BikePortland Podcast

Brandon Mullen has spent 12 years working in city and regional government: Now he wants to enter the political ring. Mullen is running for Portland City Council District 3 (SE). His expansive platform reflects his urban planning and transportation experience, as well as stints managing projects for City of Portland and Metro. Brandon rolled over to The Shed yesterday and we had an expansive conver...

A Simple Machine is more than just a film, it’s a deeply Portland project that brings our beautiful city and the humble bicycle to the big screen while presenting important and relevant themes that many of us can relate to. I recently sat down in The Shed with Evan P. Schneider, who wrote the book, A Simple Machine, Like the Lever (Propeller Books) that inspired the film; and Mark Alan Hoffman, th...

In this episode I talked with Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) Executive Director Chuck Kenlan. OBRA just wrapped up their annual meeting and the 2026 racing season kicked off last weekend. I asked Chuck about: the health of bike racing in Oregon, some of the big and exciting races, how OBRA remains an inclusive and welcoming organization, how their transgender participation policy has cha...

The Oregon Legislature passed a bill in the 2026 session, House Bill 4007, that changes several laws around e-bikes and things like e-scooters, e-skateboards, one-wheels, e-unicycles, and more. For the first time, Oregon law defines "powered micromobility device." HB 4007 also lowered the legal age for riding a Class 1 (no throttle, 20 mph max speed) e-bike from 16 to 14 and the bill makes it ille...

Tom is running for one of the three District 3 seats on Portland City Council. He's a community organizer who founded Asian American Town, a platform that supported Asian American makers, entrepreneurs and small business owners. In this interview with BikePortland Editor & Publisher Jonathan Maus, Tom shares his views on transportation-related topics like: bike lanes on Sandy Blvd., where to p...

Portland-based economist, co-founder of No More Freeways, and publisher of City Observatory Joe Cortright talks about the massive new cost estimate for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program in this interview with BikePortland's Jonathan Maus. Links Joe's blog post with all the details Video of this interview on YouTube Willamette Week story Joint Interim Committee on Transportation Oversight 1...

Very excited to share this episode with the two leading generals in the War on Cars, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon. They joined us at Bike Happy Hour last night during their visit to Portland to promote their new book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. Sarah is a writer and former editor at Streetsblog and Doug is a bike advocate extraordinaire who joined with...

Abdulrahman "Abe" Alkhamees is the man behind The Paperclip, which I've followed for years on Instagram for his excellent photography and profiles of riders and framebuilders. Abe's latest project is a square-bound magazine. He stopped by the Shed with a copy to tell me about his inspiration, what stories made the cut, and more. We also talked about his inspiration and background. Pre-orders for t...

Two years ago this week I was in Manhattan covering the Vision Zero Cities conference hosted by the great nonprofit Transportation Alternatives. At a panel discussion titled, Supersized SUVs, Mega Trucks, and Regulatory Failure, one of the speakers made me sit up and take notice: He railed against feckless leadership that wouldn't improve bus service, critiqued the "war on cars," called for higher...

1000 Friends of Oregon Transportation Policy Manager Cassie Wilson has worked for over a year as a leader with the  Move Oregon Forward  coalition in hopes of passing a transportation bill that goes beyond freeway expansion megaprojects and continues the march toward better transit, bicycling, and walking conditions statewide. As someone who's been in the trenches on this effort for more...

Portland road safety advocate Sarah Risser (Bike Loud, PBOT Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Families for Safe Streets) and I talk about the pros and cons of blaming individuals over the system when it comes to traffic crashes. This conversation was inspired by a social media post when I scolded a driver for causing a bad wreck. Sarah then suggested I watch a video about Safety Science from Transpor...

We're back! Eva Frazier joined me (BikePortland founder and editor Jonathan Maus) for our 40th episode of "In the Shed," the show where we chat about whatever comes to mind. In this episode we touched on a bunch of good stuff: The Reign of Taco Ride The wonder of Portland's neighborhood greenway network Why runners and cyclists should get together The Portland Biking Renaissance (and why Mayor Wil...

In this episode I share 16 short interviews with folks I bumped into at the MADE Bike Show on Friday, August 22nd. The show runs through this weekend, so you should totally go check it out if you're hearing this any time before August 25th! Sit back and enjoy fun chats with: Mike Smith, co-founder of No. 22 Bicycle Co Natalie Peet, bikepacking racer repping Slow Southern Steel Gary Fisher, MTB ico...

