This week, the Portland Bureau of Transportation begin work on the East Burnside Rose Lane project. This project is part of PBOT’s Central City in Motion (CCIM) plan to speed up transit and improve infrastructure for people biking and walking. A Rose Lane on east Burnside is being installed to improve transit times for TriMet bus … Read more
As a cyclist, these offset intersections annoy me. Portland’s street grid system is pretty tidy (with some glaring exceptions – I’m looking at you, Laurelhurst and Ladd’s Addition). But someone traveling around the city will notice there are places where streets join at a slight offset, which means you can’t go straight across an intersection … Read more
A collision Thursday night (11/12) in the Hazelwood neighborhood resulted in the death of a male bicycle rider. It happened at the intersection of 122nd and Burnside. The incident was reported by the Portland Police Bureau without any reference to what type of road users were involved. When I mentioned the crash in a story … Read more
It’s the sort of incremental bike-lane improvement the new gas tax will hopefully enable more of.
East Burnside’s extremely important bike lane vanishes right where an “interested but concerned” biker might want it most.
The new design on East Burnside requires westbound cars to enter the new turn lane while passing westbound bikes.
A neighborhood activist is looking for volunteers to help him research the effects of adding buffered or parking-protected bike lanes on Burnside.
The new bikeway on E. Burnside — while not the separated facility we should have — gives people dedicated space to ride along one of Portland’s vibrant commercial corridors.(Photos © J. Maus)
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