Design drawing of Springwater Trail Spur in Gresham. UTF-funded portion is in green. Blue lines are Powell Blvd (top) and Springwater Trail (bottom). The Oregon Department of Transportation is likely to confirm Wednesday the first three projects to be funded through their new Urban Trail Fund (UTF) program. The UTF was established as part of … Read more
People riding on the Eastbank Esplanade.(Photo © J. Maus) The Urban Trail Fund, a new grant program that was included in the state transportation bill (HB 2001) passed in 2009, will officially open for applications today. ODOT will award $970,000 this year to a maximum of four projects. Only one application is allowed per city … Read more
The Capitol(Photo © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance‘s executive director and lobbyist Scott Bricker has helped lawmakers improve a new Urban Trail Fund that is part of the Governor’s transportation package. House Bill 2001 is still being worked on down in Salem, and amendments published earlier this week were very bad news for bike … Read more
“This is not a very impressive step forward in terms of recognizing the role of bicycles in addressing our transportation needs.”— Doug Parrow, head of BTA’s legislative committee Salem lawmakers have published their much-anticipated amendments to Governor Kulongoski’s transportation package and the news for bikes is bad. Very bad. When the bill was first introduced … Read more