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(Photo © J. Maus) TriMet has just announced that they’ll discontinue the audible warning system they’ve been testing in an effort to improve safety of people biking and walking near buses. In a statement, TriMet said they stopped the test, “because the announcement didn’t activate at the appropriate time—either too soon or too late in … Read more
Multnomah County will hold a public meeting on June 6th to garner input on how to spend federal funds on transportation projects. Check out the press release below for more info… Input sought on East Multnomah County transportation projects A meeting will be held on June 6 to gather public input on Multnomah County candidate … Read more
Hillsboro MayorJerry Willey. Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey is concerned that some measures being considered by our region to reach Oregon’s climate change goals are too expensive and that it’s time to ask “the bicycle community” to pony up to pay for some of them. Willey’s comments came during the Metro Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC) meeting … Read more
Clackamas County plan drawings show the new diagonal bicycle crossing with a dedicated bike signal that will be installed for Springwater Corridor bike traffic. (Purple line by BikePortland to show Springwater Corridor location)
One block of SW Ankeny will be carfree for four months starting in June.(Photo © J. Maus) The Oregonian reported yesterday that the Portland Bureau of Transportation has worked with business owners to negotiate a permit that will make SW Ankeny Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues carfree from June 21st to October 21st. This … Read more
“100 years ago architects were fascinated by cars and how cars would transform cities… Now, architects are quite naturally looking at bicycles.” Steven Fleming is an architectural historian, lecturer, theorist, and urban planning philosopher with a thing for bicycles. The well-traveled academic (he calls Newcastle, Australia home) is currently researching a book on what he … Read more
Preliminary concept drawing of Tracey Sparling Memorial Pedal Garden.(Drawing by David Boekelheide and Evan Holt/PNCA)
Len Rubin has a dream to mass produce these trailers in Portland, and he’s asking the community to help him make it happen.(Photo: Tamara Rubin) Remember Len Rubin? He’s the Sellwood resident whose one-of-a-kind, custom folding bike was stolen and then recovered a few weeks later. Now Rubin is asking the community to help him … Read more
The Dekum Building could become Portland’s first major public bike parking facility.(Photo: Naito Properties) The Dekum Building on SW 3rd and Washington in downtown Portland was built in 1892. It’s the oldest office building in the city and the former home of famed global ad agency Wieden + Kennedy. Now, building owner and manager Naito … Read more
I’ve gotten a few readers photos lately that are worth sharing. The first comes from reader Jeff Bernards, who noticed a peculiar traffic safety display at SE 76th and Stark the other day…
Sing, play guitar, speak Spanish: PBOT employee Timo Forsberg goes the extra mile.(Photo © J. Maus) The Transportation Options Division within the City of Portland’s Bureau of Transportation has published it’s biking and walking maps in Spanish for years (and they recently added five new languages to the mix). It’s one thing to print resources … Read more
