Opinion: St. Johns Bridge could have — and should have — bike lanes
Surely we can re-imagine this bridge before the big centennial celebration in 2031?
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6/20: Hello readers and friends. I am having my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries today so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Surely we can re-imagine this bridge before the big centennial celebration in 2031?
The closure will add a mile to some routes and add a lot more truck traffic to N Lombard Ave.
I have good news to share regarding a little advocacy effort in St. Johns. Remember how the Oregon Department of Transportation lowered the speed limit on the St. Johns Bridge to 25 mph during a recent construction project? They told me the rationale was to protect vulnerable work crews who were walking on the bridge … Read more
The Oregon Department of Transportation just announced they’ve finished a maintenance project on the St. Johns Bridge that had closed one of its two sidewalks for the past 42 days. That might not sound like a big deal, but if you’ve ever tried to ride or walk over the bridge you know that people not … Read more
Two months of even more crowded sidewalks.
Imagine how many flats this guy prevented!
Everyone deserves a better St. Johns Bridge.
In 2015 a judge warned the defendant he might kill someone someday.
Shovels full of gravel coming up at 11.