Wow. I knew it was coming up but I nearly forgot. As the BTA reminds us, today is the one year anniversary of the passage of the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030.
On February 11, 2010, Portland City Council voted unanimously to pass the plan. Mayor Adams, with his infamous $20 million “kickstart” that would tap in Bureau of Environmental Services stormwater management funds, said that commitment showed he wanted to “start with a bang.”
We haven’t crunched the numbers yet to see just how much has been spent on the plan so far. However, in the weeks ahead, the BTA plans to release an evaluation report and the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee is planning a “Bicycle Master Plan Implementation Subcommittee” to track the plan’s progress.
The day after the plan passed last year, we published the cartoon at the top of this post. So far, my sense is that the plan hasn’t just sat on the shelf. Obviously we need to do more and we need to do it faster, but the plan has already helped to inform policies and has given city staffers the confidence to make some progress.
What do you think? Has the plan made the impact you expected (good or bad)?
Stay tuned…