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 [...]

Detail of new sign that will be posted at entrance to Waud Bluff Trail.

Next Tuesday, officials from the City of Portland Parks and Recreation bureau will join community leaders at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Waud Bluff Trail; a short, paved path that will connect North Portland and Swan Island near the University of Portland.
After [...]

PBOT Planning Manager Paul Smith explains the project to open house attendees.(Photos © J. Maus)

On Tuesday night at the Hollywood Senior Center, the City of Portland hosted the first official public open house for the Sullivan's Gulch corridor project. Nearby residents and others simply curious about what could be a major new carfree thoroughfare came [...]

Artist rendering of SW Moody taken from project website.

Tomorrow, the Portland Bureau of Transportation will lift the lid on their SW Moody Project that includes what will be downtown's first-ever cycle track.
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Note where PBOT removed the old bike lane and extended it.(Photo © J. Maus)

It's a huge pet peeve of mine when I'm riding in a bike lane and then it suddenly vanishes just prior to an intersection. It's like the City has a half-commitment to people on bikes — let's give them dedicated space where [...]

Mock-up of new sign coming to NE Couch at Grand.(Image: PBOT)

Back in August, Portlander Owen Spencer was right-hooked while traveling westbound on NE Couch at the intersection of NE Grand. Unfortunately, Spencer's experience was far too common. That intersection is well-known by riders and by the Portland Bureau of Transportation as a hot-spot for bike/car [...]

Bibiana McHugh of TriMet gave a special sneak preview of the tool today.(Photo: Michael Andersen)

This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, PDX's 10-minute newsmagazine and wiki for transit commuters.
Already known internationally for its top-notch website and pioneering use of open data, Portland's transit agency is about to take another leap toward making [...]

As part of their N Vancouver/Wheeler Access to Rose Quarter project, the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has added a green box to the median island on N. Interstate.

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Following an injury collision involving a Multnomah County Judge last month, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has re-striped the intersection of SW Terwilliger and SW Condor.
Here's how the intersection looked prior to the new treatment:

(Photo: PPB)

And here's how it looks now (photo sent in by reader):
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The CRC FEIS, now available for viewing at locations throughout Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)

It's been several months since I last chimed in on the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project.
Somehow, despite many lingering questions — especially around its funding plan — the $3.5 billion project which has been a roller-coaster of controversy and stops and [...]

PBOT planner Mauricio LeClerc presented plans for the Pearl District last night.(Photos © J. Maus)

After NW Lovejoy was decommissioned as a bikeway by the city, NW Marshall Street was supposed to take its place. The Bureau of Transportation added sharrows, smoothed out cobblestones, and installed signage and pavement markings to direct bicycle traffic from the [...]