Southwest school principal: Fewer driving lanes is ‘best ever for safety’
More space for biking, less space for driving outside Markham School in southwest Portland. (Photos: City of Portland)
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Safety audit reveals new approach to fixing Barbur bridges
Turning this lane to right-turn only could make driving safer and free up room for continuous bike lanes.
Local animator’s Vine videos explain road redesigns in seconds
We can make a lot of big improvements to our streets using nothing but paint.
Three blocks of NE 15th/16th in Lloyd to get major walking and biking upgrade
The seven-foot bike lanes with five-foot buffers will be possibly the widest in the city.
With or without Vision Zero, a safer Barbur might be an economic win
Redesigning Barbur might pay off, considering the economic cost of injuries and deaths.
ODOT’s Barbur Blvd lane closure analysis finds 1 minute delay, big cut in speeding
Converting a northbound traffic lane to two protected bike lanes would apparently prevent unsafe weaving without massive impacts to morning traffic.
For less than $500,000, 3 Portland road diets are preventing 37 crashes every year
One of the least-understood tricks in traffic engineering has a big payoff.