Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood board votes against PBOT pilot traffic safety project
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Neighborhood association will vote on fate of PBOT traffic safety plan tonight
Move these! We dare you! PBOT’s latest traffic calming tool makes good on ‘Slow Streets’ promise
(Photos: Seth Sokol)
Citing pushback, PBOT says no to NE 9th diverter
Traffic diverters get painted and bring neighbors together in north Portland
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)
In too many city planning departments, diverters is a dirty word. As we’ve seen numerous times here in Portland, proposals to redirect which streets people are allowed to drive on is often met with vitriol.
PBOT adds more diversion to North Michigan Avenue greenway
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Making good on a promise made back in April, the Portland Bureau of Transportation has installed new plastic wands, signage, and striping at the intersection of North Michigan Avenue and Skidmore.
New diverters aim to rescue Arbor Lodge residents from cut-through drivers
*New diverters on North Jessup and Willamette (right). Click to enlarge. (Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)
There was a mix of chaos and contentment in the neighborhoods around the bluffs of North Willamette Blvd this morning. Residents seemed thrilled that the City of Portland had finally done something significant to end the scourge of cut-through drivers; while many drivers were befuddled and beside themselves at their newfound inability to use small neighborhood streets as shortcuts on their way to work.
New diverters on Ankeny and Lincoln part of plan to keep drivers off side streets
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
First look: New median diverter island on North Greeley at Willamette
(Photos: Jonathan Maus)
North Portland’s streets continue to evolve as a combination of neighborhood demands, City of Portland paving projects, and opportunistic activism are coming together to make significant changes to bikeways.
Fate of traffic calming on Lincoln-Harrison hangs in balance at open house tonight
I’m sensing a disturbance in the Force. Various respected sources and a general feeling of uneasiness in my bones tells me that tonight’s open house for the City of Portland’s Lincoln-Harrison Neighborhood Greenway Enhancement project will be very consequential.
In other words, there’s auto traffic diversion on the table — specifically a duo of semi-diverters on Lincoln on both sides of 50th — and a lot of very loud and very angry people are opposed to them. Yes, there are lots of people who support the diverters at 50th, but from what I’ve heard the nos have it.
As we reported last month, the Mt Tabor Neighborhood Association voted 45-5 against the diverters at 50th. And that opposition has continued. Yesterday someone went door-to-door and passed out this flyer:
Neighbors will hear City plans to reduce driving on Lincoln-Harrison greenway tonight
(Photo: Amy Wren)
The Portland Bureau of Transportation wants fewer people driving on the Southeast Lincoln-Harrison neighborhood greenway.
The Lincoln-Harrison greenway is a major east-west bikeway between Mt. Tabor and inner southeast. The problem is that it’s also a popular route to drive cars on. A 2015 traffic analysis by PBOT showed it was one of the worst-performing greenways in the system in terms of auto volume, with traffic well above national standards. PBOT aims for greenways to have only 1,000 average daily cars per day; but portions of Lincoln between 30th and 50th have 2,500 to over 3,500 cars per day.
On SE Clinton, PBOT finishes permanent diverter and readies new ‘bike-friendly’ speed bumps
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)
About a year after taking temporary measures, the City of Portland has finished installing a permanent traffic diverter on SE Clinton at 32nd. With the diverter complete, the final piece of the puzzle in reclaiming Clinton as a bike-priority street (a.k.a. neighborhood greenway) will be to install five new speed bumps between SE 17th and 26th.
Here’s a look at the new diverter, followed by some new information about the speed bumps…
BikePortland subscriber Adam Herstein gave us an early look at the new design just before Christmas. Since then PBOT has added several finishing touches including bright yellow paint and more signs. I rolled out yesterday for a closer look.
Compared to what PBOT first installed last year, the new design is a massive improvement. The old design, with its large concrete drums and orange cones, not only looked bad it also didn’t work well. People in cars would routinely drive right through it (into oncoming traffic!) and people would park too close to the gap where bicycle riders were supposed to cut through.
Here are a few more photos: