A meeting Friday could have major implications for how we cross I-5 in the future.(Photos © J. Maus) This Friday, the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project will be put to a crucial test. At a meeting of the Project Sponsor’s Council, CRC staff will present the council members — which include Department of Transportation directors … Read more
The project will move the bike traffic lane curbside (among other things). (Photo © J. Maus) New details about pending safety improvements for the notorious NE Broadway/N Williams intersection have emerged since we published an update last Monday. In our story, we reported that the bike safety improvements (which include a new bike-only signal and … Read more
Scaled-back CRC plans have not stopped grassroots opposition.(Photo © J. Maus) Last week, Columbia River Crossing project staff and state DOT officials from Oregon and Washington pitched a kinder, gentler version of the controversial project to legislators in Salem. Responding to widespread criticisms that the project is too big and too expensive, CRC backers have … Read more
The Broadway/Williams intersection is in dire need of improvements. [Adams Carroll contributed reporting to this story.] The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has known for years that the intersection of NE Broadway and Williams is one of the most dangerous in the city for bike traffic. Significant plans to improve the intersection were drawn … Read more
Riding along the river on what should be a fully connected and developed trail.(Photo © J. Maus) The North Portland Greenway Trail is on the cover of the “InPortland” section of The Oregonian today. The exposure for the project is an important boost to the project — whose backers need more political support to make … Read more
Metro is getting heat for their transportation plan.(Photo © J. Maus) Metro’s update to the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) — which will guide $20 billion of investments in our regional transportation infrastructure over the next 25 years — is coming under fire from advocacy groups, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, and others. Among Metro’s stated … Read more
Bikes will soon have a lane of their own on the Morrison Bridge.-Slideshow below-(Photos: Adams Carroll for BikePortland) The Morrison Bridge project is getting ever so close to completion. Once complete, it will have a separated lane for two-way bicycle traffic and a completely new ramp down to Water Avenue on the east side. We … Read more
Rapid flash beacons, which have been very effective in evaluations in Florida, will help Portlanders cross busy streets.(Photos: Stop Experts, Inc.)
PBOT is looking into a new cycle track on N. Williams as part of $7 million in bike projects next year.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation is fleshing out a list of bicycle projects worth an estimated $7 million they hope to roll out between July 2010 and June 2011 (FY 2011). … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) The Obama Administration has taken a solid step in matching their “livable communities” rhetoric with action. A new proposal from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) would increase the radius around transit stops and stations where bicycling and walking infrastructure could be funded. The proposal showed up last Friday in the Federal … Read more
A BikePortland reader has some ideas of what can be done to improve theI-5 crossing of the Columbia River.(Photo © J. Maus) Since a new era of planning for a new I-5 crossing of the Columbia River seems to be upon us, I thought I’d share a comment from last week that lays out several … Read more
Groups want to start the planning process over.(Photo © J. Maus) A coalition of five local non-profit groups are calling for “an immediate restart of the deadlocked I-5 planning process.” The Coalition for a Livable Future, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Environment Oregon, Environment Washington, and Upstream Public Health just issued a joint news release saying … Read more