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  • With bike boxes, the color is key

    Portland has been at the cutting edge of traffic design for many years. In America, with our stringent, car-centric traffic design guidelines, that means having engineers who are not afraid to push the boundaries of the status quo. The most recent example of this are Portland’s colored bike boxes...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-13-2008

  • First look: New green bike lanes in Rose Quarter Transit Center

    In 1993 an upstart bike advocacy group called the Bicycle Transportation Alliance — headed by Rex Burkholder (now a Metro councilor) — filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland because of a lack of bicycle facilities around the Rose Garden Arena. This morning, 15 years after that legal...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-15-2008

  • FHWA wants Portland to test un-colored bike boxes

    The old-school bike box at SE 39th and Clinton. The colored version at SE Hawthorne and 7th. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has officially approved the City of Portland Office of Transportation’s (PDOT) “Request to Experiment” with green colored bike boxes on one condition;...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-28-2008

  • A bittersweet bike box

    The new bike box at W. Burnside and 14th.Video below(Photos © J. Maus) On Monday, the city of Portland installed a bike box in the SE corner of W. Burnside and 14th streets in downtown Portland — the same intersection where Tracey Sparling was killed nine months ago. This is the eighth bike box...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008

  • “Bike box!”; Streetfilms points lens on Portland’s green space

    Bike box. Get it?(Photo: Movie still)(Watch video below.) Clarence Eckerson Jr., that intrepid auteur with New York City-based Streetfilms, just posted another one of the films he made during his recent visit to Portland. Eckerson is the man behind the Sunday Parkways video I posted Tuesday (that film...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-27-2008

  • State officials endorse Portland’s bike boxes

    Download the letter (490k, PDF) On Tuesday, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) pledged their full support for PDOT’s efforts to improve bike safety by installing bike boxes at intersections. Their support came in the form of a letter written to Scott Wainwright, a top highway engineer...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-16-2008

  • Tribune article forces PDOT to defend bike boxes

    A bike box in downtown Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Tribune has published an article about concerns raised by citizens and the Oregon Department of Transportation over the usage, safety and efficacy of the newly installed bike boxes. The story’s sub-headline reads, “Some cycling...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-02-2008

  • Two more bike boxes spring up

    New bike box on SW Madison at 3rd.(Photos © J. Maus) The City of Portland has installed two more green bike boxes and painted bike lanes; including the first one on the west side of the river. Today, crews finished a bike box and new painted bike lane at SE 11th and Hawthorne, just a few blocks [......
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-01-2008

  • Meet ‘Mr. Smooth’, PDOT’s new bike box spokesman

    I got an early look at PDOT’s new educational video — On the Move with Mr. Smooth — which is slated to debut at tomorrow’s bike box press event. Trust me, it’s a bike box video.Click to view it on PDOT’s website. The 4 1/2 minute video is targeted at motor vehicles...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-26-2008

  • Police “very pleased” with bike box compliance

    Unlike their morning shift, the Traffic Division of the Portland Police Bureau was busy yesterday afternoon at the intersection of SE Hawthorne and 7th. The officers positioned themselves across the street. One unmarked police car and six motorcycle officers were on scene for an educational mission to...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-26-2008
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