Corner of 15th and Killingsworth.

Residents of the Vernon Neighborhood in northeast Portland are organizing opposition to a proposed 7-Eleven at the corner of NE Killingsworth and 15th (map). Among their list of concerns about the potential store are how it would impact traffic safety — particularly among people walking and biking.
In a newsletter emailed out [...]

PCC has determined that the corner of Michigan and Killingsworth would be the best location for a multi-story parking garage.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland Community College's Cascade campus is considering the construction of a four-story parking garage on the northeast corner of N Michigan and Killingsworth. The project is part of district-wide expansion plans funded by [...]

Now includes a bike race, naturally.

The Festa Italiana, a week-long event that has brought together the local Italian community for 20 years, now includes a bike race.
The Giro di Portland will feature the area's best racing talent on a high-speed, multi-lap criterium through the Pearl District — and the Festa Italiana is the presenting sponsor.
Festa [...]

The largest street painting in Portland, as seen from a roof on the northwest corner of the intersection.(Photos © J. Maus)

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Tonight, the community will learn more about an exciting suite of projects that will make bicycling in North Portland more viable, convenient, and safe.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation will hold the first of two public open houses for their "Going to the River" project. The project, which [...]

The new cycle track on Cully, part of a large-scale road reconstruction project, is now complete.(Photos/video © J. Maus)

As strange as it may sound, Cully Boulevard in outer Northeast Portland is now home to the most significant piece of bike infrastructure in our city.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has just completed a cycle [...]

Now that's what I'm talkin' about.(Photos © J. Maus)

PBOT has once again decided to create a loop of streets in East Portland carfree for five hours this Sunday. This crazy scheme to force people out of their cars and into the streets to meet their neighbors and enjoy their community is called "Sunday Parkways". Not [...]

Bryant Bridge over I-5.(Photo © J. Maus)

The Bryant Street Bridge over I-5 in North Portland will close for two days next week. The closure is good news; it means a project that we first reported on in August 2006 is finally moving forward.
The Piedmont Neighborhood has been working on this project since 2007. With a [...]

PBOT says 'Bikes in Roadway' signs aren't the right approach for Sandy.(Photo © J. Maus)

Remember our story last week about NE Sandy Blvd? We shared the experience of riding on that large arterial street through the eyes of Esther Harlow.
Despite a lack of comfortable bike access, many people like Harlow prefer riding on Sandy Blvd [...]

PBOT data on SE Holgate Blvd. The street was re-striped for buffered bike lanes in 2009.

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For the second time since November of last year, people who bike on the Springwater Corridor (in blue) have raised concerns about emissions from nearby factories.

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Despite being dominated by cars and offering no dedicated bike access, many Portlanders choose to ride on NE Sandy Blvd. for the same reasons people like to drive on it — because it's the most direct and efficient route into the Hollywood District and downtown.(Photos © J. Maus)

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A family navigates a parked car and a cramped bike lane on Williams north of Morris.(Photo © J. Maus)

While you may have already read our recap of the recent open house, there are a few more things about the N Williams Ave Traffic Safety Operations Project I want to share. In the paragraphs below you'll [...]

After three years, North Portland residents finally look poised to get much-needed access improvements to N. Rosa Parks Way.(Photo © J. Maus)

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Lents here we come!(Photo © J. Maus)

I'm very excited to announce that our monthly Get Together event is coming to Lents — the "crossroads of the Eastside."
Join us at Lents Commons (9201 SE Foster Rd) on March 30th from 5:30 to 7:30. We'll get to know what issues are on the minds of Lents residents [...]

Packed meeting last night to hear about ODOT's plans for SW Barbur.(Photo: Kiel Johnson)

Advocates are hailing the Oregon Department of Transportation's (ODOT) plans for a new crossing treatment on SW Barbur Blvd. The plans were unveiled at a meeting held in Southwest Portland last night.
As we detailed yesterday, the crossing in question is in front [...]

Inside the WashCo BTC's Frans Pauwels Memorial Bicycle Center.From left to right: Volunteer Al Martinez, Hal Ballard, and founding staff-member Mark Norbert.

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Signs of life abound for the controversial project.(Photo © J. Maus)

Rolling with momentum in recent weeks from national and statewide elected officials, the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project will be the focus of a public forum in Northeast Portland tonight.
The event is being hosted by the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, an umbrella non-profit that represents [...]

Stakeholder Advisory Committee member Justin Zeulner explains the NE Holladay project to an open house attendee.(Photos © J. Maus)

Last night was the first public open house for the City of Portland's Lloyd District Bikeway Development Projects. Within this planning process, PBOT is taking a close look at three projects that could dramatically improve the bicycling [...]

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 [...]