Report recommends protected bike lanes for Sandy Blvd
I’m no urban planner, but ‘Future Sandy’ looks much better than present Sandy.
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Sandy Blvd primed for a future bikeway, report says
Sandy needs help. A future repaving project could be a golden opportunity.
What I learned while taking the lane on Sandy Boulevard
“We are the figurative sand in the gears of the automobile-dominated Sandy Blvd of today, and we’re actively making it better for tomorrow.” – Ted Labbe, ride co-leader Is Sandy Boulevard the ‘worst street ever‘ or a misunderstood corridor with the potential to be great? The answer will depend on who you talk to; but … Read more
Roundabout at SE Harold among ideas to make 122nd Ave a safe ‘civic corridor’
“We are looking at a more significant change to the streets.” – Bryan Poole, PBOT A plan to update 122nd Ave in east Portland has taken a big step forward. After almost a year of collecting feedback, the Portland Bureau of Transportation has released the 122nd Ave draft project plan. It includes our first look … Read more
City aims to tame Sandy Blvd through central eastside with bikeway, safety updates
Going green, adding plastic wands.
Woman killed on NE Sandy Blvd is 20th traffic death while walking this year
A record we don’t want to break.
Another use for green? City adds bike refuges at SE Ankeny/Sandy/11th
Looking southwest down SE Sandy Boulevard from Ankeny, Sandy and 11th. One of Portland’s weirder intersections has a new splash of color. As part of its repaving project on inner Southeast Ankeny — which has, for the record, greatly improved the ride between SE 11th and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard — the city has … Read more
City proposes $30,000 project to preserve on-street parking next to unused parking lot
There’s no street parking on Sandy, so removing parking from 28th would require some of the bar’s customers to walk a block or two, perhaps further.
Movie spoof says Sandy Blvd is the “worst street ever”
A spoof movie trailer making the local Internet rounds today has transportation wonks crying with laughter. The trailer is for a film dubbed “Sandy Blvd.” and the premise is simple: “Sandy is the worst F#$%I* street ever!” If you watch the clip below at work, just be forewarned there is a lot of profanity.
Why just bike lanes on outer Sandy Blvd? ODOT responds
“Our design standards still point to bike lanes for this particular project… After reviewing the data, a physically separated bicycle facility did not appear to be warranted.”— Jilayne Jordan, ODOT Community Affairs Our story last week about an Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) “safety project” on NE Sandy Blvd has gotten the agency’s attention. After … Read more