New piece of Red Electric Trail taking shape
Slow but surely this mythical trail is getting built.
Infrastructure
Transportation issues loom large over Alpenrose development
300 new homes, how about some bike lanes and sidewalks too?
Are bike-friendly speed bumps worth it?
People like them, but they also cost significantly more.
Parks bureau will clean up Peninsula Crossing Trail as new housing village opens
The trail has been overrun with trash and cars in the past, and many folks have stopped riding it.
After legal threat, property owner pays damages from crash on riverfront path bumps
Threat of legal action appears to have been enough to force changes.
Dreaming of a bicycle highway on Northeast Lombard
If Portland ever wants to move the needle toward bicycle use, we must build more high-quality bikeways on major streets.
Gibbs, the Governor, or how I haven’t yet learned to love variances
The contradictions between the city’s aspirational policy and the reality of what gets built is frustrating.
Transportation bureau recommends slate of north Portland projects
North Portland in Motion official recommendation just revealed and Willamette Blvd is a big winner.
How a young urbanist turned a slip lane into Portland’s newest plaza
He thought the idea was too radical, but his timing was perfect.
City releases locations of three new ‘advisory shoulder’ projects to be built this year
Each one connects to an important destination where PBOT wants to encourage people to walk and bike to.
More bike lane, less car parking, and dedicated bus lane coming to SW Jefferson
What’s really good to see in this project is what appears to be a dramatic reduction in on-street car parking.
City will seize sewer project opportunity to remake key corners and crossings in northwest
PBOT is hitching their wagon to a sewer line replacement project that will allow them to make significant changes to 10 intersections in northwest Portland.