Portland bike share deal ups pressure for downtown bikeway project
When Biketown starts rolling in July, the city will just be beginning its plans for downtown protected bike lanes.
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Below is our coverage of this project. See the City of Portland’s project page here.
When Biketown starts rolling in July, the city will just be beginning its plans for downtown protected bike lanes.
It’d be a huge biking upgrade for the north side of downtown.
Maybe this weekend.
See it in CPH, do it in PDX — at least that’s the idea.
Rick Browning is already a big part of Portland as we know it. His fingerprints are about to spread further.
The project management gig that one local planning pro has referred to as the “job of the year” has been filled.
The 2013 summit drew dozens of workplace advocates.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) Portland’s annual Employer Bike Summit, a half-day gathering for people working to increase bike commuting in the area, is scaling up its vision a bit. “Big bike projects are coming to Portland in the next year,” co-organizer Steve Hoyt-McBeth, a project manager for the Portland Bureau … Read more
Wanted: One extremely tactful and experienced transportation project manager.
Even though downtown is far and away the most popular destination for bike-commuting, it’s a yawning gap in the city’s network of low-stress bike routes.
In downtown, where are people supposed to bike *except* the sidewalk?
The ways people talk about active transportation seems to be changing in Portland, both inside and outside of government.
PBOT wants to make downtown streets easier and safer to use.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The details of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s plans to invest in downtown bicycle access are getting clearer. As we shared back in February, PBOT has applied for $6 million in regional flexible funding (administered by Metro) in order to improve … Read more
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