First Look: Diverter at NE Fremont and Alameda
With installation of plastic curbs and flexible posts, the new diverter and crossing treatment now (mostly) prevents drivers from using Alameda as much as they used to.
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With installation of plastic curbs and flexible posts, the new diverter and crossing treatment now (mostly) prevents drivers from using Alameda as much as they used to.
This week the City of Portland made a change to a complex, 5-way intersection by prohibiting drivers from going eastbound on NE Alameda at 56th. As we reported in April 2021, the move comes as part of a larger effort to speed up bus service on TriMet lines 12 and 71. By removing the traffic … Read more
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