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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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12th Avenue overcrossing plans moves forward, with concerns

Vic Alfonso, owner of Alfonso Cadillac, explains his concerns with PBOT project manager Ellen Vanderslice after this morning’s meeting.(Photo © J. Maus) After six months of meetings, analysis and negotiations, the City of Portland appears poised to implement changes that will improve bicycle access on and around the 12th Avenue bridge over I-84 in the … Read more


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Update from PBOT on NE 12th Ave overcrossing project

The info below was sent to Lloyd District project stakeholders by the City of Portland’s project manager (we’ll have more analysis on the front page later): This message is an update on the test process for the traffic signals in the vicinity of the NE 12th Avenue overcrossing. The Portland Bureau of Transportation has installed … 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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Committee decides on changes to Vancouver/Wheeler near Rose Quarter

The right lane of this block of Vancouver between Broadway and Weidler will become a bus/bike only lane.(Photos © J. Maus) The Stakeholder Advisory Committee for PBOT’s Lloyd District Bikeway Development projects has reached a decision on how to improve North Vancouver/Wheeler Avenues between Broadway and the Rose Quarter. This project — which includes what … 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


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Lloyd District bike projects take center stage at open house

Stakeholder Advisory Committee member Justin Zeulner explains the NE Holladay project to an open house attendee.(Photos © J. Maus) Last night was the first public open house for the City of Portland’s Lloyd District Bikeway Development Projects. Within this planning process, PBOT is taking a close look at three projects that could dramatically improve the … Read more