PDOT begins process to fix “confusing” and “challenging” 7 Corners intersection
The City of Portland will unveil new design ideas for the 7 Corners intersection at a workshop next month. The yellow lines show a popular bike route.
Infrastructure
Photos of new on-street bike corral downtown
New on-street bike parking at SW 3rd and Pine.Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) As promised last week, PDOT is moving ahead quickly with their on-street bike parking program. The first of four bike corrals slated for downtown Portland has already been installed. The location is SW 3rd and Pine street in front of Stumptown Coffee … Read more
First look at new on-street bike parking
As promised last week, PDOT is working to install four new on-street bike parking corrals around downtown. Reader Austin Ramsland snapped a photo of the work-in-progress. The location of this corral is at SW 3rd and Pine (near Stumptown Coffee):
Safety fixes confirmed for notorious Broadway/Flint intersection
This Google Street View is looking north from Broadway at N. Flint and N Wheeler is off to the left. This intersection is slated for three short-term improvements.
PDOT works to identify more bikeways in North Portland
Roger Geller presenting potential new city bikeway designations to an advisory committee on Tuesday.(Photo © J. Maus) As part of an ongoing effort to update the Bicycle Master Plan, city bicycle coordinator Roger Geller (and his trusty associate Denver Igarta) recently completed a field work and bikeway identification and mapping exercise in North Portland. Geller … Read more
Effort to keep Colwood green would leave room for bikes
“Loss of the Colwood open space could also result in a permanent gap in the 40-Mile Loop Bike and Pedestrian Trail.”— Tony Fuentes, NE Portland resident and member of the Keep Colwood Green! Coalition Citizen activists and a host of environmental organizations and neighborhood associations are hoping to save 138 acres of open space that … Read more
City to unveil four new “bike corrals” downtown
A PDOT concept drawing of new on-street bike corrals coming to downtown Portland by the end of this month.(Click to enlarge)
Metro joins in nationwide trail user count effort
Many people enjoy the Eastbank Esplanade by bike.(Photo © J. Maus) Metro, is set to join Portland, Vancouver (WA), Hillsboro, Gresham, Tigard, Tualatin, and 30 other cities across the nation in an effort to document the number of people biking and walking on multi-use trails. The counts are organized by the National Bicycle and Pedestrian … Read more
Bike racks bustle on first day of school
I took my 5 1/2 year-old daughter to school this morning and was overjoyed to see the bike racks over flowing… Not enough space for all the bikes at Trillium Charter School in North Portland.(Photos © J. Maus)
The SK Northwest saga is over: Property owner gives up on trail fight
They fought it tooth and nail, but in the end the path prevailed.
BTA announces meetings for “Let’s Get Going!” effort
The BTA has embarked an effort to create a bicycle boulevard on N. Going St.(Photo © J. Maus) Just two weeks after announcing an effort to establish a bicycle boulevard on NE Going Street, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance has scheduled a series of neighborhood meetings for the project. If your neighborhood association is listed below, … Read more
In Seattle: An update on the U.S. Bicycle Route System
Ginny Sullivan, routes coordinator for the Adventure Cycling Association.(Photo © J. Maus) During a morning poster session (where bike and ped professionals offer up their latest research in science-fair style) here at Pro Walk/Pro Bike, I ran into Ginny Sullivan, the new routes coordinator for the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA). Sullivan stood in front of … Read more