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Crews from PBOT’s contractor on the project have already installed a few sharrows on N. Bryant Avenue.(Photo: PBOT) This week, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation will begin to install new signs and pavement markings on bike boulevard streets. The money for the project comes from a $1 million award the city received last … Read more
As a follow-up to our story on Monday about a new bike route being signed through River View Cemetery, we’ve received a map of the route. View the map below and consider helping River View raise the $5,000 to add signs and pavement markings to the route (details on how to donate here). (On a … Read more
Biking through the cemetery.(Photo: mumblion/Flickr) A fundraising campaign has begun to pay for signage of a popular bike route through River View Cemetery. People on bikes prefer the route through River View because it’s a safe and pleasant alternative from the high-speed auto traffic on Taylor’s Ferry and other major roads nearby. Cemetery staff have … Read more
The bridge is currently open to bike traffic.(Photo © J. Maus) A popular bike route in North Portland is about to be closed until the end of December. The Vancouver Avenue bridge over the Columbia Slough has been closed to motorized traffic since the end of 2008 (due to a fire that damaged wooden supports), … Read more
Rolling on NE Tillamook.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland recently unveiled “neighborhood greenways” as a term to replace bike boulevards. At the monthly meeting of the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee last night PBOT traffic safety staffer Greg Raisman showed up to explain more about their thinking behind the new name.
Riders on the Clinton St. neighborhood greenway.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation plans to change how they refer to projects that calm residential streets and put an emphasis on non-motorized traffic. The term “neighborhood greenways” will soon replace “bicycle boulevards.” I alluded to this new term in a story last … Read more
Daybreak Cohousing makes biking easy.(Photo: Sally Painter) A new housing development opening this weekend in North Portland will combine two Danish influences on our city: cohousing and biking. On Saturday (4/17), the Daybreak Cohousing development at 2525 North Killingsworth Street will host its grand opening celebration. Daybreak is a planned community where residents own their … Read more
Detail of trail system plan. View larger version here.
Bike corral on N. Russell near Widmer Brewery.(Photo © J. Maus) In an effort to assess the usage rates and demand for on-street bike parking, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation will conduct its first ever bike parking counts this summer. The counts will be done annually and the idea is to tally the … Read more
On the Right Track from Sam Adams on Vimeo.
Speak up.(Photo © J. Maus) As a follow-up to my post about the importance of showing up to your local bike boulevard open house, I thought I’d share the perspective of Brighton West. Brighton is a reader who attended the open house last night for the SE 101st Avenue project where he encountered “a number … Read more