ODOT: Bike conflict markings, bike boxes – but no bike lanes – through Barbur Crossroads
Bike Boxes
Special Coverage of Bike Boxes
Bike boxes are a new roadway engineering treatment being used by the City of Portland Office of Transportation to improve bike safety at intersections. They are intended to improve awareness and visibility of cyclists and to help prevent dangerous “right-hook” collisions.
For more information, read the stories below and check out these links for more information:
- –Listen to BikePortland.org editor Jonathan Maus discuss bike boxes during an interview on the KINK-FM Morning Show.
Download the MP3 (10MB)
–Listen to City of Portland Traffic Engineer Rob Burchfield talk about bike boxes.
Download MP3 (2.5MB: 2 min, 50 sec)
–View BikePortland’s bike box photo gallery
–Visit PDOT’s Bike Box Information page.
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