BikeLoud wants to boost DIY bike lane sweeping effort
Portland’s grassroots response to the challenging problem of leaves in bike lanes continues to evolve.
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City asks for patience as bike lanes fill with leaves
Welcome to being-pissed-off-about-leaves-in-bike-lanes season.
Portland to launch $10 million Bike Lane Maintenance Program this summer
Keeping bike lanes clean is a vital part of keeping bike lanes popular.
‘Tis the season to sweep up the damn leaves ourselves
It’s either this or impassable bike lanes.
The good news and bad news about Northeast 33rd
One problem is hard and we finally figured it out. The other is easy and just takes a bit of hard work.
PBOT will buy new protected bike lane sweeper
If they don’t sweep, they don’t cycle.
Portlanders take gravel clean-up into their own hands
Effort and ingenuity are coming together to clean Portland streets.
Snow and ice are gone, but gravel season has just begun
Post-storm impacts will linger and be even more dangerous for road users who aren’t inside cars.
Portland will be testing ground for new bike lane sweeper trailer
The latest prototype will be tested by a local nonprofit and available for loans.
Oregon City is using AI to help fill potholes
Are robot bike lane sweepers really that far behind?
Portland’s snow plows and protected bike lanes
Is there a plowing technique that could help avoid this in the future?
Labor union, City of Portland agree to a contract and the strike is over
This puts an end to 10 months of negotiations between the union and the city.