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As seen from the Oregon City side. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is set to close the Oregon City-West Linn Arch Bridge for two years starting next month. The project will renovate the 90-year old bridge but it will also cut off a key (especially for non-motorized traffic) Willamette River crossing. ODOT has a … Read more
Detail from one of four concepts to widen I-5 near the Broadway/Weidler interchange taken from the I-5: I-84 to I-405 Design Workshop Concept Report prepared for ODOT. For context, the buildings in the upper left are the parking garages for the Rose Garden Arena. Yellow lines are newly widened freeways, orange lines show changes to … Read more
The Eastside Streetcar Loop project has radically transformed Portland streets and citizen activists think more should be done to improve bike safety.(Photos © J. Maus)
A source that works for the City of Vancouver (WA) sent this info over the other day (photos of the new lockers below): “Three weeks ago we installed 4 more Bikelink lockers in our downtown area, bringing the total number of lockers to 9. This project was part of our Destination Downtown project, and was … Read more
Stakeholder advisory committee met this morning.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation began the public process on three projects aimed to improve biking in and around the Lloyd District this morning. The three projects (which we first reported on back in May) include: improving bike traffic flow through the NE 12th … Read more
[Note: This story was originally published with an outdated bridge graphic. The one below is more current.] Concept drawing of the bike/walkway on the new, carfree bridge TriMet will build over the Willamette.
Clackamas County wants to take a look at how to improve biking conditions on Highway 43. Clackamas County wants to make Highway 43 a nicer place to ride a bike. The County released a request for proposals (RFP) last week to find a consulting engineer to study the feasibility of creating a bikeway on the … Read more
“Put that on the ballot, that’s really the best way… People need to be able to determine what should be done with their pocketbooks.” — Sarah Seale, Director of Americans for Prosperity, Clackamas County A proposal in Clackamas County for a $5 motor vehicle registration fee to raise $20 million to help pay for the … Read more
The Sellwood Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus) Members of the Oregon chapter of Americans for Prosperity, an anti-tax and limited government interest group founded by David Koch and Koch Industries, showed up in force on Thursday when the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners shared their plan to raise funds to help pay for the Sellwood Bridge. … Read more
This image shows the existing gap in the Rock Creek Trail (green) where it intersects with Evergreen Parkway.
Portland Parks will test a smoother ramp nose (black piece) as part of routine maintenance on the Esplanade.(Photos © J. Maus) Routine repairs to the guardrails of the ramps that lead to the floating portion of the Eastbank Esplanade are set to begin this monday (11/29). Also, according to Portland Parks and Recreation, the work … Read more
The new Delta Ponds Bridge in Eugene in all of its “visually strking” glory.(Photos: OBEC Consulting Engineers)