Neighbors worry as PBOT breaks safety promise at NE 7th and Tillamook
Barricades that created a carfree work zone at the intersection of Northeast 7th and Tillamook are gone — and so is the safer street many local residents have always wanted.
Infrastructure
New freight (and bike!) bridge considered north of St. Johns
The dream of a safe bike connection to Sauvie Island starts here.
The nascent effort to improve wayfinding on Portland’s bikeways
A grassroots report will look to raise the profile of signage as a key tool to boost bike ridership.
In bicycle simulator lab, bike boxes emerge as safest intersection treatment
Three treatments were tested by 40 study participants.
City will reroute freight truck traffic away from deadly SE 26th Ave intersection
The change comes in response to a high-profile death on Powell Blvd.
PBOT will remove bike lanes, return auto parking to NW Overton
PBOT’s new plan will remove the bike lane and add back most of the auto parking.
Ask BikePortland: Why did ODOT downgrade the N Delaware/Lombard crossing?
A recent Oregon Department of Transportation project in north Portland has helped tame an urban highway, but it came at the cost of a key bike crossing.
A global corporation paid for and built protected bike lanes on NW Front Ave
A German multinational is behind these curious new bits of bike infrastructure.
Three new crossings and bike lanes coming to Lents neighborhood
One of the projects will come with new bike lanes on SE 92nd near Lents Park.
Portland transportation bureau will redesign new bikeways on NW Overton
Pushback on parking loss and lane changes has come from several unsurprising sources.
New school zone first of many changes after fatal collision outside Cleveland High School
City of Portland has worked quickly on a raft of changes, and ODOT has been a willing partner.
First Look: SW Broadway bike lanes finally complete protection puzzle
In April 2009, newly elected Mayor Sam Adams made a big announcement at conference held at Portland State University. He would oversee the installation of Portland’s first major “cycle-track” — what we now call protected bike lanes. Initially planned for the North Park Blocks, Adams switched the alignment to Southwest Broadway to avoid “intractable” pushback … Read more