Proposed changes to Lloyd Center Mall entrance will face protected bike lane
It looks as if the best way to reach Portland’s most famous skating rink will no longer be to walk through a parking garage.
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It looks as if the best way to reach Portland’s most famous skating rink will no longer be to walk through a parking garage.
The three-block project will be one of the country’s largest pop-up projects ever.
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.
What could protected bike lanes in downtown Portland look like? Well, Vancouver BC just installed some. Here are 12 photographic ideas we should steal from them.
It’s open! A major renovation of SW Moody includes a two-way cycle track. (Photos © J. Maus) Yesterday, the SW Moody Project opened for business and I took my first ride on its cycle track.
Artist rendering of SW Moody taken from project website. Tomorrow, the Portland Bureau of Transportation will lift the lid on their SW Moody Project that includes what will be downtown’s first-ever cycle track.
“Working well” says PSU evaluation.(Photos © J. Maus) Researchers at Portland State University have completed an evaluation of Portland’s cycle track on SW Broadway and buffered bike lanes on SW Stark and Oak. The analysis, prepared for the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), shows that both of the bikeway types are “working well,” but PSU … Read more
Riding on SE 28th. Two-way cycle track on NE 33rd.(Photos © J. Maus) A new study from Dr. Anne Lusk at the Harvard School of Public Health published in the British Medical Journal yesterday came to the conclusion that bicycling in a cycle track — physically separated from motor vehicle traffic — is safer than … Read more
View of the cycle track (L) and the sidewalk (R) on the new NE Cully Blvd. Please note that the striping and signage is not complete.(Photos © J. Maus)
Happy Birthday cycle track!(Photos © J. Maus)
On the Right Track from Sam Adams on Vimeo.
This drawing shows design of new buffered bike lanes. Notice how a lane of motor-vehicle traffic has been re-purposed and will now be used for bike traffic.
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project