[*Updated 12/19, 9:42 am] Wednesday night at 6:00pm, (*NOTE: This Council session has been rescheduled) City Commissioner Sam Adams will present a resolution and report about bike safety to City Council that outlines “initial City policy improvements and engineering enhancements undertaken to increase bicycle safety in response to recent bicyclist fatalities.”
(Photos courtesy Jason Gately/PDX Int’l Airport) A new bike and pedestrian path that connects the Portland Airport to Marine Drive opened today. As promised back in June, the new 12-foot wide, half-mile long asphalt pathway runs between Marine Drive and Northeast Frontage Road and connects with the existing bicycle and pedestrian path that serves PDX.
Flashing lights when a bike is present.(Photo: Zakkaliciousness) From Cycleliciousness (the “Copenhagen Bicycle Culture Blog”), comes word of two interesting bike safety measures. Given that we are in the midst of making some major bike safety improvements at dangerous intersections, I thought it might be useful to take a look at new technology being considered … Read more
This letter from October 2006 urges Commissioners to bump up bike spending.(Click to enlarge) Now that City of Portland Transportation Commissioner Sam Adams’ has told the Willamette Week about his dissatisfaction with the amount of money PDOT spends on bikes, I thought I would share a bit of background on the issue. (This is a … Read more
Adams at his mayoral announcement last October.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) The Willamette Week’s “Wheels of Fortune” story in this week’s paper outlines City Commissioner (and mayoral front-runner) Sam Adams’ intention to significantly increase PDOT’s bike spending in the coming years. Adams told the paper he thinks 4.5 percent of PDOT’s capital budget should go to … Read more
The Policy Advisory Group of the Sellwood Bridge Project has made their final decisions as to which bridge designs will move forward for further study and consideration. Below is the official press release from Multnomah County. You can also see engineering renditions of the designs on this post from a few weeks ago and for … Read more
Matt Picio This article was written by former City of Milwaukie resident Matt Picio. Matt, who recently moved to Southeast Portland, is an active member of the bike community. In addition to his work on the bicycle chapter of Milwaukie’s new Transportation System Plan, he has led rides with Shift and is the executive director … Read more
Stencil of Brett Jarolimek thatwas painted on a bridgesupport in North Portland. This morning I got a call from Mike Mason who works in the community and public affairs office at the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Mike (who happens to be a daily reader of this site) wanted to give me some background on … Read more
Goodbye blue…hello green? Even though funding has now been approved and the political will exists to move forward, the Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) still has a few wrinkles to iron out before installation begins on colored bike boxes and bike lanes that are slated for 14 dangerous intersections around the city. PDOT is currently … Read more
Draft engineering drawing of the intersection where Tracey Sparling was killed. Last night, as part of a nearly $6 million surplus budget allocation process, Portland’s City Council approved $200,000 to fund bike safety improvements at 14 intersections. These improvements include new, colored bike boxes and bike lanes at intersections found to be dangerous and in … Read more
This just in from Portland Parks & Recreation: SE Circle Avenue Bridge on Springwater Corridor closed due to flood damage (Portland, OR) – High water caused by the recent heavy rains has compromised the structure of the bridge at SE Circle Avenue along the Springwater Corridor in East Portland. Portland Parks & Recreation has closed … Read more
“Since they turned our street into a bike boulevard our neighborhood is just a nicer place to live!” Screen capture from “B2 Power” infomercial (watch it below). The BTA’s bicycle boulevard campaign just took a big step forward; they’ve unveiled their long-awaited infomercial (view below). In the 10-minute film (which was shown at the BTA’s … Read more