Eva Frazier and Jonathan Maus are back with another fun and illuminating weekly chat. This week: Eva shared her experience leading a vigil and meeting the mother of Damon Cousins, who was killed while bicycling on October 21st in northeast Portland. We talk a little about the election and my intention to lean into local. I share my experience at Ma…

We need more butts on bikes! It's a big problem that folks aren't seeing our bike lanes full of happy people cycling. Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus) get into how we can get folks to stop driving so much and several other topics in this week's episode. The "How'd She Get There?" segment is all about NoPo and Kelley Point Park. And Eva and I share…

*Note: The audio on this episode sounds different than usual because I'm exploring wireless mics to make the chats in The Shed more comfortable. Thanks for your patience as I iron out various audio/visual issues in our new recording space!* Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus) are back on our Friday thing. I tried to stump Eva with a route and we had …

Welcome to Ballot Banter! A new series where we talk about each city council district (and the Mayor's race) in depth with me, your BikePortland Podcast host Jonathan Maus, and a special guest. For District 3, I welcomed none other than author, CEO, bike planner, and community leader Mia Birk into the Shed. Mia put Portland on the map as a cycling …

Welcome to Ballot Banter! A new series of episodes where we talk about each city council district (and the Mayor's race) in depth with me, your BikePortland Podcast host Jonathan Maus, and a special guest. For District 2, I invited business owner and cycling advocate Kiel Johnson into the Shed to talk about this intriguing district. We recorded thi…

BikePortland Editor & Publisher Jonathan Maus and former bike shop owner and cycling advocate Eva Frazier talk the latest news and random bits of banter in this weekly show. Note that this is our first-ever episode recorded to video as well, so if you'd like the video version go see it on our BikePortland YouTube channel or watch it in your podcast…

Welcome to Ballot Banter! A new series of episodes where we talk about each city council district (and the Mayor's race!) in depth with me, your BikePortland Podcast host Jonathan Maus, and a special guest. For District 4, I invited Lisa Caballero into the Shed to dish and debate about this intriguing district. We recorded this episode October 17th…

Liv Osthus (also known as Viva Las Vegas) has surprised a lot of people with her campaign for mayor of Portland. She's a single mom, an author, a speaker, a singer, and she's held her current job as a professional stripper for the past 28 years. In this interview she ranks her mayoral candidates, shares more about why she believes now is the right …

Hope you've had a great week. Eva just rolled away and we had a good ol' time chatting it up for this week's In The Shed episode. Check (mostly) all the fun stuff we mentioned in the links below. Cool solo art exhibition Eva saw at Director Park: Orquidia Violeta - Chalecos Protector Exhibition How'd She Get There?! segment: Eva's route from North …

Terrence Hayes wants to represent east Portland on city council (District 1). Some of you might know him as the guy who wrote that email to supporters titled, "Portland's war on cars." After that happened, I knew I wanted to sit down and chat with Terrence. I think you'll enjoy our conversation. It touched on his views about bicycling advocacy in P…

So good to be back the the Shed. Eva and I were up to old tricks with a wide-ranging chat about everything from riding bikes naked to Portland's new WNBA team. Here's a list of most of the stuff we touched on that I jotted down while I edited this episode: Eva's trade show scheme World Naked Bike Ride (drama here, 20th anniversary photo gallery) Co…

Learn more information about the CCC's dire financial situation in this interview with Executive Director Ruben Alvarado. Ruben was hired in July and didn't realize how bad things were until he'd taken the job. Now he's going all-in on a "Save the CCC" fundraiser and says if the storied, 30-year-old nonprofit doesn't raise $349,000 by the end of th…

Don't miss all the latest banter between BikePortland founder & editor Jonathan Maus (hi, that's me!) and BikeLoud PDX board member and retired bike shop owner Eva Frazier. Here are just some of the tangents we explored... Hating on planes and "freeways in the sky"... and are trains even eco-friendly? My trip to California and cul-de-sac life lamen…

Was great having former BikePortland staffer and now Portland Mercury reporter Taylor Griggs join Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus). This episode is chock full of great stuff. Fake bike lane citations - Underdesigned bike lanes - a green ribbon bike network - riding to Troutdale for ice cream - exercise and e-bikes - portland tennis courterly - pra…

Maria Sipin joined me in the shed this week (Eva Frazier is out of town). Maria is a transportation planner and community organizer with a long and impressive resume as a volunteer and agency staffer. She's currently the campaign manager for Portland City Council D4 (W/Sellwood) candidate Mitch Green, and in the past she's been a planner at Oregon …

Michelle DePass wants to represent District 2, which encompasses all of north and parts of northeast Portland. She currently works for the City's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and has served on the Portland Public School board since 2019 — first as chair and currently as vice-chair. She wants to bring her experiences fighting for racial and…

Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus) are back with another bit of banter from The BikePortland Shed. Learn how Eva's Garden Bike Tour in the heat wave turned out, what I thought of Bike Play, why I'll miss all the Bike Summer rides this weekend (basketball!), what happened on City Cast PDX podcast today, why someone is really mad at Thursday Night Rid…

