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Project rendering.(Fat Pencil Studio for PBOT) Changes are finally coming to North Williams Avenue. After a long and arduous public process that began in January 2011, we can finally look forward to a host of much-needed traffic safety improvements on this busy bikeway corridor. Yesterday in Salem the Oregon Transportation Commission approved a list of … Read more
Will we finally see changes on Williams? (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Two important Portland projects are vying for funding through a grant process being led by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the deadline to offer your feedback is this Thursday, January 31st. Of the seven projects in the running from Portland and Washington … Read more
PBOT is still looking for funding to improve bike access on N. Williams. What do bike boulevards in Grants Pass, a new trail from Hagg Lake to McMinnville, and the North Williams project have in common? They’re just a few of the 53 projects from all over the state being considered for $8.5 million in … Read more
City Traffic Engineer Rob Burchfield had some explaining to do.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s finally over. Seriously. I mean it this time. After 17 months of meetings and open houses, the stakeholder advisory committee (SAC) for the N Williams Traffic Operations Safety Project finished their work yesterday with the adoption of plans that will transform … Read more
PBOT traffic engineer Rob Burchfield answers questions at the open house.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) After 16 months and countless meetings, PBOT has revealed how they plan to improve bicycle access and traffic safety on N Williams Avenue. And much to the surprise of Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) members, part of those plans include maintaining two … Read more
Most of N. Williams Ave will be converted into this cross-section.(Graphics: Fat Pencil Studios) Finally. This Saturday (5/19), PBOT will host the final open house for their North Williams Ave Traffic Operations Safety Project. As we shared back in March, after 13 months of public process, a citizen committee finally made a decision last month … Read more
The new configuration will put bike traffic on the left side.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Stakeholder Advisory Committee for the N. Williams Traffic Operations Safety Project met today and came to a decision about how to reconfigure the street to improve bike access. I’m in Washington D.C. attending the National Bike Summit, but thanks to … Read more
Committee Chair Debora Hutchins.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The citizen-led committee tasked with how to improve bike access and traffic safety on N. Williams Avenue met for the 14th time yesterday. And as the clock winds down on making an official recommendation to PBOT on how to move forward, they appear no closer to reaching consensus. … Read more
This drawing shows how the left-side cycle track idea would look just north of Broadway. (Note the left-side cycle track with a bike passing lane in the upper left.)(Image: PBOT/Alta Planning)
Screengrab of Mercury article. PBOT’s North Williams Traffic Operations Safety Project is heating up again — both the public process and the public spotlight. The project found its way onto the cover of this week’s edition of The Portland Mercury. Reporter Sarah Mirk took a historical look at the Albina neighborhood and, given its history … Read more
Aerial view of Williams and Failing. During the monthly stakeholder advisory committee meeting for the North Williams Traffic Operations Safety Project today, PBOT announced that it’s “unlikely” they would be willing to redesign the street in the section between N Cook and Skidmore (known as Segment 4) into a one-lane configuration for auto traffic. Segment … Read more
New Seasons Market CEO Lisa Sedlar addressing the Stakeholder Advisory Committee today.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland Less than one week after announcing their new store on N. Williams Avenue, New Seasons Market CEO Lisa Sedlar attended the monthly meeting of the North Williams Avenue Traffic Safety Operations project Stakeholder Advisory Committee today.
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