First look: New raised bikeway on Couch curve at Burnside bridgehead
Is a raised lane the safety improvement the city has been looking for?
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City testing ‘rumble bars’ to prevent encroachment into NE Couch bike lane
The latest tactic to keep people out of the Couch bike lane.
What the heck is going on with the 26th Avenue bike lanes?
“You’re punishing the victims.”
City gives in to state demand to remove bike lanes from SE 26th Avenue
Two of southeast Portland’s most-ridden bike lanes are slated to be removed.
A first for Washington: Green paint for bike lanes on a state highway
“Splash” down some green and voila! Safety!
First Look: New bike lane, sharrows on NE 7th
First impressions and photos of new striping and marking work on NE 7th in the Lloyd District.
On NE Glisan, new bike lane character (and lower speed limit) earn clucks of approval
Portland’s creative bike lane characters keep getting more colorful.
Lack of sweeping makes for challenging conditions on “Dirty 30”
Highway 30 north of downtown Portland is well-known for its debris-filled bike lanes. What are our local transportation agencies doing about it?
Citizen activists work to fix narrow bike lanes on Interstate Ave
Nearly everyone has a scary story about the narrow bike lane on North Interstate Avenue where it goes under the Larrabee Street overpass. Now a few citizen activists are working to improve this area and pressure the City of Portland to fix it.
Bike lane news roundup: SE Stark, Lloyd District, Williams and more
A man rides on the brand new bike lane on SE Stark in Montavilla.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has been busy making bike-related tweaks and additions to several streets across the city. We’ve noticed a few of them lately and figured it was time for an update…
First Look: Portland’s new solar-powered LED bike lane lights
They’re on!(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) As promised, yesterday the City of Portland installed solar-powered lights to delineate the bike lane on NE Couch as it approaches the Burnside Bridge. The lights, imported from Denmark by Saris Racks, are part of a test by the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to see whether they improve visibility of … Read more
Portland to illuminate bike lanes with solar-powered LEDs
The latest in bike lane technology.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation will install the city’s first illuminated bike lane markers next week (sorry, it’s not the glow-in-the-dark “starpath” everyone’s talking about). According to PBOT Active Transportation Division Manager Dan Bower, on Tuesday crews will install 20 solar-powered LED lights in the bike … Read more