TIGER project comes with Portland's first two-way cycle track
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Cross section of how SW Moody will look after a $23 million facelift thanks to federal stimulus funds awarded today.
cycle track
Reader photo of the week: Ice cream for bike lane builders
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
The Bicycle Business League delivered free ice cream treats to the PBOT road crew installing the new cycletrack on SW Broadway on Tuesday. (Photo by Flickr user Portland Pedalworks in the BikePortland Photographers photo pool)
Police Bureau will give extra attention to cycle track
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
It might take some time, and
enforcement, before the lane is
this clear all the time.
(Photos © J. Maus)
enforcement, before the lane is
this clear all the time.
(Photos © J. Maus)
Almost immediately after the thermoplastic cooled on the new cycle track on SW Broadway, reports came in that some folks were parking and driving their cars in the bike-only travel lane (one of them even ended up on the evening news).
Since the cycle track is new, this behavior is to be expected and there's sure to be a learning curve for everyone. (Whether PBOT could have done more in terms of signage, markings, bollards, and so on, is a separate conversation.) (more...)
