potholes, it can survive your grocery runs."

Broke: The 15 minute city Woke: The 15 mph city

It's @thewaroncars.bsky.social Week in PDX! Mon @opb.org w @anomalily.net Wed @bikeportland.org HappyHour Thurs @powells.bsky.social (need $$$ ticket) plus @shift2bikes.bsky.social Thurs 5:30P bike w @contraireclaire.bsky.social from Colonel Summer's to Powell's www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

This dynamic duo is on a national media tour talking up their excellent new book that diagnoses, dissects, and debates how car-dominated places have negatively influenced our lives — and what we'd gain by living life without (or a lot fewer of) them. bikeportland.org/2025/11/06/w...

Another rider joins #TeamTern with the #TernGSD! One less car on the road means less traffic for everyone, and one step closer to a greener planet. 🌿 📷 @lafieldguide

Beautiful! Thanks @bikeportland.org for the ride vid!

Come along for a ride on SW 4th — the new bike lane in downtown Portland that has set a new standard. bikeportland.org/2025/11/03/v...

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀? 𝘞𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 +🍁𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 & 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘴. BikeLoud volunteers keep busy with our THREE bike-powered lane-cleaners but we can only do a fraction of what's needed. @pbotinfo.bsky.social Please prioritize bike lanes!

thinking about how we've had numerous bike shops close in seattle over the last few years. increasing material costs. increasing housing costs. increasing commercial rents. all lead to increasing labor costs. we need to reverse this in order to meet our climate goals. bigly.

Freshly baked, freshly delivered. 🥖 The #ShortHaul cargo bike makes deliveries easy. With a strong 140 kg (308 lb) carrying capacity, it’s perfect for hauling plenty of fresh goods while navigating the city. 🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/short-haul/bs#ShortHaul #Ebike #Tern #TernBicycles #CargoBike

Discover the hidden beauty of the world with #Orox, an adventure cargo bike built to carry you and your gear across trails, backroads, and places yet to be explored. 📷 @reizkultur.bsky.social Learn more about Orox 🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/orox-bs #Orox#tern #adventure #ebike

"When the car line is wrapping around the block, just gliding past in our little flotilla of cargo bikes. There's no way, as a parent, not to be like, 'maybe we should do that.'"

Forest trails don’t build themselves, and the #Orox helps pave the way. @reizkultur.bsky.social and the Tayside Trail Association haul rocks, tools, and supplies to build trails in the rugged woods of Perthshire, Scotland. 🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/markus-adven... 🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/orox-bs #Orox#Tern

Bike sharing — specifically the particular system of bike sharing infrastructure found in Toronto, Montreal, New York, London, and dozens of others, is a real Canadian success story. A thread 🧵

3 years #CarFree & no regrets. A short 🧵. Still saving $250/m - $9k in 3 years! Still have a car parked on our drive to use when we need via @communauto.bsky.social. It's just shared with neighbours. Still carrying same amount of stuff on my @ternbicycles.com as I did by car #NoBrainer #BikeJoy 1/

A few months ago, a friend visited me in Utrecht. As we biked around to do daily errands, she kept saying, "This is like a dream. This is like a dream." I do believe all cities the world over to soon come to their senses, limit car movement, and build a dream of safe, abundant streets for people.

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close denvergov.org/Government/A...

Portland is ... right there. It's a real place. People live in it. People can go look at it. You could call someone there right now.

You know you're now living in #Portland when you are woken up to the cheerful sounds of kiddos laughing, music pumping on a #BikeBus riding by the front of your house.❤️ I feel super lucky to have landed in this magical little spot in PDX. I feel like I found my home.

This is the moment we passed 5555 miles on the @ternbicycles.com GSD. It’s been critical infrastructure for us for just over 3 years.

One person moving in a multi-ton metal box gets $9,000, and one person moving on an efficient micromobility device gets $225. Electric cars do not solve for congestion, storage, sedentary lifestyle, injury/death due to crashes. The battery in ONE gaint electric SUV could power hundreds of e-bikes.

It's here!!! First batch only open to Portland Community College students. bikeportland.org/2025/09/25/p...

Make America Drive Again: Trump’s Campaign Against Bike Lanes is Bewildering. momentummag.com/make-america...

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Funny thing about cargo bikes… they’re sneaking into the spot where the second car used to live.

Introducing the Vektron Gen 4: The latest evolution of our ultimate folding eBike. All the freedom of a full-size ride, made to fit city living. Learn more about the Vektron Gen 4: 🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/ui9zi #Vektron #Tern #TernBikes #TernBicycles #EBikes #FoldingBike

Locked and loaded for the migration to #Portland. Hello Alberta hood peoples. Looking forward to being your neighbor! #Bikeportland

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

NEW: @bradlander.bsky.social joins us to talk political courage, from defending bike lanes early in his career to his efforts to rein in reckless drivers to his cross endorsement of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. We are thrilled to welcome Brad to The War on Cars! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

www.businessinsider.com/best-advice-... Nice to hear. It's a theme I've recently been hearing more often: that bicycling in Portland is really good. It is.

Check out the new and improvement NE Broadway 🤩 PBOT crews are working on the final touches this week. Let’s take a look at what’s completed: Paving - check Concrete pedestrian refuge islands - check New striping design - check!

Good to see mayorkwilson.bsky.social comfy in the saddle, proving again with @bikeportland.org that the bike has always been a great place to have a chat and an in-depth meeting.

Always neat stuff at the #made.bike show. Thanks always to @pathlesspedaled.bsky.social for the run-through! youtu.be/bp19IGyL_HM?...

It’s weird when Spotify thinks Beta Band is my 2023 listening… 😅

It really is wild to see the photos and images people are sharing of this billboard. All credit to the @visionzerovancouver.ca team for making this happen.

PBOT is ready for this. B-line Urban Delivery is ready for this. The Market is ready for this. Let's go! bikeportland.org/2025/08/19/t...

Summer 1987: New York City mayor Ed Koch announces a bicycle ban in midtown. Slow-ride protests led by bike messengers fought the ban, and city residents sided with the cyclists. The ban was lifted before it ever went into effect. 📷Carl Hultberg