See below for before/after shots.

This morning I shared how PBOT's neighborhood greenways could have a dramatic impact on how it feels to move around our city's residential streets. A perfect case in point is the NE Holman Street project.
Back in May, I took a closer look at the project, with a focus on a [...]

PBOT is considering new bicycle crosswalks, like this one in concept stage forSE 53rd and Stark.

Crosswalks are standard engineering treatments designed to help people get across streets with a bit more safety; now the City of Portland is looking to do something similar for bike traffic with bicycle crosswalk markings, a.k.a. the "cross-bike".
The concept itself [...]

People cross N. Going Street at MLK.(Photo © J. Maus)

A local TV news outlet is questioning the safety benefit of a crossing treatment recently completed as part of the N. Going bike boulevard project.
I got an email from Scott Burton at KGW TV (Portland's NBC affiliate) on Friday that they were doing a story about [...]

Riding north on Going Street on the new two-way cycle track. - Video and slideshow below- (Photos © J. Maus)

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This "sharrow flower" (for lack of a better name) is at N. Concord and Bryant. My bike is in the photo for context.(Photos © J. Maus)

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PBOT's Rich Newlands gave an update on the project at a recent Bike Advisory Committee meeting.(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is rolling ahead with their 50's Bikeway project. The $1.5 million, federally funded project aims to make a 4.5 mile north/south corridor between the Hollywood and Woodstock neighborhoods more [...]

City crews stripe a new, eight-foot wide travel lane for bicycles on SE 101st near the Springwater Corridor Trail.(Photo courtesy reader P.C.)

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Concord, a "Neighborhood Greenway," is adjacent to Beach School.(Photos © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has announced their first "Neighborhood Greenway" ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event will take place Wednesday afternoon at Beach School in the Overlook neighborhood of North Portland.
PBOT wants to showcase their growing network of residential [...]

Sounds reasonable to me.

Streetfilms has a new video on 20's Plenty for us, a campaign in the U.K. working to make 20 mph the standard speed limit in residential areas. The campaign is catching on quickly, with more and more U.K. cities adopting the policy all the time. Given that PBOT might be [...]

Lots of changes at intersection of Wabash, Willamette and Bryant.(Photos © J. Maus)

The Bureau of Transportation has completed their re-design of a North Portland intersection where two bike boulevards and a high-volume street intersect. The N. Wabash/Willamette/Bryant triangle has been significantly re-striped, two median islands have been added, there's a new crosswalk, and other [...]

Local streets like NE Going are in need of pavement maintenance, but current methods -- developed for major arterials -- are cost-prohibitive.(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland is working hard to make the growing network of "next generation" bike boulevards (a.k.a. neighborhood greenway) streets as comfortable for people on bikes as possible. They've [...]

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The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has begun installation of new wayfinding signage along the growing network of bike boulevards. The new signs -- which include arrows, distance, and travel times to key destinations -- have a slightly different design than existing ones.
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"Calming soon" -- get it? Detail of new postcard PBOT will be mailing out soon.

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A family rides by new sharrow markings recently installed in N. Concord Avenue.(Photos © J Maus)

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PBOT's latest plans for a new, traffic calming park on NE Holman at 13th.

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NE Holman is already a relatively pleasant place to ride, but improvements are needed.(Photo © J. Maus)

We've already mentioned how important it is to speak up at PBOT's bike boulevard open houses (a.k.a. neighborhood greenways), so today I'll just offer a gentle reminder of two that are coming up this week.
Tomorrow (5/4) and Thursday [...]

Crews from PBOT's contractor on the project have already installed a few sharrows on N. Bryant Avenue.(Photo: PBOT)

This week, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation will begin to install new signs and pavement markings on bike boulevard streets. The money for the project comes from a $1 million award the city received last [...]

Rolling on NE Tillamook.(Photos © J. Maus)

The City of Portland recently unveiled "neighborhood greenways" as a term to replace bike boulevards. At the monthly meeting of the City's Bicycle Advisory Committee last night PBOT traffic safety staffer Greg Raisman showed up to explain more about their thinking behind the new name.
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Riders on the Clinton St. neighborhood greenway.(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation plans to change how they refer to projects that calm residential streets and put an emphasis on non-motorized traffic. The term "neighborhood greenways" will soon replace "bicycle boulevards."
I alluded to this new term in a story last month [...]

Speak up.(Photo © J. Maus)

As a follow-up to my post about the importance of showing up to your local bike boulevard open house, I thought I'd share the perspective of Brighton West. Brighton is a reader who attended the open house last night for the SE 101st Avenue project where he encountered "a number [...]