Parking on the left, tricky tracks on the right.(Photo © J. Maus) This week, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation decided to remove on-street parking on the new transit mall ahead of schedule due to safety concerns first brought to their attention by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) back in October.
ODOT wants $2 million to improve illumination on I-205 bike path.(Photo © J. Maus) The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has released their official list of projects to be included in the federal economic stimulus bill that is expected to come together in mid-February The list includes 46 projects throughout the state and a total … Read more
[Via Dustbowl] Design duo Alex Tee and Evan Gant from Massachusetts based product design firm Altitude Inc., are making waves around the web for their new “LightLane” concept. Here’s how they describe it: Our system projects a crisply defined virtual bike lane onto pavement, using a laser, providing the driver with a familiar boundary to … Read more
Below is a press release sent out yesterday by Metro. I have just received the actual resolution and list of projects and I might do another story about it on the Front Page soon. For now… Regional leaders unite to send strong message on federal transportation priorities The Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) … Read more
One of Portland’s customized bike lane markings.-Slideshow below-(Photo: City of Portland) 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of a proud Portland tradition: our creatively modified bike lane pavement markings or what I like to call, “bike lane guys”. The “unlikely cycling hero” who started the tradition in 1999 — according to Portlander Jim Waigand, who has … Read more
Chris Smith, Streetcar Jason Tell, ODOT Scott Bricker, BTA Rex Burkholder, Metro Mark Ginsberg, Lawyer Sue Keil, PBOT Some familiar faces on the Transportation Cabinet.(All photos © J. Maus)
[Publisher’s note: This article is a dispatch by Managing Editor Elly Blue, who recently attended the Transportation Research Board conference in Washington D.C. Read more articles from Elly’s East Coast Tour.] John La Verdure (Photo by Elly Blue) Taking a break in the lobby of the Marriott during the TRB conference, I noticed a man … Read more
The BTA hopes to make it legal to roll through stop signs.(Photos © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA), a Portland-based non-profit with over 5,000 members statewide, has proposed a new law that would make it legal to roll through a stop sign while riding a bicycle in Oregon. In an interview this afternoon, … Read more
Some Portlanders continued to ride bikes during the storm.(Photo © J. Maus) The Mayor’s office has launched a survey to help gather feedback about how they responded to the major storm we had at the end of 2008 (take it online here). The survey is part of a “snow and ice readiness assessment” that the … Read more
Design drawing of Gibbs Street bike and pedestrian bridge, which has been fast-tracked by Mayor Adams to help Portland’s economy. Yesterday, the City of Portland announced a $503 million economic stimulus plan. Within that plan, is $52 million in Bureau of Transportation projects — several of which include bike-related facilities. Here is a brief summary … Read more
Roger Mallette of Retro Image Apparel is wasting no time establishing his business in Portland. Mallette, who just moved his headquarters to Southeast Portland in December, inked a deal yesterday to design and sell a Lucky Labrador Brewing Company bike jersey. The jersey is the first in what Mallette hopes will be a large line … Read more
15 miles of Portland streets willget calmer, safer, and more enjoyable for bikes in the coming months.(Photo © J. Maus) At a subcommittee meeting before the monthly Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting in City Hall last night, the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Traffic Safety Program Manager Mark Lear and Traffic Safety Specialist Greg Raisman outlined details … Read more