‘Greening Ambassadors’ will be hired to help east Portland battle climate change
Money, tools, contacts — those selected will have what they need to make a real impact.
East Portland
We admit it: Our coverage over the years has skewed largely toward Portand’s central city and surrounding neighborhoods. That’s because it’s just where our reporters have lived and that’s where a lot of bike news happens.
But it doesn’t mean we’ve ignored everything east of 82nd. Not at all! We published 100s of stories on this part of the city and you can find them all below. (We’d love to cover this part of the city even more, so if you or someone you know wants to be a correspondent, please get in touch.)
New east Portland bike connection in the works with wetlands restoration project
The Portland Bureau of Environmental Services wants to build a new bike trail with its Springwater floodplain restoration project.
Bicycle Advisory Committee ride surveys new east Portland infrastructure
Long the source of ire for advocates, east Portland’s bike network has come a very long way.
Get your bike ready for Parkways at PBOT’s East Portland Neighborhood Bike Fair this Sunday
How excited are you for August’s Sunday Parkways in east Portland? At the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s East Portland Neighborhood Bike Fair this Sunday (8/7), you can get set up with everything you’ll need to hit the streets on August 21st and have a blast at the final Sunday Parkways of the summer. The Bike … Read more
Big milestone ahead as State of Oregon set to hand off 82nd Ave to Portland
At Thursday’s Portland City Council meeting, commissioners will vote to adopt an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the Portland Bureau of Transportation and the Oregon Department of Transportation giving the City of Portland will official jurisdiction over 82nd Avenue as of June 1. Until now, ODOT has managed 82nd Ave, a.k.a. State Route 213, and one … Read more
A look at PBOT’s ‘East Portland in Motion’ plan, 10 years later
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Life-threatening car crash on NE Glisan ups urgency for safety project
(Aftermath of high-speed hit-and-run on NE Glisan last week. Photos by PPB)
An east Portland greenway will get city’s first double mini roundabout
In their quest to create a family-friend neighborhood cycling route in the Hazelwood neighborhood of east Portland, the transportation bureau has come up with something new: A double mini roundabout.