Ask BikePortland: Why did ODOT downgrade the N Delaware/Lombard crossing?
A recent Oregon Department of Transportation project in north Portland has helped tame an urban highway, but it came at the cost of a key bike crossing.
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As ‘No Crossing’ signs proliferate, every intersection is no longer a crosswalk
This post is part of an ongoing look at crosswalk closures. It was written by contributor Catie Gould and Jonathan Maus and edited by Emily Guise.
City puts cycling on sidewalk for safety at tricky northeast intersection
A novel design that puts a lot of onus for safety on the bicycle user.
Sullivan’s Gulch artists paint a safer street
Street safety through art (and plastic wands).
Ask BikePortland: Why is PBOT closing so many crosswalks?
They have their reasons.
City, state will team up for new bikeway and signal on Lombard
A neighborhood connection will get better.
‘Rapid Flash Beacons’ coming to fatal crosswalk on SE Foster
A Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacon at work.(Photo taken from video by beacon manufacturer) A new type of crossing treatment is set for installation on SE Foster near 80th — the same location where two people were fatally wounded back in November. PBOT sources confirm that crews will install a Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacon in the … Read more
‘Rapid flash beacons’ coming soon to a crossing near you
Rapid flash beacons, which have been very effective in evaluations in Florida, will help Portlanders cross busy streets.(Photos: Stop Experts, Inc.)