[Updated: 10/9, 4:37pm] (Photo © Jonathan Maus) Chapter 19.90.030 of Portland’s official City Code, defines a bicycle boulevard as “A roadway with low vehicle traffic volumes where the movement of bicycles is given priority.” Many savvy Portland cyclists know which streets are bike boulevards, but because most of them lack design cues or visible markings, … Read more
You can help decide the future design of light rail stations.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) As part of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project, Metro is looking for your input to design “vibrant, attractive and safe” light rail stations. Here’s more from Metro: “Light rail stations have the ability to transform the communities they are in. Areas … Read more
(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Thanks to a partnership between Kryptonite and the City of Portland, bike parking just got a lot easier for students at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Last Friday, work crews installed 9 staple racks (that’s room for about 18 bikes), in what was formerly one car parking spot. The new … Read more
Peters: “…comments were in no way intended as an indictment of bicycle and pedestrian investments.”(Read full text below orclick to enlarge.) Back in August, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters raised a ruckus for comments she made on a PBS talkshow. When the conversation turned to transportation investments, Peters referred to “bike paths” as … Read more
Front page of today’s Oregonian The Oregonian has a front page story this morning about a new potential bridge that would cross the Willamette River south of the Marquam Bridge. Writer Dylan Rivera reports that it would be “Portland’s first new bridge in 34 years,” and that it would be unique among other Willamette River … Read more
A few weeks ago, I shared the news that the New York City Dept. of Transportation had decided to install the city’s first-ever physically separated bike lane (a.k.a. cycle track). Well, the bike revolution must have taken hold within the bureaucracy because they’ve already started the project. Video activist extraordinaire Clarence Eckerson happened upon it … Read more
Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffy at last night’s meeting.(All photos © Jonathan Maus) An influential advisory group made up of elected and appointed officials has narrowed the options for the design of the future Sellwood Bridge. At a meeting last night, the Policy Advisory Group of the Sellwood Bridge Project decided on four … Read more
Portland’s latest on-street bike parking racks await new home.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) While riding home last night up the Mississippi/Albina Hill, I noticed some familiar looking staple racks in PDOT’s equipment storage yard. It was two, three-staple rack assemblies welded together; the same configuration used in the on-street bike parking corrals that are popping up … Read more
Since my post two weeks ago about bike parking at Lewis & Clark College I’ve had the chance to exchange a few emails with the school’s Director of Transportation and Parking, Mark Morgan. Morgan shared the following new information about the bike parking situation and other bikey tidbits:
(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Next week, the Policy Advisory Group for the Sellwood Bridge Project will meet to choose up to four bridge designs to consider for further study. The four designs will then go through an environmental review and a “preferred alternative” will be chosen by Spring 2008.
“The steady growth in bicycle use presents an opportunity for the City to capitalize on the increased ridership by investing in safety and access improvements to attract a broader range of cyclists.”–From PDOT bicycle count report. Download PDF here. The City of Portland Office of Transportation has just released their 21-page report detailing results of … Read more
[Post updated: 9/27, 11:42am] E. Burnside and 97th: The tracks where Sharon fell.Photo: Jim O’Horo At a meeting last week of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC), TriMet Communications Manager Josh Collins shared details of TriMet’s plans to review 32 locations where bike paths and bike lanes cross MAX tracks. The review makes good on … Read more