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6/20: Hello readers and friends. I am having my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries today so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Reader Nick Welch sent in this photo of the new shared-use path PBOT has built between Westanna and Newell streets in north Portland. The Portland Bureau of Transportation has just completed a new shared-use path as part of their North Portland Connector neighborhood greenway project. The new pathway connects N Westanna Ave to Newell Ave … Read more
Everywhere you look, PBOT is making neighborhood streets safer. In this photo, people use the new crossing treatment at N. Concord and Rosa Parks.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s hard to overstate the importance of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s neighborhood greenway program. The combination of considerable expertise in, and dedication to, neighborhood traffic safety from … Read more
Detail from a PBOT mailer sent to people who live near the Going Street Neighborhood Greenway.
The new median on NE 15th at Going.(Photos: Charles Powne)
PBOT planner Denver Igarta and the reasons he cares about livable streets.(Photo © J. Maus) As a transportation planner at the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), Denver Igarta has had a front-row seat to the development of Portland’s burgeoning network of low-stress, “neighborhood greenway” streets. Now Igarta will head to Europe to “uncover the secrets of … Read more
Approximate route of new bike boulevard coming to east Portland. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is close to the start of construction on a new “neighborhood greenway” that would parallel 82nd Avenue in northeast and southeast Portland. PBOT has put out a request for proposals to find a construction firm to start and the … Read more
The City has been working on the new bike boulevard/neighborhood greenway on NE Klickitat Street. Readers Esther and Timo sent in the photos below of the brand new speed bumps and an interesting decoration on one of them. Does anyone know what the spider signifies? (There’s also a Batman symbol on the same street).
PBOT has begun installation of the new artistic elements on the SE Clinton bikeway.-More photos below- (All images by Paul Cone)
PBOT’s Greg Raisman shared a list of new neighborhood greenway projects last night.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) released a new list of potential neighborhood greenways last night. The list of projects represents the third phase of implementation in PBOT’s ongoing effort to create a complete network of low-stress, … Read more
See below for before/after shots. This morning I shared how PBOT’s neighborhood greenways could have a dramatic impact on how it feels to move around our city’s residential streets. A perfect case in point is the NE Holman Street project. Back in May, I took a closer look at the project, with a focus on … Read more
Untitled from Joshua Cohen on Vimeo.
PBOT is considering new bicycle crosswalks, like this one in concept stage forSE 53rd and Stark. Crosswalks are standard engineering treatments designed to help people get across streets with a bit more safety; now the City of Portland is looking to do something similar for bike traffic with bicycle crosswalk markings, a.k.a. the “cross-bike”. The … Read more