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New striping gives bike traffic a buffer from cars on NE Wheeler behind the Rose Quarter.(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation has begun implementation of a project to make bicycling near the Rose Quarter more comfortable. NE Wheeler Ave between Winning Way and the Rose Quarter Transit Center now has wider bike … Read more
Commissioner Amanda Fritz and Mayor Sam Adams listening to testimony on the 50s Bikeway project today.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland City Council voted in unanimous support of the 50s Bikeway project today (Commissioner Saltzman was not present). The $1.5 million, federally funded project will fill a 4.3 mile gap in the north-south bikeway along 52nd … Read more
A People’s Choice award will be given to one of these entries into the Oregon Manifest challenge.
PBOT project manager Ellen Vanderslice earned praise for her handling of the project.(Photos © J. Maus) Major changes on and around the NE 12th Avenue overcrossing of I-84 got a big green light this morning when the project’s Stakeholder Advisory Committee voted unanimously to support a proposal by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). The … Read more
As if the I-5 Bridge needed any more safety issues, yesterday’s job fair hosted by Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler at the Red Lion Hotel turned the biking and walking bridge crossing route into a parking lot… View of biking and walking path to I-5 bridge.(Photo: Marcus Griffith)
The 50s Bikeway project is at City Council today!(Map: PBOT) The 50s Bikeway project will be up for a vote at City Council today. While it’s expected to get the required three votes of support, you can also expect some loud opposition to one specific piece of the project — a diverter planned for SE … Read more
By mid-October, a new company called Zen Bicycle Fabrication will be the latest addition to Portland’s always-growing bicycle industry. A few weeks ago, a reader tipped me off to Zen’s website and today I confirmed that it is indeed a real business with a real plan. The person behind this new bike manufacturing start-up (whom … Read more
Using recycled bike frames and parts, Johnnie Olivan of Rejuiced Bikes in North Portland melds artistry and utility into his creations.(Photos © J. Maus unless otherwise noted)
(Photo © J. Maus) New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey shows that the state of Oregon is a national leader in the number of people who ride a bicycle to work. According to the new “Journey to Work” numbers, 6 percent of people in the city of Portland use a … Read more
A new plan by PBOT would convert the auto parking on this stretch of Holladay into a 10-foot wide shared auto/bike lane.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has released a new plan for how to turn NE Holladay Street into a major, two-way bikeway from the Rose Quarter Transit Center to … Read more
Volunteers gather at theBike Train Meet Up last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s grassroots movement to get kids and families to hop aboard school “bike trains” continues to grow. Last night 15 schools were represented at the second annual Bike Train Meet Up. That’s quite a jump from the four schools that were a part … Read more
Following an injury collision involving a Multnomah County Judge last month, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has re-striped the intersection of SW Terwilliger and SW Condor. Here’s how the intersection looked prior to the new treatment: (Photo: PPB) And here’s how it looks now (photo sent in by reader):