Reader Nick Welch sent in this photo of the new shared-use path PBOT has built between Westanna and Newell streets in north Portland. The Portland Bureau of Transportation has just completed a new shared-use path as part of their North Portland Connector neighborhood greenway project. The new pathway connects N Westanna Ave to Newell Ave … Read more
Everywhere you look, PBOT is making neighborhood streets safer. In this photo, people use the new crossing treatment at N. Concord and Rosa Parks.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s hard to overstate the importance of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s neighborhood greenway program. The combination of considerable expertise in, and dedication to, neighborhood traffic safety from … Read more
Well hello! Nice to see you too!(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
PBOT traffic safety expert Greg Raisman speaking up for bike boulevards at the recent Transportation Safety Summit.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
The new median on NE 15th at Going.(Photos: Charles Powne)
PBOT planner Denver Igarta and the reasons he cares about livable streets.(Photo © J. Maus) As a transportation planner at the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), Denver Igarta has had a front-row seat to the development of Portland’s burgeoning network of low-stress, “neighborhood greenway” streets. Now Igarta will head to Europe to “uncover the secrets of … Read more
Construction is underway on an innovative new park that stretches all the way across NE Holman between Durham and 13th.(Photos © J. Maus)
PBOT map of Bryant-Holman Connector project. The Portland Bureau of Transportation continues their expansion of low-stress bike streets in North Portland with a neighborhood meeting for the Bryant-Holman Connector project tonight.
Approximate route of new bike boulevard coming to east Portland. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is close to the start of construction on a new “neighborhood greenway” that would parallel 82nd Avenue in northeast and southeast Portland. PBOT has put out a request for proposals to find a construction firm to start and the … Read more
PBOT’s Greg Raisman shared a list of new neighborhood greenway projects last night.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) released a new list of potential neighborhood greenways last night. The list of projects represents the third phase of implementation in PBOT’s ongoing effort to create a complete network of low-stress, … Read more
See below for before/after shots. This morning I shared how PBOT’s neighborhood greenways could have a dramatic impact on how it feels to move around our city’s residential streets. A perfect case in point is the NE Holman Street project. Back in May, I took a closer look at the project, with a focus on … Read more