Metro Council will hear plan for “ultra” high speed rail
250 mph on a train sounds pretty damn good to us.
Infrastructure
First Look: Changes complete at NE Tillamook and 7th
Changes at this hotly contested intersection are finally done. Here are my impressions and photos.
PBOT wants to talk about advisory bike lanes
It’s part a relatively sudden push to make the treatment more prominent after they’ve languished in design guidelines for several years.
Neighbors worry as PBOT breaks safety promise at NE 7th and Tillamook
Barricades that created a carfree work zone at the intersection of Northeast 7th and Tillamook are gone — and so is the safer street many local residents have always wanted.
PBOT tries to tamp down concerns about I-5 Rose Quarter design
A PBOT staffer told the Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting this week that it’s too early to panic and everything will be just fine.
New freight (and bike!) bridge considered north of St. Johns
The dream of a safe bike connection to Sauvie Island starts here.
The nascent effort to improve wayfinding on Portland’s bikeways
A grassroots report will look to raise the profile of signage as a key tool to boost bike ridership.
In bicycle simulator lab, bike boxes emerge as safest intersection treatment
Three treatments were tested by 40 study participants.
City will reroute freight truck traffic away from deadly SE 26th Ave intersection
The change comes in response to a high-profile death on Powell Blvd.
PBOT will remove bike lanes, return auto parking to NW Overton
PBOT’s new plan will remove the bike lane and add back most of the auto parking.
Ask BikePortland: Why did ODOT downgrade the N Delaware/Lombard crossing?
A recent Oregon Department of Transportation project in north Portland has helped tame an urban highway, but it came at the cost of a key bike crossing.
A global corporation paid for and built protected bike lanes on NW Front Ave
A German multinational is behind these curious new bits of bike infrastructure.