Get the latest on PBOT’s plans for diversion at the open house. The public outreach process for the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s NE/SE 50s Bikeway project is nearing completion. Today, PBOT announced the final open house for the project for Wednesday, June 29 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish (5329 … Read more
The 50s Bikeway Project aims to create a 4.3 mile, family friendly bike corridor.(Photo © J. Maus) The long-awaited 50s Bikeway Project — which will use $1.5 million in federal funds to build a low-stress bicycling environment along a 4.3 mile corridor from SE Woodstock to NE Thompson (near Sandy) along 53rd and 52nd Avenues … Read more
Riding on SE 53rd Ave.(Photo © J. Maus) Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the 50s Bikeway open house event last week (we were sorta busy). If you were at the event, can you share your impressions with us? If you missed it, yet are still interested in learning more about this major bikeway project, … Read more
Graphic from WWeek.com. One of our local alternative weekly magazines, The Willamette Week, made an interesting choice for their weekly “Rogue of the Week” feature. They’ve given the label to the “haters” of the 50s Bikeway who showed up to last week’s first public open house on the project. Here’s a snip from the Willamette … Read more
One concept under consideration is buffered bike lanes and removal of parking on both sides of SE 52nd north of Woodstock. One year ago today, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation accepted a $1.3 million grant to build the 50s Bikeway project. That grant came 13 years after the project — a 4.5 mile … Read more
The Citizen’s Advisory Committee for the City of Portland’s 50s Bikeway Project will meet for a ride Saturday to explore potential alignments. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, PBOT is moving on this project and now is the time to get involved and share your feedback and insights to make sure they get things … Read more
PBOT’s Rich Newlands gave an update on the project at a recent Bike Advisory Committee meeting.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is rolling ahead with their 50’s Bikeway project. The $1.5 million, federally funded project aims to make a 4.5 mile north/south corridor between the Hollywood and Woodstock neighborhoods more … Read more
SE 52nd Avenue — soon to be bike boulevard-ized.(Photo: PBOT) This morning, Portland City Council formally accepted a $1.3 million grant for the 50s Bikeway, a project that was first identified as a priority in Portland’s 1996 Bike Master Plan. Today’s acceptance of the grant is a procedural formality (technically, it’s the signing of an … Read more
Comment of the Week: A 45-year bike commuter weighs in