Here are the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee’s top 10 priorities citywide
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It’s maybe the city’s single most progressive statement of transportation policy.
“The No. 1 thing that we I think we’re missing from the committee is people who are in the bicycle industry.”
Join me, PBOT Bicycle Coordinator Roger Geller and members of the Bicycle Advisory Committee for a ride around southwest Portland.
“Unfortunately, ODOT has decided to prevent improvement of bicycle lanes on its segments of SW Barbur. More significantly, ODOT is basing its decision on a questionable analysis of conditions.” SW Barbur Blvd should have the same amount of bicycle traffic — more than 5,000 bicycle trips a day — as N. Vancouver Ave. But it … Read more
Here are three more interesting conclusions about how to improve biking in Portland from the report.
Members of the Bicycle Advisory Committee took a tour of central city bikeways last night.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
BTA Executive Director Rob Sadowsky maneuvers around an unpaved street in East Portland during a ride with the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee.(Photos © J. Maus)
Meets at 6:00 pm on 11/9 at the Lovejoy Room in City Hall (1221 SW 4th). AGENDA Announcements — 6:00 Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Project — 6:10 Patrick Sweeney (PBOT) and Karen Withrow (Metro) will provide a brief update on this project. The project will publish its DEIS (Draft Environmental Impact Statement) on November … Read more
The monthly City of Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting agenda has been posted: Bicycling and Equity — Alison Hill Graves, Executive Director of the Community Cycling Center, will discuss their recent project resulting in the “Understanding Barriers to Bicycling Interim Report” (June 2010). Alison, a member of the Steering Committee that helped develop Portland’s Bicycle … Read more
Get a seat at the BAC.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland has announced a call for new members of the Bicycle Advisory Committee. The committee, which dates back to the early 1970s, is currently staffed by PBOT Bike Coordinator Roger Geller and its role is to advise the Mayor, PBOT, and all other … 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