With a few allies in other neighborhoods, it’s possible to make huge changes to city neighborhood greenway plans. So step up — the time for your neighborhood association to shape the next round is right now.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) Part of our series of guest posts, America’s Next Bicycle Capital, where we share community voices about the future … Read more
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.(Photos by J. Maus/BikePortland) A traffic diverter is a barrier placed in an intersection to prevent auto traffic from going through it. The goal is to make certain streets less attractive to auto drivers and reduce auto traffic volumes overall. So, when it’s relatively easy to drive through … Read more
The lane redesign isn’t done yet, but the change is already impacting traffic.(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Yesterday I got two separate reader emails about the same issue just a few hours apart. Whenever that happens it gets my attention. In this case, the issue is the increased amount of auto traffic diversion onto NE Rodney … Read more
Has one of Portland’s most beloved bikeways drowned in car traffic over the last six months?
The city’s counts for auto traffic on Michigan south of Rosa Parks have fallen by an average of 25 percent.
“I’ve received quite a few phone calls in the past week,” the project manager said.
This three-year-old organization could be a model for bike advocates across the country.
The 130s Greenway is scheduled to be built next fall, and the 100s and 150s greenways are in the works.
What’s the deal with PBOT and diversion on neighborhood greenway projects? We were curious too so we asked.
Portland is facing its first big decision about this bit of bike infrastructure: how to maintain them?
If Portland has contributed any innovations of its own to the craft of designing great streets, it’s this two-word idea: neighborhood greenways.
The 4.3-mile, $1.5 million 50s Bikeway, which was delayed last August, is likely to start construction in late March and wrap up by late July.