The annual Bike To Eugene Challenge is happening again this year! Environmental Law students at Lewis & Clark Law School - 20-30 law students - bike from Portland to Eugene on March 2, 2012 to the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC).

The Mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, gets serious about bike lanes. 

Los Angeles recently adopted a “pioneering law” to protect bicyclists from verbal and physical harassment by motorists. Should Portland follow suit?

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday passed a pioneering new law intended to protect bicyclists from harassment by motorists.

405 in Los Angeles was closed for a few days this summer for a widening project, and six bicyclists racing a JetBlue flight from Burbank to Long Beach proved the power of the pedals, beating the flight by a long shot.

See also the Oregonian’s response: where was the car?
http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/07/carmageddon_race_bikes_beat_je.html

Whose commute is faster: Cyclists, drivers or public transportation riders? OPB is conducting an unscientific experiment tomorrow in Portland. It’s a race to Amnesia Brewing from Oregon Health and Science University!

At North Portland’s Beach School, the Bike Train connects commuting with community.

An effort to develop interstate bike corridors — such as Bicycle Route Interstate 87, which would cover roughly the same ground as I-5, and Bicycle Route Interstate 95 which would shadow Highway 101 down the Oregon Coast — is getting new life.

Portland Sunday Parkways is about connecting neighborhoods and people: walkers, runners, bicyclists, seniors, adults, and children all enjoying streets filled with surprises, performers, physical activities and food – and traffic-free.  The 6-8 mile routes connect Portland’s beautiful parks and offer a chance for participants to listen to music, try other activities, such as hula hooping, or just relax and enjoy the smiling faces. (from www.portlandsundayparkways.org/)

When it’s done properly, bus rapid transit – known as BRT – ranks among the cheapest and quickest ways to cut CO2 emissions from transportation.