Changes on SE 14th near Sellwood school improve bike access
Bicycling is allowed in both directions, while driving is only allowed southbound.(Photo: Matthew Arnold)
Infrastructure
ODOT in hot seat for dangerous Highway 101 repaving job
ODOT failed to extend a new layer of pavement into the bicycle riding area of a long stretch of Highway 101.(Photo: Jeff Smith) A recent repaving job by the Oregon Department of Transportation on the popular Oregon Coast Bike Route on Highway 101 between Yachats and Florence has raised eyebrows among veteran bike tourers, transportation … Read more
Bikeways at overpasses: Utrecht vs. Portland
A photo shared on Twitter the other day by London-based bicycling advocate and blogger Mark Treasure threw the differences between us and the Dutch into stark relief. Mark pointed out how road designers in Utrecht (in the Netherlands) handled a situation where a road and its bicycle paths went under an overpass. The photo showed … Read more
Photos of ODOT’s new Division Street undercrossing on I-205 path
New and smooth.(Photos: Joe Hamilton) Thanks to a newly built undercrossing of SE Division, people on bikes have one less stop to make while riding on the I-205 path. ODOT put the finishing touches on their $750,000 I-205 Shared-Use Path Division Undercrossing Project earlier this month and they’re hosting a “celebratory gathering” this morning to … Read more
Barbur hit-and-run renews calls for ODOT action
Based on KATU reporting and Schmidt’s own memory, we think the collision occured at the yellow symbol. The blue arrows shows the turnoff from Barbur onto Capitol Hwy.
Why our focus on “safety” holds us back
Bicycling in Utrecht is pleasant (and safe of course).(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Here in America, the most common word associated with new bikeway projects is “safety”. Deaths, injuries, and collision statistics are the key driver of which projects rise to the top of funding lists. Want a new bike path on a street in your … Read more
50s Bikeway project delayed
They’ll have to wait a bit longer for a quality bike route.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has announced a delay in the construction of the long-awaited 50s Bikeway Project. The $1.5 million, federally-funded project that will create an important north-south bikeway along 52nd and 53rd Avenues between southeast and … Read more
A new ‘Common Sense’ vision for a Columbia crossing
Jim Howell, the longtime citizen activist and former TriMet bus planner who helped lead opposition to both the Mount Hood Freeway and the Columbia River Crossing, has an out-of-the-box idea.
City will begin adding new bike lanes to SE Division this Monday
PBOT graphic The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is set to begin work on a significant project that will add more vehicle access and capacity on SE Division. The project will re-configure the existing four-lane stretch of road between SE 60th and 80th into a five-lane cross section. Instead of four standard vehicle lanes, the … Read more
Checking in on the 20s Bikeway Project
One of the big annoyances of getting around Portland’s east side is the shortage of good ways to get north or south. A project that could become Portland’s best such link for bikes is about to kick off.
City will celebrate one year, one million bike trips over Hawthorne Bridge
Bike trips are worth celebrating.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) plans on making some noise about the success of cycling on the Hawthorne Bridge. To toast the upcoming one-year anniversary of the automated bicycle counter and the 1 millionth trip of 2013, PBOT is hosting a special “Breakfast on the Bridges” … Read more
ODOT will install automated counter on new State Trail in the Gorge
Manufacturer’s graphic of how the counter works. The Oregon Department of Transportation just received shipment of an automated counter similar to the one in use on the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland. After ODOT Region 1 Transit and Active Transportation Liaison tweeted a picture of the new counter today, we followed up and learned a bit … Read more