Enjoy Your Guilty Pleasures… It’s Mardi Gras!
Ah, Mardi Gras. A time for masks, dancing, parades, and enjoying sweet, guilty pleasures. Historically, Mardi Gras was a time for celebrating the good things in life before enduring lent (That [...]
Citi Bank: Replacing the NY Taxi with Bicycles.
When you think of New York City, there are usually a set of images that come to mind. The Statue of Liberty, Central Park, 80s saxophone solos, traffic jams, and yellow taxis stuck in said jams. [...]
Changing Old Rails into New Trails
In the 1800s, we in the United States were experiencing a train craze like no other. Trains could move people and products across vast distances. Transcontinental railways could get you all the [...]
Cartathlon IV: Return of the Food Cart Extravaganza!
Portland is pretty lucky for a number of reasons: We have some great parks, friendly people, innovative thinking, and some of the best foot carts in the world. Portland Pedal Power has the good [...]
Opening the Roads with Sunday Parkways!
That’s right, folks! Sunday Parkways is coming back for 2014! I don’t think I have to tell you Portland Pedal Power gets excited when events like this come around. Anything that means [...]
The Great Snopocalypse of 2014 has Finally Ended!
Unless you were living under a rock, you may have noticed we got a little bit of snow over the weekend. And by a little snow, I mean the most snow Portland has witnessed in February since 1993. [...]
New Parks for East Portland!
There’s an old Greek proverb which still rings true today: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” What better place to find [...]