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PBOT director clarifies position, says Multnomah St project could be “transformative”

PBOT Director Tom Miller is juggling two major projects in the Lloyd District.(Photo © J. Maus) Back on Friday, we shared a major update on the City of Portland’s NE Holladay Street project. Here’s a quick rewind: After a stakeholder advisory committee (SAC) spent almost a year debating, refining and compromising a proposal to vastly … Read more


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Eschewing Holladay, Lloyd TMA considers road diet for Multnomah Street

NE Multnomah Street in the Lloyd District could be going on a diet. It’s been over two months since we last reported on the NE Holladay Street project. Remember that one? Part of a trio of Lloyd District Bikeway Development Projects, it was supposed to make NE Holladay an east-west arterial for bike traffic to … Read more


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PBOT’s new plan for Holladay St bikeway includes auto parking swap

A new plan by PBOT would convert the auto parking on this stretch of Holladay into a 10-foot wide shared auto/bike lane.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has released a new plan for how to turn NE Holladay Street into a major, two-way bikeway from the Rose Quarter Transit Center to … Read more


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Analysis shows NE Holladay is best east-west bikeway option through Lloyd District

Analysis shows NE Holladay has great potential as a bikeway corridor.(Photo © J. Maus) Alta Planning and Design has evaluated three east-west corridors through the Lloyd District to determine which one has the most potential as a high-quality bikeway. The study examined NE Lloyd Boulevard, NE Multnomah, and NE Holladay streets. The winner was NE … Read more


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The parking/biking trade-off: Q & A with PDC Director Patrick Quinton

PBOT wants to create a high-quality, two-way bikeway on NE Holladay. One of the issues with the project is how to deal with on-street parking.(Photo © J. Maus) Last month, a representative from the Portland Development Commission (PDC) said they’d oppose any on-street parking removal on NE Holladay as part of a plan to create … Read more


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Opposition piles up on Holladay Street project

Mick O’Connell said his new development must have auto access on Holladay.(Photo © J. Maus) Efforts to improve bike access through the Lloyd District took yet another turn for the worse at a Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting yesterday. Several influential business interests — including a representative of the Portland Development Commission (PDC) — expressed opposition … Read more


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Holladay St project: From carfree to… compromised?

Already half-way taken up by a MAX line, a few parking spaces is all that stands between an excellent east-west bikeway on Holladay.(Photos © J. Maus) If you’ve been paying attention you know that the City of Portland is coming up against considerable opposition in their quest to make even modest improvements to bicycle access … Read more


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Editorial: Does Portland’s Bike Plan matter?

Time to get it off the shelf.(Illustration: Mark Markovich) I just returned from an open house for the Lloyd District Bikeway projects. Unfortunately, my hunches about the direction each of them is headed have been confirmed. At this point, I think it’s time to take the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 off the shelf and … Read more


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Bike project concerns shift to Lloyd District

NE Holladay, initially proposed to be completely carfree, could maintain full auto access.(Photo © J. Maus With the fire on North Williams Avenue somewhat under control for now, many people in the community who care about bicycling are now raising red flags about the situation in the Lloyd District; where what started out as three … Read more