PBOT Director Tom Miller at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit in April 2012.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The TucsonVelo.com bike blog is reporting that current Portland Bureau of Transportation Director Tom Miller applied for a job to lead the City of Tucson, Arizona’s transportation department. According to publisher Michael McKisson, Miller beat out all the other … Read more
Dan Bower, shown here in 2008, is in charge of PBOT’s new Active Transportation Division.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) As of July 1st, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has completed a major organizational shift. As I reported back in February, the bureau decided to dismantle their Transportation Options division and fold it into … Read more
One smart light.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) One unsung area where Portland is doing some very cool stuff for bicycling is with traffic signals and “ITS” — which stands for Intelligent Transportation Systems. The field of ITS encompasses all sorts of high-tech ways to make our streets smarter. From sensing vehicle patterns with RFID, to software … Read more
With budget cuts to bike lane cleaning, you might want to carry a broom.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has unveiled a list of proposed cuts intended to slash their discretionary budget by $15-16 million. The unprecedented cuts — which amount to about 20% of $70 million in discretionary revenue — … Read more
PBOT Director Tom Miller says “tough decisions” lie ahead for his agency.(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation has projected $16 million in cuts to balance their 2012-2013 fiscal year budget. As we reported earlier this month, the cuts are necessary due to a variety of local, regional, and national issues and Portland … Read more
Tom Miller is the new Director of the Bureau of Transportation.(Photos © J. Maus)
Traffic through the Rose Quarter.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation released results of their 2010 bike counts today (PDF here). The counts — taken at 153 locations throughout the city — show that bike use climbed in Portland this year after a small dip in 2009. According to the report, … Read more
The new bike-only signal at NE Alameda and Sandy was one of several highlights of the ride.(Photos © J. Maus) Instead of their usual monthly meeting at City Hall, the City of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee took to the streets for their annual bike ride last night. The idea of the ride was to share … Read more
Portland City Council officially adopted the Bureau of Transportation’s Division Streetscape and Street Reconstruction Project yesterday. The plan was over a year in the making and it will impact the stretch of SE Division between SE 10th and 39th Avenues. The $7 million project will repave the street, add a full complement of “green streetscape … Read more
A family rides by new sharrow markings recently installed in N. Concord Avenue.(Photos © J Maus)
[Publisher’s note: In a story last week I hoped out loud that City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) would seize the opportunity to re-stripe Williams Avenue north of Broadway with a wider bike lane. The road is currently torn up for a repave, so what better time to try and eke out an extra … Read more
A better bikeway on Vancouver leading into the Rose Quarter area is one of the projects PBOT wants help on.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has put out Request for Proposals to hire a consultant that will help them further develop five new bikeway projects and to assess the feasibility … Read more