SW Portland mini-profile: Bobby Tower and Michael Black, musicians
You basically can’t hear them over the roar of I-5 until you’re within a couple yards of them.
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Understanding SW Portland: What the numbers say
Portland zigs; Southwest Portland zags.
PSU students back plan to add parklet to SW 4th Ave food carts
A team of Portland State University students is pushing this spot to its next step.
First Look: Protected bike lane on SW Multnomah Boulevard
Kudos to the city for having the foresight to snatch this opportunity when it came up.
The $60 million map: Here’s what a street fee’s ‘safety’ money might pay for
Of the 81 projects on the map above, 62 would go in at or east of 82nd Avenue.
Portland’s worst bike detour will be around for at least one more year
The route near the west landing of the Sellwood Bridge may end sooner than previously planned.
New bike shop opens in Southwest Burlingame neighborhood
Glenn and Mark Vanselow of Burlingame Bikes.(Photos: Glenn Vanselow) Burlingame Bikes is Portland’s newest bike shop. The shop was started by the father-son duo of Glenn and Marc Vanselow. Marc (the son) is a professional bike mechanic who got his start in 2001 by working on Alfa Romeos. When the auto shop he used to … 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
On-bike video highlights notorious Sylvan/Hwy 26 intersection
Still from on-bike video showing a man talking to a woman he just hit with his car.-Watch it below- A man’s on-bike camera filmed a collision between a woman riding her bike in the crosswalk and someone driving a car. The intersection where the collision occurred — SW Skyline where it crosses Highway 26 and … Read more
Police cite driver in early morning collision in SW Portland
My low-budget re-creation of this morning’s collision at SW Bertha and B-H Hwy. (Bike = green, car = blue.) 28-year old Jessie Belter suffered a broken leg when she was struck by someone driving a car as she rode in the bike lane on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway this morning. According to the Portland Police Bureau, the … Read more
ODOT project will improve biking, walking in southwest near Ross Island Bridge
Detail of project plans.(ODOT graphic) The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has just rolled out plans for a project that will improve biking and walking access along SW Kelly Avenue near US 26 and the western end of the Ross Island Bridge. Along with project partners TriMet and the City of Portland, ODOT will make … Read more
PBOT goes back to the drawing board on Terwilliger/Condor fix
After bollards were uprooted — and despite new signs that say “No left turns” — this taxi pulls onto Terwilliger from Condor. This is the same maneuver that resulted in serious injuries to a bicycle rider in August and spurred PBOT into action.(Photo: BikePortland reader)