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Pavement in limbo due to funding uncertainty.(Photo: Aaron Tarfman) Supporters of a project that would pave the Springwater Trail from SE Rugg Road to Dee Street in Boring are celebrating this morning after news that the Oregon Department of Transportation has put the project on its recommended funding list. The $1.2 million Springwater Trail project … Read more
An important open house and public hearing event for the Sellwood Bridge project is happening Wednesday night from 6 – 8:30 at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave.) The press release from Multnomah County is below:
Libby Tucker [Editor’s note: This is the first article in our new section, BikePortland.org: In-Depth. The main contributor to this section will be Libby Tucker. Ms. Tucker is a freelance reporter whose articles have been published in a myriad of outlets including the Associated Press, MSNBC.com, The Oregonian, and others. She was most recently a … Read more
View of the new construction as of 11/21/08.(Photo: Clackamas County) After an arson fire burned through several key support columns in August of 2006, the 82nd Drive/Park Place bike/ped bridge (map) over the Clackamas River (between Gladstone and Oregon City) is slated to officially re-open tomorrow. In a newsletter from Clackamas County’s Water Environment Services … Read more
“Sam (Adams) has directed (City Traffic Engineer) Rob Burchfield to indentify opportunities for a “high visibility” cycle track to be rolled out in Sam’s first 100 days as mayor.” — Sam Adams’ chief of staff Tom Miller, in an email to Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder There’s no denying that 2009 is shaping up to be … Read more
The stop sign at SE Caruthers and Water has been a source offrustration for many.(Photo © J. Maus) Two stop signs at the intersection of SE Water Ave and SE Caruthers St. in Southeast Portland (map) will be removed by PDOT. The news comes from an employee of the nearby Oregon Museum of Science and … Read more
Graphic of potential new bike skills park at a defunct school on SE Stark and 14th.(Graphic taken from forum post by Will Heiber)
These new yield markings have been installed to warn bike riders of potential cross traffic.(Photos © J. Maus)
A cross-section detail of proposed design of NE Cully Street shows 8 1/2-foot wide cycle-track. Note: Not shown is a wide pedestrian walkway. See below for fully cross-section.
A banner for the BTA’s campaign seenat an event this summer.(Photos © J. Maus) Back in August, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) announced that Going Street would be the focus of their first major effort to create a new bike boulevard in Portland. Since then, BTA staffer Emily Gardner has been busy shoring up neighborhood … Read more
The new CETMAcargo bike from Eugene.(Photos courtesy Lane Kagay)
Jessica Roberts(Photo © J. Maus) This article was written by Jessica Roberts. Jessica is the former metro area advocate for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and she is now a planner with Alta Planning and Design, one of the nation’s premier bike and pedestrian planning firms. Jessica previously wrote about how to get letters published in … Read more