PBOT director’s email contradicts statements from bureau and Commissioner Mapps
Mapps’ claims don’t stand up to scrutiny.
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PBOT, Commissioner Mapps issue statements on Broadway bike lane changes
They say a public process will happen in a few months to decide on possible changes.
Portland transportation director readies plan to roll back key downtown protected bike lane
It would be an unprecedented reversal of a protected bike facility.
PBOT will seek federal grant for major redesign of N/NE Broadway
Tucked into President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was a new, $3.2 billion infrastructure program specifically tailored to fund projects that make biking and walking easier and safer in underserved areas where existing facilities, “create barriers to community connectivity.” The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation thinks North/Northeast Broadway and Weidler between 7th Avenue … Read more
PBOT releases plan for bike lane around Elk Fountain statue
After months of speculation and back-and-forth at City Hall, the Portland Bureau of Transportation just announced they will stripe a bike lane on SW Main between 3rd and 4th avenues. This is the block where the Thompson Elk Fountain and statue had lived before it was removed following damage it sustained during protests. There was … Read more
PBOT plans to (finally) fill the protected bike lane gap on SW Broadway
(SW Broadway looking north and south from Oak. One section is protected and wide, the other is neither.)
‘No More Deaths’ rally planned following recent fatality
A woman was killed on Friday afternoon while walking across NE Broadway. Local advocates have now planned a memorial event to highlight the inherent dangers at this section of Broadway and encourage the City of Portland to do more to mitigate them.
Police investigate fatal collision at NE Broadway and Grand
NOTE: Please see updates at end of this story. It was originally reported as a bicycle fatality; but we have since confirmed that the woman killed was walking prior to being hit. Portland Police say someone has been hit and killed in the area of NE Grand Avenue and Broadway.