How Portland’s chief bike planner explains the decline in cycling
They know. The question is, are they willing to do anything about it?
They know. The question is, are they willing to do anything about it?
The Portland Bureau of Environmental Services wants to build a new bike trail with its Springwater floodplain restoration project.
The Bicycle Advisory Committee’s monthly rides are some of the best opportunities to learn about current and planned bike infrastructure.
For the first time, PBOT has shared a breakdown of bikeway miles by geographic area and facility type.
Long the source of ire for advocates, east Portland’s bike network has come a very long way.
(Photos by Amit Zinman and Click for captions) This past weekend, Bike Loud PDX and a staffer from the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) led rides on the west side through neighborhoods like downtown, Slabtown, Nob Hill, the Pearl and into the Northwest Industrial Area.
The five-year progress report for the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 is five years overdue. That seems like a fitting allegory for the general lack of urgency and institutional respect for cycling in Portland city government right now. At last night’s meeting of the PBOT Bicycle Advisory Committee, city bicycle coordinator Roger Geller unveiled a … Read more
Now there’s one less excuse for not building them faster.
You could be a powerful insider.
It would remove a very stressful intersection from the map.
To merge into the bike lane or not merge into the bike lane, that is the question.
Comment of the Week: It’s about safety, not ‘cyclists’