It's all anyone in the local bike and transportation scene has been talking about for the past two weeks — a plan hatched by an opaque city office to remove diverters on two neighborhood greenways in northwest Portland under the guise of making it easier for police to patrol the area. In this episode, BikePortland founder, publisher, and editor Jonathan Maus welcomes community advocate and former...

Welcome to the Shed! In this episode, we talk about: Eva's trip to Bend PPS School Board elections All about Ainsworth (Eva got menaced) and what PBOT has in store for an upgrade PBOT's new bicycle marketing effort How to counter people who say, "But not everyone can ride a bike." Reasons for optimism at City Hall City budget stuff State transportation package update and cap and trade. Bike Summer...

Co-hosts Jonathan Maus and Eva Frazier are back with another fun chat about all things bikes and Portland. In this episode, Eva and I talk about: My recent total knee replacement surgery Cycle Oregon Block Party Bike Summer for newbies and veterans Why we need wildlife cameras but for Portland cyclists Recent Portland City Council debates Why it's time for Portland to empower citizen volunteers to...

Rob Galanakis wants Portland Public Schools to see the forest and not just the trees outside classroom windows. His campaign for a seat on the PPS Board leans heavily on the idea that PPS goes about its business largely with its head in the sand while solutions to many problems can be found in the streets just beyond school grounds. Galanakis, a co-founder of  BikeBusPDX  and software co...

A few days ago I sat down with Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos to have a conversation about policing and transportation. Avalos, who represents an area east of I-205 including Lents in southeast and the Portland Airport, is a first time member of city council, but she's no stranger to local politics. She was chair of the Citizen Review Committee, where she served for six years and became a...

We're back! Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus) talked about all sorts of good stuff in this episode... from politics around I-5 Rose Quarter project to why the state's bike tax is so annoying. Here's a handy outline and links to stuff we talked about: Bike shop banter: My new Metropolis Cycle tie-dye t-shirt, latest shop closures. Thoughts on the I-5 Rose Quarter vote at Metro Council and why I'm d...

This Saturday, March 8th, Dave Guettler will celebrate the 30th anniversary of River City Bicycles, the business he started in 1995. In this conversation he shares stories about his early years in the bike industry, how and why he moved to Portland to open his dream shop, and much more. Host: Jonathan Maus. Recorded on March 4th in the BikePortland Shed in north Portland. Links: Video: River City'...

Eva Frazier (former bike shop co-owner and now chair of nonprofit Bike Loud PDX) and Jonathan Maus (BikePortland publisher & editor) are back for another fun chat. Eva shares that she's working with a group of folks to bring back the Bike Commute Challenge/Bike Month festivities, I share about my recent visit to the newly reopened Kenton Cycle Repair, we had a visit from my cat "Tito," and muc...

A special Thursday edition, since I'll (Jonathan Maus) be gone tomorrow! Such a fun chat with the wonderful Eva Frazier. Here's a taste of what we touched on this episode: Update on BikeLoud's Bike Buddy program (they hired someone!) Route finding from NE 156th and Halsey to Bike Happy Hour Trump coming into office and what it means locally The need for more events to build a more resilient commun...

I (BikePortland editor Jonathan Maus) caught up with Joshua Force, a former Portlander who's now 15,000 or so miles into what he calls the Worldwide Bike Ride. He joined me from Quito, Ecuador and I asked him about how he adjusts to so many new places, what it's like creating his really cool puzzles and writings on the road, where he got his inspiration for the ride, why he loads most all his weig...

In this episode, I (BikePortland Editor & Publisher Jonathan Maus) sat down in the Shed with veteran Portland bike fun purveyor and artist Shawn Granton. Shawn has been involved with the local bike seen since 2002 and has created art for many rides and events over the years. A former comic illustrator published in Momentum and Bicycle Times magazines, Shawn is the author of the Urban Adventure...

Brock Dittus from the Sprocket Podcast joined Eva Frazier and Jonathan Maus for the first episode of 2025! The conversation ranged from cycling on Sauvie Island to the popular "How'd she get there?" segment where Eva had to share a good bike route from PCC Southeast to the forthcoming In-N-Out Burger near the airport. Tune in, hang out, and get cozy in the shed. *BikePortland: Community Journalism...