Checking up on NW Overton and Pettygrove bikeways
A quick look at greenway changes.
Infrastructure
Beg, borrow, and deal: Lawmakers float $1 billion I-5 freeway expansion funding plan
Is it a sign of progress or desperation for this megaproject?
ODOT wants to make SE McLoughlin safer for bikes
A golden opportunity to push for better bikeways on this key commercial corridor.
Developers say bike parking rules are biggest reason for housing delays
Is it really about bike racks?
Bike lanes on 82nd Ave? PBOT explores the options
What will come from the city’s discussion of bike lanes on 82nd Ave?
PBOT wants your feedback on bike-friendly speed bumps
Can they improve the design? Or should they just give up on the idea?
The gaps in Portland’s approach to speed bumps
Jury is still out on whether these work well enough to be a standard treatment.
Traffic impact studies: shouldn’t pedestrians and cyclists count?
It is difficult to understand why the fate of transportation infrastructure near this economic engine depends on conversations between a PBOT middle-manager and a neighborhood volunteer.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Commissioner Mingus Mapps talk 122nd Ave plan
The new PBOT commissioner and longtime transportation-focused congressman are excited about new federal funding that they hope will transform this dangerous corridor.
New east Portland bike connection in the works with wetlands restoration project
The Portland Bureau of Environmental Services wants to build a new bike trail with its Springwater floodplain restoration project.
Beaumont-Wilshire residents profess love for car parking near Wilshire Park
The romance with car parking at a neighborhood park.
Green bike boxes, bike lanes return to 26th Avenue following tragic death
When the Oregon Department of Transportation strong-armed the City of Portland to remove the bike lanes and bike boxes on Southeast 26th Avenue and Powell Boulevard in 2018, we knew it would make the crossing less safe. But ODOT persisted. In a twisted plan to encourage people to not bike on 26th (lest they get … Read more