Rep. Blumenauer on the inauguration of Pennsylvania Ave. bike lanes
View of new bike lanes on Pennsylvania Ave. Photo taken today by League of American Bicyclists. See full photoset here.
Infrastructure
Lloyd District gets major new bike parking facility
New bike parking at Doubletree Hotel in Lloyd District.(Photos: Heather McCarey)
PBOT works up short-list of projects for state grant funding
Improvements to the Klickitat Mall pathway are being considered.(Photo © J. Maus) The CIty of Portland Bureau of Transportation is currently creating a list of projects they hope will earn a share of about $12.5 million available in statewide grants this year. There are three pots of money (all being administered by ODOT) that PBOT … Read more
City will hold public meeting to discuss Holgate bike lanes
A flyer for the meeting seen in the neighborhood.(Photo: Gretchin Lair) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation will hold a public meeting on June 22nd to hear feedback on the SE Holgate buffered bike lanes. The lanes were painted last August as part of a demonstration project along with similar lanes on SW Oak … Read more
Sharrows, sharrows everywhere! (And many more to come)
A family rides by new sharrow markings recently installed in N. Concord Avenue.(Photos © J Maus)
TriMet’s new ‘Bike & Ride’ facility to open in July
As we hinted at a few weeks ago, TriMet is set to begin construction of their new Bike & Ride facility at the Sunset Transit Center this month. A statement released yesterday said the project will begin June 21st and the facility is expected to be open for business by end of July.
PBOT confirms wider bike lane coming to Williams — UPDATED
Williams will get an extra foot to handle its heavy bike traffic (as seen in this photo taken yesterday).(Photo © J. Maus)
ODOT says no to new markings on I-5 bridge path
Use of this marking (and several others) has been denied.(Graphic: City of Vancouver). A request by the City of Vancouver to add directional pavement markings and signage on the I-5 bridge pathway has been denied by the Oregon Department of Transportation. We shared details on this project back in September 2009 and ODOT made their … Read more
Guest article: PBOT responds to Williams Avenue opportunity
[Publisher’s note: In a story last week I hoped out loud that City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) would seize the opportunity to re-stripe Williams Avenue north of Broadway with a wider bike lane. The road is currently torn up for a repave, so what better time to try and eke out an extra … Read more
Before and after: County widens NE 223rd, adds bike lane
Multnomah County will celebrate the completion of improvements to NE 223rd Avenue in Fairview (12 miles east of downtown Portland) today. The $7 million project replaced a railroad bridge that crossed over NE 223rd near I-84 and it also widened the road under the bridge. NE 223rd is a link to the bike path on … Read more
In Seattle, bike crashes on streetcar tracks lead to lawsuit
Mixing with streetcar tracks in Northwest Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports today that six people who crashed while biking across streetcar tracks are now suing the city for negligence because more was not done to make the tracks safe: “Six cyclists who crashed while crossing the South Lake Union Streetcar tracks are … Read more
‘Going Green’ project would transform Swan Island access
Red area shows location of ‘Going Green’ corridor. Note Willamette River in lower left and N. Interstate Ave (MAX line) on the right.