Portland transportation director readies plan to roll back key downtown protected bike lane
It would be an unprecedented reversal of a protected bike facility.
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Comment of the Week: Road rage, the Heathman and citizen reporting
The real problem with the bike lane outside Heathman Hotel.
KGW’s lopsided, fear-mongering story about new bike lanes on Broadway
Our local media and business leaders should move past this tired and false narrative that bike lanes and bike riders are the source of their problems.
First Look: SW Broadway bike lanes finally complete protection puzzle
In April 2009, newly elected Mayor Sam Adams made a big announcement at conference held at Portland State University. He would oversee the installation of Portland’s first major “cycle-track” — what we now call protected bike lanes. Initially planned for the North Park Blocks, Adams switched the alignment to Southwest Broadway to avoid “intractable” pushback … Read more
PBOT releases plan for bike lane around Elk Fountain statue
After months of speculation and back-and-forth at City Hall, the Portland Bureau of Transportation just announced they will stripe a bike lane on SW Main between 3rd and 4th avenues. This is the block where the Thompson Elk Fountain and statue had lived before it was removed following damage it sustained during protests. There was … Read more