Closure of River View Cemetery bike access looms as disrepectful riding continues
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Six-week closure of popular River View Cemetery route starts August 12th
Take note: Six week closure coming soon.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A popular bicycle route through River View Cemetery is set to close on August 12th and not re-open until September 27th. Multnomah County officials sent out the traffic alert today, saying the closure is necessary so construction crews can build the new entrance to the … Read more
Portland’s bike-friendly cemetery
Through this gate is a somber and spiritual place — that also happens to be a very popular and important bike route.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) River View Cemetery, perched in lush green hills above the Willamette River just south of downtown Portland, is just like any other cemetery in America except for one major difference: … Read more
Bike traffic advisories for I-205 path and Riverview Cemetery
Two construction projects in the region have direct impacts to bike traffic. Learn more below… Construction work on an ODOT project on Airport Way near the I-205 path is causing intermittent, short-term closures of the path between Marine Drive and Airport Way. The closures started last week (3/4) and will last through mid-June. Here’s more … Read more
Trespassing in Riverview Cemetery could lead to loss of access
Vandalized gate where someone has illegally trespassed onto River View Cemetery grounds.(Photo: River View Cemetery) Once again, bike access through River View Cemetery could be in jeopardy. The cemetery’s Executive Director David Noble says he suspects that someone has cut through a gate and is riding on the private property after the 11:00 pm closing … Read more
Fundraising success: River View Cemetery bike route coming soon
Detail of bike route through River View Cemetery. It took less than a month for the community to raise $5,000 to fully sign and stripe a new bike route through River View Cemetery. The route through the privately-owned cemetery is a popular shortcut through Portland’s southwest hills. Public access is allowed, but that access has … Read more
Advisory: River View Cemetery closed to bike traffic Tuesday
View Larger Map Tomorrow, (Tuesday, 4/27), a road in the lower portion of River View Cemetery will be close all day to all traffic due to a construction project at the mausoleum. Cemetery GM David Noble says bike traffic will not be able to get through: “A large crane with its outriggers will be completely … Read more
See the new bike route through River View Cemetery
As a follow-up to our story on Monday about a new bike route being signed through River View Cemetery, we’ve received a map of the route. View the map below and consider helping River View raise the $5,000 to add signs and pavement markings to the route (details on how to donate here). (On a … Read more
Cemetery looks to raise $5,000 to sign safe bike route
Biking through the cemetery.(Photo: mumblion/Flickr) A fundraising campaign has begun to pay for signage of a popular bike route through River View Cemetery. People on bikes prefer the route through River View because it’s a safe and pleasant alternative from the high-speed auto traffic on Taylor’s Ferry and other major roads nearby. Cemetery staff have … Read more
River View Cemetery board rules on bike access
An issue that has been simmering since April 2006 has finally reached some resolution. The River View Cemetery Association Board of Trustees has met several times in the last few weeks to address the issue of bicycle traffic going through their property. The issue reached a boiling point in September when the cemetery installed a … Read more
Cemetery will form committee to address bike access issue
“We are formulating a strong core of people who are in leadership positions in the bicycle community… to discuss how our concerns can be mitigated without simply closing the cemetery to bicycle traffic.” — David Noble, Executive Director of River View Cemetery David Noble, the executive director of River View Cemetery in Southwest Portland, has … Read more
New speed bumps on popular cemetery route: Necessarily dangerous?
Katelyn Hale learned about the new speed bumps the hard way.(Photo courtesy K. Hale) David Noble, executive director of the non-profit Riverview Cemetery, didn’t want to do it, but he felt he had no other choice. About one week ago, Noble instructed his groundskeepers to install three sets of speed bumps on the property. The … Read more