Blumenauer will ride to celebrate new path along Marine Drive
Hooray! There’s a new (albeit very small) section of bike path along Marine Drive, and Congressman Earl Blumenauer will help inaugurate it next Tuesday.
Parks and Paths
Two chances to get sneak peek at new Gorge bike path
The new bridge over McCord Creek is a highlight of the State Trail.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced that a newly paved section of the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail will officially open to the public on October 31st. But there are two ways you can get a … Read more
Popular route to Marine Drive closed for five months – UPDATED
This isn’t a new closure, but after experiencing it myself over the weekend and just hearing about it from a reader — and given that it will last for up to five months — I wanted to get something up about it. See below for details and a map from the Portland Bureau of Environmental … Read more
Bike traffic advisories for I-205 path and Riverview Cemetery
Two construction projects in the region have direct impacts to bike traffic. Learn more below… Construction work on an ODOT project on Airport Way near the I-205 path is causing intermittent, short-term closures of the path between Marine Drive and Airport Way. The closures started last week (3/4) and will last through mid-June. Here’s more … Read more
Will new levee regulations impact bikes access on Marine Drive?
Marine Drive and its adjacent mulit-use path along the Columbia River is a popular place to ride; but tighter federal levee regulations might impact future access.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Riders find strip of tacks glued across bike lane on Marine Drive
Strip of tacks found in Marine Drive bike lane.(Photos: Jeremy Dunn) Last Saturday, Portlander Jeremy Dunn and a friend were riding westbound on NE Marine Drive when they noticed a piece of debris in the bike lane in front of them. Luckily they avoided it because upon further inspection, they noticed it was a strip … Read more
River levee work forces temporary closure of Marine Drive path
A portion of the popular Marine Drive bike path near the Portland airport is closed for a construction project. According to the Portland Bureau of Transportation, Multnomah County is working on a Columbia River levee maintenance project and the path is closed about 2.5 miles east of NE 33rd Drive and about 700 feet west … Read more
Collision on Marine Drive results in citations – UPDATED
View eastbound on Marine Drive approaching 122nd. An early morning collision on NE Marine Drive at 122nd resulted in injuries to a woman riding her bike and two citations for a man operating a motor vehicle who police say turned left in front of her. The crash happened at about 6:36 am and was initially … Read more
Staples Inc. donates easement for Marine Drive trail
Now just an on-street bike lane, the Staples donation will make it easier for Metro to complete the pathway. Metro announced today that office supply company Staples Inc. has donated the easement rights for future development of the Marine Drive trail. Staples owns a distribution center that backs up against Marine Drive just east of … Read more
$4 million lighting project complete, ODOT re-opens I-205 path
The Oregon Department of Transportation and TriMet have completed their joint project to install new overhead lighting on the I-205 multi-use path. The project was paid for by a $4 million federal stimulus grant and the new lighting was installed from Lents to Gladstone in the southern portion of the 16.5 mile path. Back in … Read more
New bike path from Marine Drive to Airport completed
(Photos courtesy Jason Gately/PDX Int’l Airport) A new bike and pedestrian path that connects the Portland Airport to Marine Drive opened today. As promised back in June, the new 12-foot wide, half-mile long asphalt pathway runs between Marine Drive and Northeast Frontage Road and connects with the existing bicycle and pedestrian path that serves PDX.