PBOT issues first ever ‘Bicycle Traffic Advisory’

A Bike Wedding Parade

Some of the “bicycling public” on Clinton.
(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has just issued an advisory to warn “the bicycling public” (that has a much better ring to it than “bicyclists”) of a construction project that will close a popular bicycle boulevard.

According to spokesperson Cheryl Kuck, this is the City’s first ever bicycle-specific traffic advisory. “I’m sending out a regular traffic advisory, too, but we thought we’d get the word out specifically to our bike media to alert bicyclists to the closure.”

I love it.

Here’s the advisory:

CITY OF PORTLAND BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION

BICYCLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY

Contact: Cheryl E. Kuck, 503-823-5552

Street Closure for Pavement Repair and Repaving SE Clinton Street between 49th and 50th Avenues

(PORTLAND, OR) – The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation advises the bicycling public of a street closure affecting a bicycle boulevard. SE Clinton Street, between 49th and 50th Avenues, will be closed for pavement repair and repaving beginning Friday, October 30, and continuing through Thursday, November 5.

  • What: Street closure for pavement repair and repaving
  • Where: SE Clinton Street, between 49th and 50th Avenues
  • When: Weekday daytime closures from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. beginning Friday, October 30, and continuing through Thursday, November 5. Extent of closure may be somewhat longer, weather depending.

Detour for cyclists: Sidewalk will remain open through the street closure area. Bicyclists may use sidewalk if riding slowly and carefully and yielding to pedestrians (see Oregon Revised Statutes 814.410 regarding operation of a bicycle on a sidewalk).

And here’s a map of the detour:

It’s great to see this type of official communication and acknowledgment of bicycle traffic from the City.

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Founder of BikePortland (in 2005). Father of three. North Portlander. Basketball lover. Car owner and driver. If you have questions or feedback about this site or my work, feel free to contact me at @jonathan_maus on Twitter, via email at maus.jonathan@gmail.com, or phone/text at 503-706-8804. Also, if you read and appreciate this site, please become a supporter.

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Paul
14 years ago

I wish they do this for the SE Ankeny and SE 16th routes that are under sporadic closures due to the greenstreet improvements and the Burnside Couplet work.

patrickz
patrickz
14 years ago

AT LAST!! Now I feel like SOMEONE!

AaronF
AaronF
14 years ago

patrickz: if you were someone they would have sent you the advisory instead of J Maus.

I kid!

Maren
Maren
14 years ago

Wow, this is right outside my front door! Pretty cool to read about it here tonight instead of encountering it tomorrow morning…

Marcus Griffith
Marcus Griffith
14 years ago

It’s Nice that bike traffic is being treated as traffic. But with all this equality there could be a down side: unmarked bicycle cops, metered bike stalls, mega-bailouts for failed bike manufactures and required minimal miles-per-calorie standards for road bikes…

E
E
14 years ago

😀 you funny marcus!

Wade
Wade
14 years ago

I thought is was bad to get pulled over by an unmarked El Camino… now, I have to worry about undercover cops on a Manga? I wonder why the police haven’t tried that tactic yet for Zoomboombers? Who would expect a guy in a rabbit suit riding a trike could be a cop? Guess they would have to draw straws at the precinct to see who got that gig.

Mele
Mele
14 years ago

100% agree with Paul here, Ankeny is treated like the ugly stepsister of bike boulevards too often. Also, how about extending that to 7th/Sandy? Lots of us were having a really hard time making that crossing today… the right lane is blocked off just south of the difficult intersection at 11th.

Bent Bloke
Bent Bloke
14 years ago

The Woodward section of the bike boulevard could use repaving too. It’s at least as bad as that block between 49th & 50th. But good to see some projects moving forward. The closure shouldn’t even impact my commute, I go through there before the 7am start – and after the 4pm end – of the closure period.

Jazmyn
Jazmyn
14 years ago

<3

I feel like part of a “bicycling public”.