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Year: 2008

New bike boxes and colored lanes will be green

Photo of bike lane near Broadway
Bridge (green color added).
(Photo © J. Maus)

Remember back in December, when I shared how PDOT was contemplating what color the new bike boxes and colored bike lanes should be?

Well now it’s official: They’ve decided to go green.

I asked PDOT’s bicycle coordinator Roger Geller why. He said their decision stems from the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, who is recommending that green be the color for all “colored bicycle facilities.”

Geller added that, in part, the national committee recommends green because blue is already assigned for disabled parking and “there’s concern it could be confusing to have a curb-tight bicycle lane colored blue.”

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Elly Blue: Street fee is for the public good

[This article was written by contributor Elly Blue. You can read more from Ms. Blue here.]

“…gas stations, convenience stores, and oil suppliers…benefit more than most from having a road system in good repair.”
–Elly Blue

When it comes to road maintenance, what’s good for bicyclists is good for everyone.

In fact, the proposed street fee that has dominated news headlines lately, amounts to a subsidy by those who drive little to those who drive a lot.

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Slap Dash Alleycat

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

The Slap Dash Alleycat
Plan B (1305 SE 8th Ave)
Reg. starts at 7:00 – Ride at 8:00
An alleycat tour of Portland’s bike-spawning grounds: basements, garages, and warehouses. Points for speed. Points for style. Points for doing the whole thing on a fixed tall-bike wearing a welding mask. Hosted by Portland’s bike builders (ends at BikePortland.org party). — Carl Larson

Mark Lynskey at Sunset Cycles

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Framebuilder Mark Lynskey at Sunset Cycles
Sunset Cycles (Bethany Village: 15320 NW Central Drive, Suite D-1)
7:00 – 9:00pm
Mark Lynskey of Lynskey Performance Designs, will make a guest appearance at Sunset to talk about the latest work being done with titanium bicycle frames at their Chattanooga, TN factory.

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