The Oregon State Fair Pavillion building is being considered as a location for a new velodrome.(Photo courtesy Oregon State Fair) Imagine being at the Oregon State Fair, chomping on a plate of fried food, and hearing a packed crowd erupt in a thunderous roar as track racers fly by on the way to a thrilling … Read more
Remember the stop sign graffiti I wrote about on SE Salmon Street back in July? Not to be outdone, I noticed this message stickered to a stop sign in Vancouver BC during my visit this past weekend.
There’s no question who this street is for.(Photos by Jonathan Maus) Riding around Vancouver BC for the first time, I instantly felt like I was a respected part of the transportation system. The family and I took to the city streets yesterday and experienced a pleasant, well-marked bike route. Vancouver has a network of secondary … Read more
Configuration of a cycle track.(Graphic: Streetsblog) Bicycle and transportation advocates in New York City are ecstatic that their Department of Transportation plans to install a physically separated bike lane (a.k.a. “cycle track). The news comes from Streetsblog:
Bikes parked on Lewis & Clark campus.(Photo: Jonathan Maus) The “problem” of not enough bike parking has reared its head at yet another place in Portland: Lewis & Clark College. With growing bike use, a new school year, and the Bike Commute Challenge going full steam (L & C is a perennial front-runner in the … Read more
City Hall bike racks; will they stay or go?(Photo: Jonathan Maus) Earlier this month, the BTA’s Karl Rohde reported that a bunch of new bike racks had been installed in front of City Hall’s main entrance (on SW Fourth Ave.). The racks were installed as a temporary measure to handle the increased demand during the … Read more
Congestion is a common sight during peak commuting hours. (Photo: BikePortland.org) Two new surveys show that (not surprisingly) bicycle use continues to rise in Portland. PDOT’s annual count of bicycle traffic on the four main downtown bridges shows a 21% increase from 2006. Last year (see my report), PDOT counted 12,046 average daily bicycle trips … Read more
Insert NPGreenway Trail here.(Photo: Jonathan Maus) The folks behind the North Portland Greenway Trail are some of the hardest working advocates I’ve ever come across. They are constantly doing whatever they can to share their vision for a new riverfront trail that would connect the Eastbank Esplanade (at the Steel Bridge) to Cathedral Park in … Read more
New markings on SE Madison Ave.(Photos: Jonathan Maus) The new, double-wide bike lane on SE Madison Ave that I reported about last week is now fully complete. The new markings include side-by-side bike lane symbols to denote the passing lane and skip-striping both where the lane widens (and then narrows) and to separate the slow … Read more
On-street “bike corral” in north Portland.(Photo: Jonathan Maus) It looks like Portland’s on-street bike parking program has inspired the city of Victoria, British Columbia. An article published Sunday in the Victoria Times Colonist reports that, due to a demand for on-street, high-quality bike parking that outstrips supply, Victoria has modeled a bike parking program after … Read more
Cyclists now have more room to pass on the approach to the Hawthorne Bridge due to a newly installed ten-foot wide bike lane (faded stripe is the old lane).(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
Some major bike projects have made the final list of projects that are eligible for a new list of Transportation System Development Charges (TSDCs) that will go in front of City Council next week.