Cities poised to plan a carfree connection between Forest Grove and Hillsboro
A very exciting and important rail-to-trail project on the west side is all queued up and planners say design work could begin in earnest this coming fall.
Projects
PBOT plans to (finally) fill the protected bike lane gap on SW Broadway
(SW Broadway looking north and south from Oak. One section is protected and wide, the other is neither.)
Online open house and survey released for I-5 Bridge replacement project
The new effort to replace the I-5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver is well underway. DOTs from Oregon and Washington are pouring money into an immense public outreach/PR campaign and planning process that is so slick it’s scary. Along with hosting lots of advisory committee meetings and splashing content across multiple social media channels, the … Read more
Council passes $5.1 million for Red Electric, Better Naito projects
On Wednesday, Portland City Council voted to allow construction to begin on Better Naito Forever and the Red Electric Trail Bridge — a total of $5.1 million in projects that include physically protected cycling space. But it didn’t happen before one last bit of drama.
TriMet wants to build protected intersections at three locations in east Portland
Staff working on TriMet’s Division Transit Project dropped a bit of a bombshell at the end of an advisory committee meeting earlier this week: They plan to build protected intersections at SE 122nd, 148th, and 162nd. Protected intersections are a big deal. They are considered the safest way to handle bicycle traffic at what’s typically … Read more
PBOT unveils design concepts for 12 projects that could transform northwest Portland
After kicking off about a year ago, the Portland Bureau of Transportation has released a major piece of their Northwest in Motion Plan (NWIM).