First look: The City has finally bridged the the notorious Naito Gap
A gap we highlighted nine years ago has finally been closed.
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Safety advocates uneasy about striping bike lane across Steel Bridge onramp
Naito’s onramp to the Steel Bridge at Davis carries 450 to 500 cars during the peak hour alone.
Portland is finally closing the Naito Gap by converting a passing lane
After nine years, the transportation bureau has found a way.
With $1.5 million proposal for Naito, Mayor puts money where his mouth is
It’s the first protected bike lane Hales has proposed.
How Portland wants to finally close the notorious Naito Gap
If funded it would be a three-fer that’s been needed since 2003.
City applies for funding of Flanders bikeway bridge, 70s Bikeway, and more
The $9 million in grant requests would help the Bureau of Transportation fund a host of key projects.
A new bit of hope for fixing the ‘Naito Gap’
After six years of promising to fix one of the most persistent chinks in downtown’s bike lane grid, city planners have a new plan to link the bike lanes north and south of the Steel Bridge on the Naito Parkway.
Railroad track project will smooth out Naito: “Gap” fix due next spring
Existing tracks that cross Naito.(Photo: Google Streetview) Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) started on a project this morning to repair their tracks on NW Naito Parkway just north of the Steel Bridge. The existing tracks have large gaps between them that make for a bumpy and jarring experience for people riding bicycles. Yesterday’s announcement didn’t share … Read more
Checking in on five languishing bike projects
A plan to make N. Rosa Parks Way safer for bicycling has been in the works since April 2008.(Photos © J. Maus) As part of my daily work here at BikePortland, I track a lot of projects. The other day, prompted by a question from reader Jessica Roberts, I began to think about all the … Read more
Naito project will remove auto lane, connect bikeway, and more
PBOT plan drawings for bike and ped improvements to NW Naito Parkway under Steel Bridge. Big changes are coming to what is currently a very unfriendly intersection for anyone that’s not in a car. The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation recently received the final bit of funding for a $408,000 project that should drastically … Read more
PDOT unveils plans for bike lanes in “Naito Gap”
[Updated 10/10, 10:24am] “There was quite an outcry from the cycling community, so PDOT engineers came up with a design that would allow bike lanes.”–From meeting minutes of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee At the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting last night, committee Chair Mark Ginsberg confirmed that PDOT work crews will hope to soon … Read more
City working on fix for “Naito Gap”
Detail from Bike Master Plan Ride Map. (Download PDF of map) Remember that glaring gap on the Naito Parkway bike lane I pointed out a few weeks ago? Well, it looks like we might see a fix soon.