First Look: Changes complete at NE Tillamook and 7th
Changes at this hotly contested intersection are finally done. Here are my impressions and photos.
Neighborhood Greenways
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 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.
Portland transportation bureau will redesign new bikeways on NW Overton
Pushback on parking loss and lane changes has come from several unsurprising sources.
Three new neighborhood greenways coming near Hawthorne Blvd
The Portland Bureau of Transportation disappointed a lot of people with their decision to not add bike lanes to Southeast Hawthorne Blvd last year. But if there was a silver lining, it was that they also promised to make the streets around Hawthorne better for bicycling. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the PBOT Bicycle Advisory … Read more
PBOT bans eastbound drivers at tricky 57th and Sandy intersection
This week the City of Portland made a change to a complex, 5-way intersection by prohibiting drivers from going eastbound on NE Alameda at 56th. As we reported in April 2021, the move comes as part of a larger effort to speed up bus service on TriMet lines 12 and 71. By removing the traffic … Read more
Eliot residents meet PBOT in the street to air grievances and urge more traffic calming
I’ve seen many interesting city meetings over the years, but nothing quite like what transpired last night on the corner of NE 7th and Tillamook. The Portland Bureau of Transportation was supposed to break ground two days ago on a project to remove the traffic circle at this intersection as part of a larger neighborhood … Read more
City will meet with neighbors about planned removal of tree and traffic circle
An unexpected meeting has been scheduled to take place tomorrow (Wednesday, September 14th) between the City of Portland and people who live around NE Tillamook and 7th Avenue. At issue is the tree and traffic circle in the middle of offset intersection that was scheduled to be removed as part of the Lloyd to Woodlawn … Read more
You have trees to thank for Portland’s cool streets
Congratulations. If you’re reading this you made it through our first serious heat wave of the season. Heat is a serious issue and is becoming an even bigger deal as the planet warms up due to climate change. How serious? 72 people died in Multnomah County during the “heat dome” that happened one year ago … Read more
‘Too many cars’ on Tillamook greenway spur talk of re-route
A key section of one of Portland’s oldest neighborhood greenways needs some help.
Transformation in action: See latest plans for Holman street “pocket park”
See below for before/after shots. This morning I shared how PBOT’s neighborhood greenways could have a dramatic impact on how it feels to move around our city’s residential streets. A perfect case in point is the NE Holman Street project. Back in May, I took a closer look at the project, with a focus on … Read more
‘Crossbikes’: Crosswalks for bikes coming soon to Portland?
PBOT is considering new bicycle crosswalks, like this one in concept stage forSE 53rd and Stark. Crosswalks are standard engineering treatments designed to help people get across streets with a bit more safety; now the City of Portland is looking to do something similar for bike traffic with bicycle crosswalk markings, a.k.a. the “cross-bike”. The … Read more