🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
Love ’em or strongly dislike ’em, this is our state DOT.
The enforcement action was one of the few that the city has conducted at unmarked crosswalks.(Image: Google Street View) In Oregon and Washington as in many states, every corner is a legal crosswalk, and all vehicles are supposed to stop for someone trying to use it. But good luck getting people to stop for you … Read more
If awarded, the federal grants from this process will go to projects on being built from 2018 to 2021.
Vision Zero would force engineers to put words to an argument they don’t currently have to make.
How should the state rank the importance of the many projects on its list?
In four years of reporting on the street and its problems, I’ve never actually ridden a bike on it. Until this week.
The state says all lanes are needed in case Interstate 5 collapses in an earthquake.
Washington County and ODOT might connect the dots.
One year after Oregon saw its best year for traffic safety since World War II, it seems to have backslid somewhat.
A forecast buried deep inside the USDOT website seems to be the first to fully acknowledge that people have stopped driving more.
Converting a northbound traffic lane to two protected bike lanes would apparently prevent unsafe weaving without massive impacts to morning traffic.
A new app produced for ODOT lets you record ride data for use by transportation planners.
Talia Jacobson. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has a new voice on its transportation team. The agency announced last week that Talia Jacobson would be the new “ODOT Active Transportation Policy Lead.” Jacobson has been with ODOT as a transportation planner since 2008. In that time she’s worked on major projects like the Southwest … Read more