Despite a lack of comfortable bike access, many people like Harlow prefer riding on Sandy Blvd because it’s a straight shot into the central city. While more significant bike access improvements on Sandy aren’t in the near-term pipeline, Harlow had an idea to improve bike access she felt would help the situation immediately.
To make the bike/car interactions a bit more pleasant, Harlow wants to have “Bikes on Roadway” signs installed. She made an official request to PBOT with her idea. Harlow heard back from a PBOT civil engineer and she shared the response with us. PBOT declined the request, but the engineer makes a reasonable case for his decision. The reply (below) might help others understand the thinking PBOT does before deciding whether or not to install signage (it’s also cool to see a government agency take someone’s request so seriously)… [Read more…]
Rolling with momentum in recent weeks from national and statewide elected officials, the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project will be the focus of a public forum in Northeast Portland tonight.
The event is being hosted by the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, an umbrella non-profit that represents 12 neighborhoods in North and Northeast Portland. At tonight’s forum, residents will be able to share their opinion about the project with local leaders including Metro President Tom Hughes, Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder, and state representatives Tina Kotek, Lew Frederick and Chip Shields.[Read more…]
Last night was the first public open house for the City of Portland’s Lloyd District Bikeway Development Projects. Within this planning process, PBOT is taking a close look at three projects that could dramatically improve the bicycling experience in and around the Lloyd District. The projects include improved bikeways on N. Vancouver/Wheeler between Broadway and Multnomah (near Rose Garden), NE Holladay, and the NE 12th Ave overcrossing.
Working with a Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC), PBOT has come up with some initial options for how to move forward on these projects.[Read more…]
This morning I shared how PBOT’s neighborhood greenways could have a dramatic impact on how it feels to move around our city’s residential streets. A perfect case in point is the NE Holman Street project.
Back in May, I took a closer look at the project, with a focus on a “pocket park” idea that was being thrown around. The concept was to take the existing, small and ordinary park at NE Holman and 13th and make it something special. Envisioned as a gathering place for the community, the revamped Holman City Park would be extended all the way across Holman, with through-access for biking and walking only.[Read more…]
Detail of concept for new shared-use path, buffered bike lanes, and other bikeway elements being proposed for NE 12th Avenue south of the Lloyd District. – Download larger version (PDF) –
Last night, at a community meeting to hear feedback on the Last Thursday on Alberta event (read my analysis here), Commissioner Amanda Fritz and Mayor Sam Adams heard loud and clear that many people love the event just the way it is.
According to sources at the meeting and reports in the local media, upwards of 400 people crammed into the Acadian Ballroom on Alberta last night. There were many opinions expressed, but it seems the dominant opinion was that despite the growing pains, expense, and crowd control issues, the carfree environment of Last Thursday is something people feel is worth supporting.[Read more…]
We meet on SW corner of Pioneer Square in downtown PDX. Meet around noon, departing about 12:15. You'll be back downtown by about 1:30. We ride up to the Fairmount Read More »
Cause what else do single people have better to do on a Monday night than go on a bike ride and vibe with other single people. To heck with tinder! Read More »
Treasure hunting at Community Cycling Center is back! Did you miss browsing our used parts selection? We missed you too! Visit us once a week for masked, distanced, and outdoor Read More »
Eat drink and be merry also consider having the ride of your life, come ready for anything, be kind to all travelers, pack out what you bring in, bring out Read More »
This group bike ride is not to a sock hop but rather to The HOP - a new neighborhood greenway in NE Portland. This greenway goes East-West through the Gateway Read More »
A 69-year tradition returns for six weeks of racing! This is one of the most challenging and fun race series of the year held in beautiful Mt. Tabor Park, on Read More »
Every Thursday night, meets at Salmon Springs Fountain. TNR is a safe space and consent is required ! "If it's not a HELL YES; then it's a FUCK NO!" If Read More »
How are you dealing with the new restrictions at Providence Park for Thorns/Timbers games? Only clear bags allowed, so what do you do with your bike-y gear? 1 post - 1 participant Read full… Read Post »
Beautiful orange Bike Friday Tandem Two’sDay folding bike with electric assist. Many options including: disk brakes front and rear triple front rings twist shifter rear rack with removable bags Barely used and stored in… Read Post »
I saw this posted on NextDoor. Good to be a considerate cyclist: Clinton Park Bike Party. There was a gathering and party last night at the playground at Clinton Park with at least 60… Read Post »
Are there any shops in town that are super good at SRAM eTap? I know many mechs can work on it, but I need a complicated upgrade. 1 post - 1 participant Read full… Read Post »
To whatever yahoo decided to poach the Wildwood trail, your tracks were visible from Germantown to Springville Road. Not cool. Don’t create more access issues where there are few. 14 posts - 4 participants… Read Post »
Hi Cyclists Please note that we are having some significant tree work done after the September 2020 windstorm, January 2021 wind/rain and February snow storm. All of you that frequent our cemetery know what… Read Post »
