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• Powell Butte open house tonight: Weigh in on future of trails

  “We are not opposed to expanding the wildlife area, but feel strongly Pioneer Orchard trail should remain open.” — Tom Archer, director of advocacy for the Northwest Trail Alliance The Portland Parks and Recreation Bureau will hold a... Posted Jan 25 2010, 01:19 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, projects, powell butte, portland parks and recreation

• 13 years later, 50s bikeway project finally gets rolling

  SE Woodstock — soon to be bike boulevard-ized.(Photo: PBOT) This morning, Portland City Council formally accepted a $1.3 million grant for the 50s Bikeway, a project that was first identified as a priority in Portland’s 1996 Bike Master Plan... Posted Jan 20 2010, 01:46 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Infrastructure, Bicycle Boulevards, projects, bike boulevards, 50s bikeway

• Imagine 1,200 sharrows ‘blanketing’ downtown Portland

  A project currently on the shelf at PBOT would place markings like this (which happens to be in Seattle) every 100 feet on every lane on nearly every street in downtown Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) Ever since City of Portland Bike Coordinator Roger Geller... Posted Jan 14 2010, 07:27 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Infrastructure, projects, sharrows

• An in-depth look how bikes fare in the East Burnside Couch project

  PBOT Drawing of new streetscape on Burnside. Portland Mayor Sam Adams and a host of dignitaries and bureaucrats held a groundbreaking ceremony for the East Burnside-Couch couplet project yesterday. The $17.8 million project will transform the streetscape... Posted Aug 13 2009, 08:14 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Northeast, projects

• ODOT will delve deeper for Oregon City bridge closure access solution

  Oregon City Mayor Alice Norris (left) and Clackamas County Chair Lynn Peterson learn about the bridge from an ODOT engineer.(Photos: ODOT) Last Friday, the Oregon Department of Transportation hosted a tour of the Oregon City/West Linn Arch Bridge. The... Posted Aug 11 2009, 06:14 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, projects, oregon city bridge project

• The Oregonian looks for “controversy” in TriMet bridge project

  Concept of new bridge. Last Thursday, The Oregonian’s top transportation reporter Dylan Rivera (he’s also their go-to guy for coverage of the new I-5 bridge/CRC project) took a closer look at the new TriMet multi-use transit bridge project... Posted Aug 10 2009, 06:29 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, TriMet, projects, portland milwaukie light rail bridge

• ODOT hopes tour will net ideas for Oregon City Bridge closure

  Riders on the bridge.(Photo © J. Maus) As we reported back in April, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is planning to close the historic Oregon City/West Linn Arch Bridge for two years during a major rehabilitation project. The problem with... Posted Aug 06 2009, 09:58 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, projects

• Naito project will remove auto lane, connect bikeway, and more

  PBOT plan drawings for bike and ped improvements to NW Naito Parkway under Steel Bridge. Big changes are coming to what is currently a very unfriendly intersection for anyone that’s not in a car. The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation recently... Posted Jul 27 2009, 06:55 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, projects

• CRC update: Planning price tag in the news, opposition matures, tolling on the table

  Grassroots activists at Sunday Parkways explained why they want to stop a 12-lane I-5 bridge.(Photos © J. Maus) Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project watchers are buzzing after a front page story in The Oregonian yesterday detailed its planning costs... Posted Jul 24 2009, 06:11 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Columbia River Crossing, projects

• More of what’s in store for SE Clinton bike street makeover

  “Bike Flags” are one of several concepts the city hopes will help identify SE Clinton as a bike priority street. The City of Portland has shared more of the design elements they’re hoping to bring to Clinton Street as part of their Clinton... Posted Jul 22 2009, 11:52 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Bicycle Boulevards, projects, clinton street bike boulevard project

• An update on bikeway design for TriMet’s new light rail bridge

  Bridge concept design by Donald MacDonald. Once it’s built, TriMet’s Milwaukie Light Rail bridge over the Willamette River will be the first in the country to carry only light rail and people on bikes and foot (no cars). What will the actual... Posted Jul 08 2009, 08:08 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Infrastructure, TriMet, projects, willamette river transit bridge

• City’s first two-way cycle track planned for South Waterfront District

  To make way for the Portland-Milwaukie light rail project, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is drafting a new Concept Street Plan for the South Waterfront district. As part of that plan, some major changes are coming to SW Moody Ave. Among... Posted Jun 24 2009, 08:25 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, Neighborhoods, Southwest, projects

• “12 lane, insane!” is the battle-cry on anti-CRC ride

  Riders queue up at a stop lightduring the Anti-CRC ride Saturday.- Slideshow below/More photos -(Photos © J. Maus) Over 80 people met on Saturday to ride in protest against the Columbia River Crossing project. The event was put together by Rising Tide... Posted Jun 15 2009, 10:38 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Advocacy, Rides/Events, Columbia River Crossing, projects, Pedalpalooza 2009

• Ride will explore CRC’s potential impacts on North Portland

  Detail of ride flyer. Cascadia Rising Tide — a grassroots network of activists that, “take direct action to confront the roots causes of climate change and promote local, community-based solutions to the climate crisis” — will... Posted Jun 10 2009, 05:00 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Advocacy, North, Neighborhoods, Columbia River Crossing, projects

• ODOT, TriMet will roll out I-205 path improvements

  Project will improve lighting on I-205 path.(Photo © J. Maus) Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (a.k.a. the federal stimulus bill), the bike and pedestrian path that runs along Interstate 205 will be getting a $2.5 million makeover... Posted Jun 09 2009, 04:47 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Infrastructure, projects, odot, federal stimulus bill, i-205 path