State will conduct safety audit of Barbur and formally weigh road redesign
The audit will consider a road diet as a potential safety tool in the corridor.
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A closer look at southwest Portland’s ‘highest priority project’
With 36-feet of unused right-of-way, advocates like Roger Averbeck say this portion of SW Capitol Hwy should have a dedicated bikeway.(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) This post is part of our Southwest Portland Week. For a quarter-century now, neighborhood activists have been pushing to make SW Capitol Highway a nicer place to live, walk, and bike. Yesterday … Read more
Over 10,000 participate in first ever Southwest Portland Sunday Parkways
A ‘Marketplace’ set up at the Hillsdale shopping center was a big hit.(Photos: Roger Averbeck) PBOT’s Sunday Parkways event ventured into southwest Portland for the first time this past weekend. According to Roger Averbeck, an active bicycle advocate in the area, about 10,800 people showed up and the event was a big success — although … Read more