A cartoon frog wants to help stoke cycling in Portland
We need everyone — even a cycling frog — to help us get ridership back up.
signage
The nascent effort to improve wayfinding on Portland’s bikeways
A grassroots report will look to raise the profile of signage as a key tool to boost bike ridership.
Signs vandalized in separate incidents on Skyline Blvd and Rosa Parks Rd
Such a waste. You cannot stop progress.
New wayfinding signs will help guide neighbors to Gateway Green (PBOT)
The signs are part of PBOT’s Gateway to Opportunity project.
Metro will install 400 new route signs on regional trail network this year
Standardized signs coming to more paths and trails around the region.
Oregon will phase out ‘Share the Road’ signs
You share the road. No YOU share the road.
City will install signs in Waterfront Park to discourage unsafe riding
Hoping to create a “Pedestrian Priority Zone” on Waterfront Park path, new signs from the Parks Bureau will encourage fast riders to use Naito instead.
First look: Warning signs installed near skinny bike lane on Interstate Ave
New warning signs on Interstate Ave are intended to warn road users about the presence of bicycle riders.
First Look: ODOT’s new I-5/Delta Park bikeway signage
ODOT has installed 36 new signs to help make it easier for bike traffic to navigate the shared-use path between Delta Park, the Marine Drive interchange, and the I-5 Bridge. As promised, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has installed 36 new signs on the bike path between Delta Park and the I-5 bridge. I … Read more
ODOT ready to install 29 new bikeway signs near I-5 bridge
Mock-up of one of 29 new signs created by ODOT to guide bike traffic near I-5 bridge. Last week we reported on unauthorized signage near the I-5 Bridge that was installed by a citizen activist to help bike traffic navigate the winding paths to Vancouver. The person who painted the stencils and posted laminated maps … Read more
Another unauthorized road sign; this time in Vancouver
This sign was posted on NW Lower River Road in Vancouver. It has since been removed.(Photos: Marcus Griffith) For the third time this month, an unauthorized road sign has been discovered in the greater Portland metro area; and the trend has now hopped across the Columbia River into Vancouver.
New markings meant to tame bike traffic
These new yield markings have been installed to warn bike riders of potential cross traffic.(Photos © J. Maus)
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project