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The result of three and-a-half years of design, planning, and hand-wringing at TriMet is finally on the ground and ready for use. The agency announced today that they’ve opened a new type of bus station as part of their Division Transit Project.
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) The City of Portland shared a delightful surprise yesterday when they announced the installation of concrete diverters on NW Flanders. Yes you read that right: Concrete diverters.
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.
(SW Broadway looking north and south from Oak. One section is protected and wide, the other is neither.)
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
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.
