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The proposed bridge alignment is marked in red.(Main image: Google Maps) If we’ve been writing more than usual lately about the county to Portland’s west, it’s because they’ve got a lot of things going. As the Oregonian reported Monday, the county is seeking Metro grant funding to help build a $1.5 million, 550-foot bridge across … Read more
Washington County has opted to spend $125,000 to $175,000 on temporary repairs to its least sturdy bridge rather than close it to auto traffic.
Washington County and ODOT might connect the dots.
Well, this is more or less the question that any road user dreams of being asked.
Two streets in northwest Beaverton would get 1.5-mile protected bike lanes joined by a traffic circle.
Central Forest Grove, Hillsboro and Beaverton are now as car-lite as many parts of east-central Portland.
Is one of the region’s most important companies turning its back on talent by locking its campus off from biking and transit?
A curb-protected bike lane proposed for WalkerRoad would serve Nike’s campus, but hasbeen delayed until 2019.(Image: Washington County, modified by BikePortland) Nike is planning to spend millions of dollars to build parking garages for 2,500 cars on its growing Washington County campus, but it’s not yet clear whether the sportswear giant will also be backing … Read more
The bridge is already closed to traffic heavier than 13 tons.
Straight along the rails, or winding along the river?
Comfortable biking in suburbs arguably holds even more potential than it does in older, denser cities.
If Washington County has an aorta, it’s the Tualatin Valley Highway.