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Year: 2008

Following collision, PDOT puts Broadway/Williams back into play

BAC meeting - October-6

PDOT’s Rob Burchfield and Matthew
Machado presented ideas for changes to
the dangerous the Broadway/Williams
intersection last night.
(Photos � J. Maus)

The Office of Transportation has struggled for years to figure out how to safely manage bike and car traffic flow at the intersection of Broadway and Williams.

Following two fatalities due to right-hooks last fall, PDOT placed the intersection on a list of the 14 most dangerous in the city and initially planned to install a bike box. However, after further study of the intersection, it was determined that a bike box would not be a good solution at this location.

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Planning Bureau unveils design concepts for 7 Corners intersection

One concept on the table is
the creation of a new public plaza at
the end of Ladd Ave.

As I reported last month, the Office of Transportation and the Bureau of Planning have embarked on a project to improve the 7 Corners intersection (where SE Division, Ladd, 20th, and 21st streets converge).

At last night’s Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting, Tom Armstrong from the Bureau of Planning introduced the three design concepts and received feedback on how the designs might impact bike traffic.

Armstrong told us that the two goals of the project are “How can we enhance this area to give it a more distinctive place, while at the same time maintain mobility through the intersection.”

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First look: New green bike lanes in Rose Quarter Transit Center

In 1993 an upstart bike advocacy group called the Bicycle Transportation Alliance — headed by Rex Burkholder (now a Metro councilor) — filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland because of a lack of bicycle facilities around the Rose Garden Arena.

This morning, 15 years after that legal battle (which ended after the BTA backed off two years later, their point being made), PDOT crews (with the blessing of TriMet) began the striping and installation of new bike lanes through the Rose Quarter Transit Center — making passage through the area for bicycles safer, more efficient, and legal.

Looking south from NE Holladay. N. Interstate Ave is in the background.
(Photos © J. Maus)

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Mechanic P/T (Custom Bicycles of Portland) — FILLED

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Sorry, this job has been filled! Job Title
Mechanic, part-time

Company/Organization
Custom Bicycles of Portland

Job Description
New, high-end performance road/triathlon bicycle shop looking for some part time mechanics work. If you like to work on nice bikes, on your own time, we are your part-time dream job. Experience and good references required. We’d love to meet you.

How to Apply
Email Adam at kenyashoe [at] aol [dot] com, and we’ll arrange a good time to have a beer.

Rails-to-Trails to release major report on ‘Active Transportation’ funding campaign

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Cover of the forthcoming report.

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is shifting their efforts into high gear with the planned October 20th release of their new report, Active Transportation for America: The Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking.

The report will try to make it clear to policy makers, advocates, the media and the public that an increased federal investment in bicycling and walking is long overdue in America.

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