New markings to warn people of the harsh bump as you roll onto the floating ramps on the Eastbank Esplanade.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Portland Parks & Recreation has added new pavement markings on the Eastbank Esplanade floating ramps to warn people on bikes to prepare for a bump. The new markings are part of a larger [...]

The pole has narrowed the busy entrance onto the Broadway Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

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At work on Lovejoy.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

PBOT is giving the plastic bollards on the NW Lovejoy ramp another shot. There are 30 or short "wands" installed to keep cars out of the bike lane; unfortunately not more than a few days after they were put in, drivers managed to uproot all but four of them.
A [...]

The new bike lane and bike parking in front of Cesar Chavez School on N. Willis Blvd.(Photo: Gabe Graff/City of Portland)

Biking continues to improve for residents of North Portland. The City just unwrapped a small but important improvement that will improve bike safety during pick-up and drop-off on the main road outside Cesar Chavez School [...]

An SUV speeds by acycle track in Beaverton(Photos: Will Vanlue)

After I shared photos of a psuedo-cycle track in Tigard, and when I visited an actual two-way cycle track in Eugene, some of you contacted me to share your experiences with a cycle track in Beaverton, about two miles south of Tualatin Valley Highway.
I went to [...]

A new section of the Fanno Creek Trailstarts on SW 105th Ave in Beaverton(Photos: Will Vanlue)

A missing section of the Fanno Creek Trail, nearly a decade in the making, is nearing completion.
The new section of trail will connect from where the Fanno Creek Trail now ends at Denny Road to where it picks back up [...]

A new, unofficial sign at NE Ainsworth and 30th (westbound) urges people to ride one block over.(Photo: Stephen Upchurch)

A new, unauthorized traffic sign attached to a utility pole on NE Ainsworth Street at 30th urges people on bikes to leave the narrow, busy street and take the neighborhood greenway one block over instead. Nearby [...]

Bob & Shane in front ofEugene's DeFazio Bridge(Photos: Will Vanlue)

Should a city focus on big, high-profile facilities or should they focus on building a network of safe, low-stress connector streets and trails if they want to make riding a bike safer and easier?
It's a chicken-or-egg sort of conversation I got into with Shane MacRhodes, Program [...]

Expect to see more bike signals, like this one at Broadway and Williams, in 2012.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Starting January 1st, cities throughout Oregon will get the green light on bicycle signals.
Bike-specific signals aren't new in Portland, the City's Bureau of Transportation has used them for years now; but technically they've been doing so on [...]

Are these road markings legal?(Photos: Will Vanlue)

If you've ridden through Tigard (about 10 miles south of downtown Portland) recently you might have seen short white stripes in front of storm drains in the vicinity of Tigard High School.
The stripes are placed in front of grates sunken a couple inches into the pavement. Dropping unexpectedly onto [...]

New plastic bollards help separate auto and bike traffic — and eliminate the dreaded "track straddle" on the Lovejoy ramp heading into the Pearl District. - More photos below -

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The bridge on N. Vancouver Ave over the Columbia Slough in North Portland is one several recent projects where the bikeway is separated from auto traffic.

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A woman waits for the light at NE Lloyd in the new bike lane just installed on NE 12th Ave in the Lloyd District.

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Multnomah County Commissioner Deborah Kafoury (L) smiles as she poses with a check from USDOT Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Polly Trottenberg at the ground breaking event in Sellwood Riverfront Park this morning.

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The long nightmare will be over soon.(Photo: Cindie Olson)

Spirits must be high at Multnomah County's transportation offices this week. Not only are they finally breaking ground on the Sellwood Bridge project, they also announced Tuesday that they received $17.7 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation's TIGER program for the final piece of funding needed [...]

Alder Street cycle track near UO.(Photos: Will Vanlue)

During a recent trip to Eugene, I had the pleasure of going for a bike ride with Shane MacRhodes, Program Manager of Eugene Safe Routes to School, and Bob Passaro, publisher of Eugene Bicyclist to see recent improvements in bicycle access around the city.
Despite seeing a lot of [...]

PBOT Director Tom Miller is juggling two major projects in the Lloyd District.(Photo © J. Maus)

Back on Friday, we shared a major update on the City of Portland's NE Holladay Street project.
Here's a quick rewind: After a stakeholder advisory committee (SAC) spent almost a year debating, refining and compromising a proposal to vastly improve [...]

Downtown Tigard will soon bemore welcoming to bicycle traffic.(Photos: Will Vanlue)

This past summer, the City of Tigard completed improvements to Burnham Street, one component of their downtown core.
Now they’re finalizing plans for Main Street (located along Highway 99, 10 miles south of downtown Portland), and by the summer of 2013 we’ll see improvements making [...]

In situations like this, where the Fanno Creek Trail meets a busy street, mid-block crossings are key.(Photo © J. Maus)

When you're riding around Washington County, off-street trails and paths serve as an important alternative to wide arterial roads with freeway-speed traffic. The only trouble comes when a trail or path intersects a road mid-block, away [...]

December 5th!(Photo © J. Maus)

Multnomah County confirmed today that the biking and walking path on the Morrison Bridge will re-open permanently on December 5th. The path has been closed since early June while contractors work to replace the bridge's steel grating due to safety concerns.
The project was supposed to be completed by mid-September but has [...]