County now using magnetic sweeper to pick up tacks off Hawthorne Bridge path
After three weeks, fresh reports keep coming in.
After three weeks, fresh reports keep coming in.
Tacky tack attacks are back. Multnomah County is stepping up inspections.
Someone apparently scattered thumbtacks across the westbound path of the Hawthorne Bridge crossing early Tuesday evening.
Over 1.7 million trips in 2014. (Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) As of yesterday, there were 1,712,172 bicycle trips across Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge in 2014. That’s an impressive number — but it represents just a paltry 0.4 percent increase over last year’s total.
Changes coming and no more slow-down strips.(Photos by J. Maus/BikePortland) This Monday, October 6th, Multnomah county will remove the speed humps (a.k.a. rumble strips) in the bike lane of the westbound Hawthorne Bridge viaduct (technically SE Madison Ave).
Multnomah County says they’ll remove those raised “speed strips” on SE Madison/Hawthorne Bridge “in 2015.”
A man who broke his right elbow biking over the Hawthorne viaduct last week says he thinks the new design is confusing to people in cars.
Second thoughts about bump installation.(Photos by J. Maus/BikePortland) A set of speed bumps in the bicycle lane of SE Madison Ave as it approaches the Hawthorne Bridge are likely to be removed. The bumps have garnered a lot of feedback — much of it negative — since they were installed a few weeks ago with … Read more
Five new bike speed bumps greet riders heading onto the Hawthorne Bridge sidewalk.(Photos by J. Maus/BikePortland) Multnomah County has installed a series of speed bumps (a.k.a. rumble strips) on SE Madison Ave as it approaches the Hawthorne Bridge (westbound). The bumps are aimed at reducing bicycling speeds as riders transition from the on-street bike lane … Read more
New plastic bollards installed by the County today. This photo was taken west of the SE Grand intersection and just before the McLoughlin Blvd off-ramp.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
A lane re-organization on SE Hawthorne has swapped one standard lane for an expanded bike lane and a walking lane.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Multnomah County unveiled new and expanded bike lane on the Hawthorne Bridge viaduct over the weekend. Working in a partnership with the City of Portland, the County (who manages the bridge) gave … Read more
One crisp, sunny September afternoon, I left work early and biked to the east side of the Hawthorne Bridge to conduct a fashion study of Portland cycling.
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