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Lance Marcus died Tuesday night while driving on SW Barbur Blvd.(Photo: Facebook profile) 45 year-old Lance Marcus died on Tuesday night after driving his car into a power pole on SW Barbur Blvd near Miles Street. The Portland Police report that Marcus was driving “at a high rate of speed” before he hit the pole. … Read more
The Historic Columbia River Highway is a bicycling gem. And it just keeps getting better.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) This guest article was written by ODOT’s Region 1 Transit and Active Transportation Liaison Jessica Horning and ODOT’s Historic Columbia River Highway project coordinator Kristen Stallman. The Historic Columbia River Highway is one of Oregon’s most popular … Read more
Detail of proposed sign. See larger image below. Responding to concerns about poor quality bike access on two narrow bridges on SW Barbur Blvd, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has proposed a new flashing sign that would warn road users about the presence of bicycle traffic. The new sign is being considered as part … Read more
Believe it or not, those are bike racks!(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Yesterday I finally got a chance to visit The Fields, Portland’s newest neighborhood park. Situated on NW Overton between 10th and 11th at the northern end of the Pearl District, The Fields is a beautiful addition to our city. It’s got fantastic views of … Read more
The new buffer will be completed this week (brown area is parking lane).(Photo: PBOT) The Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is taking advantage of a paving project to improve bicycle access on a major street in northeast Portland. On Friday, PBOT announced a new buffered bike lane is coming to NE Cully Blvd between Prescott and … Read more
This should do the trick.(Photo: Bob Kofstad/Washington DOT) Last month, a woman driving a medium-sized sedan somehow managed to travel nearly two miles on the I-205 bike path before she panicked and a passerby on a bike called 911. And it turns out this was the second such incident in the past few months. That’s … Read more
Big turnout at an open house last night shows support to improve Lombard Street.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The fact that 100 people showed up to last night’s Lombard Re-Imagined open house, is a clear sign that a group of Portland State University graduate students has spurred an important conversation about the future of Lombard Street. … Read more
Before and after cross-section of plans for Broadway Bridge viaduct project. The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is planning a major re-design of NW Broadway from the Broadway Bridge (at Lovejoy) to Burnside.
A large crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of a bike shelter at Daimler Trucks HQ this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Daimler Trucks North America, a commercial truck manufacturer based on Swan Island, celebrated a decidedly non-motorized achievement this morning: They opened a bike parking shelter near the main entrance of their corporate headquarters. The … Read more
Residents have resorted to homemade signs to make people slow down on Lombard.Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Lombard Street in north and northeast Portland is one of those classic urban arterials that splits up neighborhoods and is entirely unwelcoming to anything but people in cars. Now a citizen-led planning effort, “Lombard Re-Imagined” is working to change … Read more
Bike lanes coming soon. The Bureau of Transportation has announced their intention to move forward on the re-striping of SE Division between SE 60th and 80th. The decision comes after a public meeting held Tuesday where neighborhood residents and other stakeholders expressed strong support for the “road diet” and addition of bike lanes as a … Read more
ODOT Federal Affairs Advisor Travis Brouwer speaking at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit on Wednesday.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Oregon Department of Transportation has just released their National Highway System Expansion Working Group Report (PDF). The report is an attempt to clarify the impacts and concerns surrounding a major change to how local streets are … Read more