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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 [...]

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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All cozy and dry... I think I'll stop for a meal.(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland's bike parking offerings continue to improve in both quality and quantity. Recently I've noticed two developments in North Portland worth your attention: a new on-street bike corral on N. Williams Avenue and a nice covering of a corral on N. Mississippi.
This [...]

We had a great time at our Get Together last month.(Photos © J. Maus)

I'm excited to announce this month's Get Together... On February 22nd, we'll host our monthly meet-up at the Lucky Lab Tap Room (1700 N. Killingsworth) from 5:30 to 7:30.
We kicked off our 2011 Get Together season last month in Southwest Portland [...]

The fate of Williams is at stake.(Photos © J. Maus)

A much anticipated project to improve the bikeway on North Williams Avenue will officially begin on February 1st when the Stakeholder Advisory Committee meets for the first time. But when a hand-picked group of neighborhood leaders and business owners sit down to come up with how [...]

Those detour signs will be up for another month or so.(Photo © J. Maus)

A project to repair and rebuild the Vancouver Avenue Bridge in North Portland has been delayed and isn't expected to be completed until the end of February. The bridge — which crosses the Columbia Slough just west of Martin Luther King Jr. [...]

Hopworks would occupy a street-level spot in this new building on Williams.(Photos © J. Maus)

Nearly a year after we first noted the bike-oriented development taking place on N Williams Avenue, the trend is as strong as ever. Today we confirmed that, while the ink's not quite dry on all the paperwork, Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) [...]

The new cross-section of N. Denver through downtown Kenton.(Graphic: PDC)

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This area is in dire need of help. (Looking west onto the Broadway/Weidler couplet from the Leftbank Building. The Rose Quarter is to the left.)(Photos © J. Maus)

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Mark Hoskins, co-owner of Upcycles.(Photos © J. Maus)

On Sunday, May 16th, a long-unused garage door creaked open at 911 NE Dekum Street, revealing the newest business in the Woodlawn neighborhood, Upcycles. Based in a single car garage space that's been lightly remodeled, Upcycles is co-owner Kai Druzdezel and Mark Hoskins' entry into the growing number [...]

Detail of sculptural element on roof of new bike corral coming to Dekum Street.

Our story last week about a new on-street bike corral coming to Dekum Street in the Woodlawn neighborhood sparked a lot of discussion. Many readers weighed in with negative opinions about the design (especially the car part) and wondered whether or [...]

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 [...]

The Safe Routes to School programis offered in nearly every school in Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)

This afternoon, Mayor Sam Adams and a host of Oregon state legislators will highlight the City of Portland's Safe Routes to Schools program with a bike ride through North and Northeast Portland. The ride will go from Humboldt Elementary [...]

Scene of a dooring incident that happened around noon today.(Photos: Tony Tapay)

We've been reporting on N. Williams Avenue a lot lately. Along with being a vital north-south bike route, it also serves a burgeoning, bike-oriented commercial district. It's one of the busiest bikeways in all of Portland yet it currently has only a [...]

MLK at Going looks a lot different now.-More photos below-(Photos © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is moving forward on their Going Street Bicycle Boulevard project.
One of the centerpieces of the estimated $250,000 project is the crossing of MLK Jr. Blvd. For the uninitiated, MLK is a major north-south [...]

Newly installed bike shelter at Boise-Eliot.(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is putting a roof over the bike parking at four local schools. The work is being done through PBOT's Safe Routes to Schools program and construction is set to be completed by the end of April.
One of the new [...]

SmartTrips decal outside a cafe in St. Johns.(Photo © J. Maus)

The Transportation Options Division within PBOT has released a report on their 2009 SmartTrips Business program that focused on North and Northwest Portland. In a survey about the program's effectiveness filled out by 72 (out of the 192) businesses involved in the program, 68% [...]

Vergnetti's Coffee: Bikes welcome.

What streetcar did for the Pearl District, bikes are doing for North Williams Avenue. O.K., so maybe it's not quite an equal comparison, but the presence of bike traffic on Williams has encouraged its share of development and the influx of bike-friendly businesses popping up along the street shows no sign [...]

Intersection of Willamette and Haven.(Photo © J. Maus)

Bryan Parman with the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division has just confirmed that the two people operating motor vehicles that struck and killed a man on N. Willamette this morning were cited for driving under the influence.
Portland Police PIO Mary Wheat has also released the identity [...]