Detail of route map with notes. Full map here (PDF). The seventh ride in PDOT’s monthly Bike Master Plan ride series will tackle the sometimes daunting routes in southwest Portland. City bike coordinator Roger Geller says the focus of August’s ride will be on Terwilliger and Barbur and will look at some of the challenges … Read more
Bike lane on N. Vancouver Ave.(File photo) At the Platinum Bicycle Master Plan Steering Committee meeting yesterday, city bike coordinator Roger Geller shared results of feedback received at the recent series of Bike Master Plan open houses. At each of three workshops, the 176 attendees were asked to list what they felt were the best … Read more
Playing streetcar on theway to South Waterfront.(File photo) The sixth installment of PDOT’s monthly Bicycle Master Plan Rides took a closer look at bikeway facilities in and around the central city. A hearty group of cyclists followed the lead of City bike coordinator Roger Geller to the ride’s first stop: the South Waterfront. On our … Read more
The Office of Transportation has published the first bit of their Bicycle Master Plan online. It’s a draft of an introduction to the Existing Conditions Report and it sheds light on how the city sees Portland’s cycling future. The report starts out stating how far we’ve come since the plan was last updated in 1996, … Read more
(File photo) On Tuesday night in east Portland just over 50 people attended an open house to offer feedback and learn more about PDOT’s Platinum Bicycle Master Plan Update process.
Gravel roads — like this one in outer SE Portland — are barriers to a successful bikeway network.(File photo)
Just got some great news from ODOT Government Liaison Shelli Romero. She says the City of Portland will receive a $75,000 Transportation Growth Management Grant to be put towards our Bicycle Master Plan update.
By now, I hope everyone has at least some idea of what the Bicycle Master Plan is all about. Whether you’re an expert, or if you’re still in the dark, you don’t want to miss one of these upcoming public forums.
Mayor Tom Potter was the guest of Sheila Hamilton on the KINK-FM Afternoon Show yesterday. In an interview that dealt mostly with Potter’s charter reform effort, Hamilton also brought up the Bike Master Plan funding fiasco. It’s rare to hear Potter talk about bikes, so I thought I’d share his words with you. Below is … Read more
Download PDF (232 KB) Mayor Tom Potter has just sent a letter to all four City Commissioners and the City Auditor detailing six additional expenditures he will be able to fund in the budget. Included among them is $100,000 for the Bicycle Master Plan Update process. Here’s an excerpt from the letter: “OMF (Office of … Read more
Commissioner Sam Adams and the media. Roger Geller addresses the crowd. In the background are Roland Chlapowski (Policy Analyst for Sam Adams), Commissioner Adams, and PDOT’s Linda Ginenthal. [View my photo gallery of this ride. ]
Word from City Hall is that Commissioner Sam Adams will make an appearance at the beginning of today’s Bicycle Master Plan Ride. Rumors are that he might make a statement about Mayor Potter’s recent decision to cut funding for the Plan. Cyclists at the April Bike Master Plan Ride. File photo: 4/4/07