In the latest sign that Portland’s lead as America’s best cycling city is dwindling, we were completely left out of a list of the year’s top 10 protected bikeways published by People for Bikes yesterday. People for Bikes (formerly known as Bikes Belong) is an industry-funded advocacy group that also runs the Green Lane Project, … Read more
You, too, can now take the 20-minute survey about the new cycle path on NE Multnomah Street through the Lloyd District.
Green Lane Project director Martha Roskowski during a Netherlands study tour in June.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland will host bicycle planning leaders from six U.S. cities at a reception tonight to mark the end of the first phase of the ‘Green Lane Project.’ Portland was one of six cities accepted into the program back in … Read more
Roskowski at the NACTO Designing Cities conference last month.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Martha Roskowski, the director of the Green Lane Project will be in Portland next week and she’ll moderate a discussion with local transportation officials about bikeway design. The event is set for Tuesday night (12/4) from 6:30 to 8:00 pm and it’s being … Read more
See the press release below from Bikes Belong as a follow-up to the story we posted yesterday (emphasis mine): PORTLAND JOINS FIVE OTHER CITIES IN NATIONAL PROJECT FOR PROTECTED BIKEWAYS Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, Portland Bureau of Transportation Director and Bikes Belong Foundation Announce Plans for Safer, Stress-Free Bicycling in America PORTLAND, OREGON (May … Read more
PBOT Director Tom Miller will join Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez and peers from six other cities at the launch of the Green Lane Project in Chicago tomorrow. As we shared last month, the Green Lane Project is an initiative backed by the Bikes Belong Foundation that seeks to hasten the development of protected bike … Read more
It’s been two-and-a-half years since the cycle track on Broadway went in.(Photo © J. Maus) Bikes Belong has just announced that Portland has been selected as one of six “focus cities” to participate in their Green Lane Project. The other cities that will join Portland are: Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; San Francisco, California; … Read more
Later today, the application period opens for the “Green Lane Project,” a promising new initiative funded by national advocacy org Bikes Belong. The project’s aim is to help build “world-class cycling networks” in a select group of U.S. cities that are “poised to make significant progress over the next two years in installing cycle tracks … Read more