WTH did Commissioner Mapps say? Why does Jonathan always have a different coach in the Shed? How's Eva's Spanish class going and what is she doing to prevent insects from destroying her backyard cherry crop? Bleeps and Bloops and what now? What happened to that guy who was protesting BikePortland at Bike Happy Hour this past week? You'll find the a…

Marshall Runkel is a Portland city hall veteran who has worked for three former city commissioners, most recently Commissioner Chloe Eudaly. He announced his bid for Portland mayor last week and visited the BikePortland Shed for his first in-depth interview on Friday, June 14th. Marshall and BikePortland Founder/Editor/Publisher Jonathan Maus talke…

In the Shed and chill with retired bike shop owner and BikeLoud PDX Board Member Eva Frazier and I — BikePortland publisher and me editor Jonathan Maus. We had a wonderful chat and I debuted our first News Quiz. Eva shared about her cross-town box truck adventure, we talked about the big stories of the past week, Eva's ride downtown for First Thurs…

Marnie Glickman thinks she has the recipe for progressive political success in Portland. Glickman is a leading candidate for City Council District 2 (North/Northeast) and met up with her Tuesday for a bike ride and an interview to learn more about what we can expect if she's elected. Glickman has lived in Portland off-and-on since 1992 when she pai…

Happy Friday and Welcome back to The Shed. Retired bike shop co-owner and BikeLoud PDX Board Member Eva Frazier and I (BikePortland Publisher & Editor Jonathan Maus) had a wonderful chat and I can't wait to share it with you. Here's what we talked about: That awful bumpy section on NE Tillamook between Rodney and MLK. How I keep track of so many me…

Megan Ramey is doing so many cool things to make bicycling better in Hood River it was hard to decide on just one way to introduce her when we connected for an online interview this past Thursday. The main hat she wears is Safe Routes to School program manager for Hood River County. But if you’ve followed her on X or Instagram, you’ll know she’s up…

Eva Frazier and I (BikePortland Publisher & Editor Jonathan Maus) are back after a one-month hiatus. Here are links to some of the stuff you'll hear about on this week's show: Joshua and his amazing worldwide bike tour - @ukodus.8 on IG Shawn Granton of Urban Adventure League Bike overnights and touring stories Bike buses in Portland PPB bike squad…

With me (BikePortland founder and publisher Jonathan Maus) being unexpectedly away from Portland for two weeks helping my dad in the hospital (he'll be fine), my In the Shed co-host Eva Frazier got antsy and decided to record a conversation with our friends Armando Luna and Shawne Martinez. This trio packs a whollop of bike fun between them and thi…

This is a recording from the Places for People: A Conversation with CityNerd event that took place April 9th at the Aladdin Theater in Portland. The event was the 2024 Ann Niles Active Transportation Lecture sponsored by Portland State University Transportation Research and Education Center. PSU Professor, noted researcher and TREC Director Jennife…

Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus) are back on our regular schedule. Yay! This was a really fun episode and it's the perfect listen for the weekend. There's even sound effects of sandhill cranes. Here's a taste of what we talked about: PDX Sidewalk Joy map Eva's report from her trip to Nebraska to see sandhill crane migration Bike Happy Hour Anniver…

I met up with Portland City Council (D4) candidate Chad Lykins in Hillsdale today and we biked around southwest. In this episode you'll hear an interview-by-bike as we survey various bits of bike infrastructure and make several stops along the way. We talk about a lot more than just bike stuff! At a stop at a Safe Rest Village we talk about housing…

Bend, Oregon-based nonprofit Dirty Freehub has become one of the best route resources on the web with its over 300 detailed ride guides. Its founder, Linda English talked to BikePortland founder Jonathan Maus about why she created the site over a decade ago, what Dirty Freehub offers, and the cool projects she's working on to make it even better. I…

Sellwood neighborhood resident Eli Arnold is running for Portland City Council District 4 (Sellwood, Eastmoreland, West of Willamette). His day job is a Portland Police Officer on the Central City Bike Squad. He and BikePortland founder Jonathan Maus talked about a wide range of issues, including: His experience on the bike squad. Why he started a …

In this episode: Eva's wife's Robitussin-induced fever dream. What is Eva's favorite place to ride? Albina Vision Trust and the highway caps. Eva's idea to charge property tax for on-street parking spots. Sunday Parkways: The good, the bad, and the should. Weekend lanes and automated bollards are the Next Big Thing. Our big ideas for that sweet, sw…

Eva's back from Italy! She shares a bit about her magical time in the land of small cars, ancient roads, and wine tasting in Tuscany. Get this: Eva walked 98 miles in two weeks. That either sounds like a dream or a nightmare depending on if you have comfortable shoes. We talk about the latest Portland Bike Count report and I share the top 10 (actua…

Let's talk about a new way to allocate resources for Portland. Maria Sipin is working with the Community Budgeting for All campaign and they just launched a petition drive to get participatory budgeting (PB) on the November 2024 ballot in Portland. They want to take 2% of the city's General Fund (about $15.6 million) and put it in the hands of ever…

