A minor annoyance, fixed
A small, but important fix.(Photos © J. Maus)
Infrastructure
Guest article: The 12-year struggle to tame the Morrison Bridge
If Phil Goff had his way, his “Greenway Esplanade” concept would have transformed the Morrison Bridge into a biking and walking oasis. It didn’t quite turn out that way.(Concept drawing by Phil Goff)
The research is in: You’re safer in the bike lane (or bike boulevard, or cycle track)
“Results to date suggest that sidewalks and multi-use trails pose the highest risk… and the presence of bicycle facilities (e.g. on-road bike routes, on-road marked bike lanes, and off-road bike paths) was associated with the lowest risk.” There’s a constant chorus — sometimes soft, sometimes overpoweringly loud — in every conversation about bike infrastructure in … Read more
Reader Photo of the Week: One less pothole
(Photo by Ktesh from the BikePortland Photographers group on Flickr.)
A ride on downtown Portland’s new buffered bike lanes (updated)
The buffered bike lane, westbound on SW Oak. (Photos © Elly Blue) It was a perfect Portland morning, alternating between gray and sunny. We’ve been getting tips all weekend about the new buffered bike lanes being installed downtown, and I decided to ride the full length of the new lanes and see how they work. … Read more
Signs of life — and a new bike/ped path — on the Morrison Bridge
The Morrison Bridge will soon be a connection for walking and biking, rather than a barrier. (Photo © Elly Blue) The long-planned bicycle and pedestrian facility on the Morrison Bridge has progressed tangibly in the last two weeks. Multnomah County has announced that the new path is expected to be completed by December.
New uphill bike lane on Mississippi is ready to ride
The new bike lane up the hill on Mississippi was installed this morning. (Photo courtesy of PBOT)
Photo of the week: A bike path underneath a bridge (Updated)
A living example of an under-deck bike path in Roseburg, Oregon, at dusk. (Photo by Stephanie Noll)
New cycletrack on SW Broadway set to open Monday
PBOT’s initial drawing for proposed cycletrack on SW Broadway.(Photos © J. Maus) Mayor Sam Adams’ office has just announced that the new cycletrack on SW Broadway will open this Monday, August 31st, in a 2:00pm ceremony on the Portland State University campus.
Adams announces new cycletrack coming to SW Broadway
PBOT’s drawing for proposed cycletrack on SW Broadway.(Photos © J. Maus)
Editorial: Conservative columnist speaks out against highways
“The US has big economic problems. But they have been made worse, and harder to resolve, by a half-century in which, at federal urging, the country was misbuilt.”— Christopher Caldwell, The Weekly Standard Reflecting on Obama’s address to congress last week (in which he said that America “cannot walk away from” the automobile), columnist Christopher … Read more
City discussing sharrows on new transit mall
A sharrow in action on NW 9th in Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation and TriMet are discussing the idea of installing shared lane markings (a.k.a. sharrows) on the entire length of the new downtown transit mall. Sharrows are a type of pavement marking that are placed on streets with … Read more