Safety advocates uneasy about striping bike lane across Steel Bridge onramp
New striping near the Steel Bridge at Naito will be done in the next few days.
(Image: Portland Bureau of Transportation)
(Image: Portland Bureau of Transportation)
Safety advocates are trying to balance enthusiasm for the city’s newly announced Naito bike lanes with concern over one key detail.
After nine years of delay, the plan to close the “Naito Gap” in the next few days drew joy from people like Reza Farhoodi, planning and transportation committee co-chair at the Pearl District Neighborhood Association and a member of the city’s Bicycle Advisory Committee. But Farhoodi said it would be a “terrible mistake” for the city not to use a right-turn arrow signal to protect bikes from right-turning autos as the bikes head north across the Steel Bridge onramp.
