10 weeks after fatal collision, ODOT installs new pedestrian signals along Powell Blvd
Sarah Pliner might have gotten across alive if this were installed sooner.
Signs and Signals
The nascent effort to improve wayfinding on Portland’s bikeways
A grassroots report will look to raise the profile of signage as a key tool to boost bike ridership.
Portland’s top traffic signal staffer takes bike advocates for a ride
Good urban planning means the average person traveling around a city doesn’t need to know anything about what went into designing it – they can just get around intuitively. Peter Koonce, who manages the traffic signals and street lighting division at the Portland Bureau of Transportation, is keenly aware of this. Koonce and his team … Read more
First Look: New bike signals unlock two-way protected bikeway on Naito
Photos and video of Naito’s new bike signals.
Next-gen traffic signals and vehicles could be new boost to bike safety
A federal “Smart City” grant could bring millions of dollars for connecting vehicles to improve safety.
Want more green? Help the transportation bureau make signals better for cycling
Tell PBOT how they can better serve your green light needs.
Why the City of Portland is hosting a dance to celebrate new traffic signals
A barn dance will be held at Portland’s first-ever Barnes Dance. Let us explain.
‘Fast Bikes Use Water Ave’ and other signs coming to Esplanade near OMSI
Time to familiarize yourself with Water Avenue? (Or just slow down)
City and state working to help bicycle users get the green
PBOT and ODOT want you seeing (more) green.
Study: Half of Portland bike riders don’t know how to trigger green lights
New research suggests that interminable red lights are a particular burden on new bike riders, because pavement markings aren’t easy enough to understand.
New signal on NE Lloyd gives bike riders a jump on other traffic
The new signal makes it easier for this person to merge left over two lanes of traffic.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) activated a bike-only signal yesterday at the northwest intersection of NE Lloyd Blvd and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
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