Southwest uber-advocate pushes new approach in city’s ‘hardening’ strategy
The rows rarely fill up in the bingo game of southwest bike infrastructure funding.
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What happened to SW 6th Ave improvements?
Cyclists have been waiting decades for safety upgrades.
City releases progress report on southwest bike/walk infrastructure
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) released its progress report for the Southwest in Motion (SWIM) plan last month and announced that nine projects and 21 crossing enhancements have been completed since the plan was adopted in December, 2019. The report opened by noting that “less of the planned bike network has been built in … Read more
Time to fix SW 6th Avenue gap into downtown, says veteran advocate
A $15,000 project still languishes after years of prodding.
Keith Liden reflects on 30 years of bike advocacy in Portland
Keith Liden is a southwest Portland-based active transportation advocate and land use planner who has been a regular participant in local transportation circles ever since he caught the bug on the advisory committee for the city’s first Bicycle Master Plan, adopted in 1996. More recently, he has served on several advisory committees: the Portland Bicycle … Read more
As TriMet puts another $2 million into WES, some imagine the bike trail that wasn’t
The line costs TriMet $135,000 per week to operate and serves about 1,000 riders a day.