Few people in Portland know more about our city's bicycle parking policy than Chris Smith. In this conversation he shares a brief history of the issue and then explains why recent efforts by leaders in both Portland and Salem have rolled back recent bike parking code requirements. In this episode, you'll learn about the development of Portland's bi…

Former BikePortland News Editor Michael Andersen returns! I have such fond memories of working with Michael. We broke lots of new ground as a "bike blog" together, we launched our subscription program, we won two awards from the Society of Professional Journalists together. OK, I'll stop. Now Michael is the senior researcher and transportation lead…

Sarah Risser is working on a project to erect memorial signs at the location of every fatal traffic crash in Portland. In this interview, she talks about that project and shares the story about how a 2019 car crash where she survived but her teenager son didn't, radicalized her into the world of road safety activism. Link: Article by Sarah for Grap…

Nat West is known as "Reverend Nat", the name of the successful cider business he built over the past 12 years. Now a part-time TriMet bus driver, West wants to represent City Council District 2 (N/NE) on Portland's new 12-member city council. In this episode, we talked about: All the bikes Nat has owned throughout his life. His adventures collecti…

With regular co-host Eva Frazier on vacation (have fun in Italy Eva!), I (Jonathan Maus) welcomed a guest into the shed the week: Business for a Better Portland (BBPDX) Exec Director and founder of Pitch Black, Stephen Green. Stephen is an amazing dude who truly "gets it" when it comes to building community that makes Portland better. In this episo…

Keith Wilson is a trucking company CEO, homeless services nonprofit founder, and a lifelong Portlander who grew up poor in north Portland. He came to Bike Happy Hour on February 14th, so I gave him a mic and let him share his stump speech. Afterward, I asked him a few questions and then did some Q&A with the crowd. In this episode, you'll get to kn…

This episode features Salmonberry Trail Foundation Executive Director Caroline Fitchett, who shares an introduction to what she calls, "the most difficult and most ambitious rail to trail project in the nation." The Salmonberry would connect Washington County (just west of Portland) with the Oregon Coast via an 82-mile, carfree trail open to bicycl…

Don't miss this week's fun chat with BikePortland Founder/Editor/Publisher Jonathan Maus and BikeLoud PDX Board Member (and former co-owner of Clever Cycles bike shop) Eva Frazier. Here's just a taste of what you'll hear about this episode: Reflections on our attendance at the Jason Ruhmshottel ghost bike installation event BikeLoud's Squeaky Wheel…

Timur Ender is a leading candidate for Portland City Council District 1 (East). He invited me on a 12-mile bike ride around his district to show me projects he helped implement in his previous job at the Portland Bureau of Transportation, to share why he's running for city council, and to explain his vision for how transportation infrastructure can…

Jonathan and Eva did it again! Don't miss this week's fun chat. Here's just a taste of what you'll hear about this episode: Office hours chat with City Council candidate Chris Flanary (D3-SE) Bike parking and access at Belmont Public Library remodel Everyone in Portland is running (as in, jogging) right now and we should enlist them in the war on c…

Eva Frazier and Jonathan Maus are back. This episode was recorded January 26th in the BikePortland Shed in the beautiful Piedmont neighborhood of north Portland as rain tapped on the roof and Eva dried out from her ride over. As per usual, we had a fun chat about a wide range of stuff: New Bike Fun app in development by Aaron Corsi We have the tech…

Note: This episode was recorded as a video and I'm trying something new by just sharing it here on the pod as well. I'm in the middle of tweaking some of my work-flows so I can create things more efficiently and share more voices from our community on our various platforms. - Roo (real name is Ruandy) is a community advocate who works to increase a…

Eva Frazier and Jonathan Maus are back. This episode was recorded January 19th in the BikePortland Shed, as we just barely began to thaw from the Big Deep Freeze of the past week. As per usual, we had a fun chat about a wide range of stuff: The Deep Freeze of 2024 Why are people still on the roads? Eva brought me an amazing beer she and a friend ma…

BikePortland's Jonathan Maus sits down in The Shed with Jesse Cornett to learn more about this intriguing candidate. Cornett worked with US Senator Bernie Sanders for two years, including one as his personal assistant. He's also held leadership positions at local nonprofits, was head of government relations for Portland State University, and was on…

We're back! Here's what we talked about in #8. How to say my last name (Maus, like paws but with an "m") Cargo Bike Webinar with Eva and friends coming Feb 4th. Eva wore spandex, a puffy, and clicky shoes on a long bike ride... and there's proof! Brentwood-Darlington project I hosted the first-ever BikePortland Office Hours, and a guy named Matt sh…

North Portland resident Perrin Smith has done something extraordinary. In a quest that was part of his life for nearly three years, he walked every single street and alleyway in the City of Portland. That's about 2,100 miles of pavement, gravel, grass, mud, and sidewalks. In this episode, BikePortland's Jonathan Maus sits down with Smith in The She…

Last Wednesday Glencoe Bike Bus leader was assaulted by a driver who was outraged that he had to drive behind Rob and a group of kids biking to school. I know, right?! Who does that? In this episode, Jonathan Maus and Rob talk about what happened on SE 61st & Burnside, and more importantly, how Rob de-escalated the situation. You'll learn what goes…