Good news on South Waterfront design

The Oregonian published something about the new design today (excerpt below, full article here):

“Another significant conflict arose between the streetcar and plans for a bicycle lane on Moody.

After numerous meetings, the transportation office devised a plan that allows both the streetcar and the bicycles to use the right side of Moody, with the bike lane ducking between the sidewalk and raised streetcar platforms.

“It’s a slightly unusual design, but it looks like it will work,” said Mark Ginsberg, chairman of a city bicycle advisory committee.

City Commissioner Sam Adams, whose office helped broker the compromise, suggested that the bike lane be paved in a different color between the sidewalk and streetcar platforms so streetcar riders “will know a bike might be whizzing by.”