City puts marketing muscle behind marquee bike boulevard
Posted on May 24th, 2012 at 3:20 pm.
Detail from a PBOT mailer sent to people who live near the Going Street Neighborhood Greenway.
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Springwater Corridor gets a new bike-only signal - UPDATED
Posted on May 22nd, 2012 at 2:06 pm.
(Photos: Clackamas County)
A tricky crossing of the Springwater Corridor path in Clackamas County just got a bit easier. This morning, county engineers turned on a new, bike-only signal where the path crosses the intersection of SE Johnson Creek Blvd and Bell Ave (in unincorporated Clackamas County, just south of Portland city limits).
The new signal [...]
Photos, first impressions of new sharrows on St Johns Bridge
Posted on May 14th, 2012 at 11:33 am.
ODOT installed 16 sharrows on the St Johns Bridge Saturday.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
On Saturday night, the Oregon Department of Transportation installed sharrows and new signs on the St. Johns Bridge. Their "St. Johns Bridge Safety Awareness Project" was done in order to, "encourage motorists to be aware that the bridge and roadway is a shared [...]
Open house set for "transformation" of NE Multnomah Blvd in Lloyd District
Posted on May 1st, 2012 at 6:51 am.
Going on a diet.
On May 15th, the Lloyd Transportation Management Assocation (TMA) and the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will unveil their plans to significantly alter the roadway design on NE Multnomah Street. Or in their words, give it a "transportation transformation."
The open house announcement for this project — which we first reported on back [...]
PBOT to collect data on Stark buffered bike lane; changes possible by summer
Posted on April 30th, 2012 at 12:19 pm.
PBOT will look to prevent this type of illegal driving.(Photo © J. Maus)
The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has announced that they will analyze traffic behavior on the buffered bike lanes on SW Stark and could make changes to the street to improve bike access by the end of the summer.
On April 20th, [...]
ODOT project will improve biking, walking in southwest near Ross Island Bridge
Posted on April 4th, 2012 at 11:29 am.
Detail of project plans.(ODOT graphic)
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has just rolled out plans for a project that will improve biking and walking access along SW Kelly Avenue near US 26 and the western end of the Ross Island Bridge.
Along with project partners TriMet and the City of Portland, ODOT will make a host [...]
People on bikes get "pre-green" at new signal on NE Broadway
Posted on March 30th, 2012 at 12:46 pm.
Notice how the bike signal is green while the adjacent lanes are still red.(Photo by Peter Koonce/PBOT)
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New stop signs installed at NW Broadway and Couch
Posted on March 27th, 2012 at 9:18 am.
PBOT's new stop sign at on NW Broadway at Couch. (More photos below).
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Lacking funds, City pauses on new South Waterfront path
Posted on March 26th, 2012 at 11:50 am.
A new path with separated space for biking and walking was set to begin construction here this summer. But a lack of funds has changed that plan.
The City of Portland Parks & Recreation bureau announced this morning that a $2 million funding gap has put their plans for the South Waterfront Greenway project on hold. [...]
PBOT eyeing cycle track on SW 12th through downtown
Posted on March 15th, 2012 at 2:56 pm.
Red line shows location of potential cycle track.
The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is in the early stages of a downtown cycle track project on SW 12th Avenue between I-405 and Burnside. I began hearing chatter about this project from sources several weeks ago and have now confirmed that PBOT pitched the project [...]
New "Bump" markings on Esplanade ramps part of larger safety campaign
Posted on February 3rd, 2012 at 9:51 am.
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 [...]
Pole update: Streetcar Director weighs in, County doesn't like it either
Posted on January 27th, 2012 at 11:48 am.
The pole has narrowed the busy entrance onto the Broadway Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
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PBOT reinstalling bollards on Lovejoy - UPDATED
Posted on January 10th, 2012 at 3:55 pm.
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 [...]
City project gives North Portland school a biking boost
Posted on January 4th, 2012 at 9:42 am.
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 [...]
Beaverton's cycle track looks great, but doesn't connect the dots - Updated
Posted on December 29th, 2011 at 2:43 pm.
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 sneak peek at a new section of the Fanno Creek Trail
Posted on December 28th, 2011 at 2:46 pm.
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 [...]
Unofficial sign says "Be Safe," don't ride on NE Ainsworth
Posted on December 28th, 2011 at 9:14 am.
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 [...]
What comes first; greenways or bridges?
Posted on December 28th, 2011 at 8:46 am.
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 [...]
On January 1, bike traffic signals get the green light in Oregon
Posted on December 27th, 2011 at 10:36 am.
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 [...]
Stripes in bike lane pose interesting legal question - Updated
Posted on December 26th, 2011 at 12:30 pm.
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 [...]
